For a long while there, Donald Cerrone became a quarterly feature on the UFC’s calendar, fighting as often as the bounties got offered. These days the most productive fighter on roster might be the guy in his crosshairs, Mike Perry, who on Nov. 10 will take on the “Cowboy” in his ninth UFC fight in the last two years. Perry and Cerrone are both Jackson-Winkeljohn fighters, which means they know some things about each other. They know each other’s tendencies. They know each other’s mindsets. They each know the other guy will bring it.
And they’ve come to understand that what Abraham Lincoln said some 160 years ago is true, too — a house divided against itself cannot stand.