Donald Cerrone vs. Yves Edwards set for May 15 fight card

The May 15 UFC event, scheduled for the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA, has picked up another fight, Donald Cerrone versus Yves Edwards.  The fight was announced on Tuesday’s edition of “UFC Tonight,” which airs on Fuel TV.

Cerrone had a fantastic 2011, going 4-1 over the course of the year and earning four “Fight Night” bonuses in those five fights. Cerrone’s four wins came over Paul Kelly, Vagner Rocha, Charles Oliveira and Dennis Siver. His sole loss, the first in six fights came at the hands of Nate Diaz.

For his part Edwards fought four times in 2011, going 2-2, picking up victories over Cody McKenzie and Rafaello Oliveira, while suffering defeat to Sam Stout and Tony Ferguson.

At this time the only other fight mentioned for the card is a middleweight bout between Tom Lawlor and Jason MacDonald.  A rematch between Thiago Silva and Brandon Vera had been set, by Vera was forced to withdraw due to injury.

Further Reading: UFC 141: Nate Diaz defeats Donald Cerrone via Unanimous Decision