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TORONTO - Fresh from his UFC 182 win Saturday night over Myles (Fury) Jury in Las Vegas, Donald (Cowboy) Cerrone was driving back to his New Mexico home in his RV when Dana White called.The UFC president was offering him another fight — stepping in for the injured Eddie Alvarez against former UFC and WEC lightweight champion Benson Henderson in the co-main event of a Jan. 18 televised card in Boston.Cerrone, who thrives on a busy schedule, said yes — even if White seemed less than happy about seeing his workhorse return to the cage just 15 days after going three rounds.I dont really want you to take this fight but Ive got an opportunity for you, Cerrone recalled White saying.Danas like I think you should take some time off but Im not telling you to take time off. He said Im just talking to you as a friend. I was like All right, Ill take the fight.So the 31-year-old lightweight with a penchant for Budweiser and cowboy hats will be soon getting back in the RV for the 32-hour drive to Boston from Albuquerque.Irish star featherweight Conor (The Notorious) McGregor, ranked fifth among 145-pound contenders, faces No. 10 Dennis Siver of Germany in the main event at TD Garden.Cerrone (26-6 with one no contest) moved up to No. 3 in the lightweight rankings after his dominating decision over eighth-ranked Jury.The Boston fight, which will complete a trilogy between Cerrone and Henderson that dates back to 2009, will be the sixth for Cerrone since January 2014 — and seventh since Aug. 28, 2013, when he suffered his last loss via decision against Rafael Dos Anjos.He has won six straight since, absorbing 197 significant strikes while handing out 261, according to FightMetric. Jury connected on just 15 significant strikes in 15 minutes.Compare that to UFC 141 when Cerrone was battered by 238 significant strikes in a 2011 loss to Nate Diaz.Only three of Cerrones fights (Dos Anjos, Alvarez and Jury) since August 2013 went the distance with two finishing in the second round (Jim Miller and Evan Dunham) and the other two (Adriano Martins and Edson Barboza) ending in the first round.Fighters put their bodies through gruelling training camps and weight cuts before each trip to the Octagon. Cerrone said he had no idea what impact fighting again so soon might have on his six-foot-one frame.Probably damaging, Im sure, he said on a conference call Tuesday. But so is cocaine and alcohol. So I think this is a little less.Fifth-ranked Henderson (21-4) is coming off a first-round TKO at the hands of dos Anjos, currently ranked the No. 1 contender among 155-pounders.Cerrone usually leaves the scouting of opponents to his coaches. But Henderson (21-4) is a familiar foe.Their two previous meetings were in the WEC with Henderson winning by five-round decision in October 2009 and first-round submission April 2010.I know a lot about Benson, he said. Good dude, friend of mine.Those fights, that was years ago, man. What do I take away from those? I take the losses that I got from them. I wouldnt take this fight on short notice, one if I wasnt clearly an (expletive) loon and two if I didnt think I could beat Ben.While he talked up Hendersons skills, Cerrone said he would have said yes no matter who the opponent was.I just need a who, he said.And while he acknowledged Henderson is dangerous, Cerrone said: If Im going to be the champ, Ive got to beet everyone anyway.During a public workout in Las Vegas last week, Cerrone wore a T-shirt that summed up that attitude. It read Anyone, Anyplace, Anytime.Next up for 155-pound champion Anthony (Showtime) Pettis is dos Anjos, at UFC 185 on March 14 in Dallas.Cerrone usually pesters White immediately after each outing about whos next on his fight card. That didnt happen this time because the UFC boss was under the weather.But Cerrone said he spoke to co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta, who told him he would be getting a call. It just came sooner than later.Follow @NeilMDavidson on Twitter Custom Jacksonville Jaguars Jerseys . Trailing 5-4 in the third set, the 12th-ranked Isner fought off two match points and evened it at 5-5 with consecutive aces. The former University of Georgia star had his only service break of the match to go up 6-5 before firing the last four of his 30 aces to close out Ginepri, an Atlanta resident ranked 281st. 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On a day that made the 144 players feel they were in paradise with sunshine and barely a breeze, Simpson and Casey led the low scoring at Waialae.What set them apart is how they got there — Simpson with his conventional putter, Casey with his return to Honolulu for the first time in a decade.Today was a big day for me, Simpson said. I was extremely nervous — first round on the PGA Tour with a short putter. But I just had a couple (Bible) verses in my yardage book today that I kept reading, and I stayed calm. All thanks to God for giving me strength to just get through today.Today was a hurdle I felt like I needed to get over, and just real thankful.Camilo Villegas would have joined them at 62 except for failing to make birdie on the par-5 18th hole. He shot 29 on the front at Waialae before cooling slightly for a 63. Robert Streb also had a 63, the low score from the afternoon.Rory Sabbatini had a 64, while Jason Day, Matt Kuchar were in the group at 65. Defending champion Jimmy Walker played in the afternoon and was in the large group at 66.Casey says he gave up his European Tour membership to concentrate on playing the PGA Tour, spending time with his newborn son and getting his game back into the top 50 in the world. He hasnt played in a Ryder Cup since 2008. He hasnt been in the top 50 in nearly three years.And thats why it has been 10 years since he has been at the Sony OOpen.dddddddddddd He typically is starting his season in the Middle East.For as long as Ive been professional Ive been a member of the European Tour, Casey said. For a long, long time now, Ive been trying to play both the PGA Tour and the European Tour, and some years Ive done it brilliantly, and other years Ive failed miserably, and I just didnt want to keep putting myself in kind of a position where Im struggling to fly around the world.Playing both tours is easier from inside the top 50, which effectively guarantees four majors and four World Golf Championships. Casey, who won the Dutch Open last year, is now at No. 78.Simpson said he stopped off in Las Vegas to work with Butch Harmon on his way to Hawaii to make sure he was up so speed with swing changes he made in the fall. But this day was all about his putter. He won the U.S. Open in 2012 with the belly putter, which has been his club since the fall of 2004 when he was at Wake Forest. And he used it last fall in Japan, but there was something about a PGA Tour event that made him nervous.It was one of my best putting rounds Ive ever had, to be honest, he said. Ive been putting well with it, but its easy to putt well at your home course playing with your biddies. So today there was a lot of pressure. Didnt sleep that great last night, but had a good morning, talked to my wife, good warmup, and it was big to see a few putts go in early. Real thankful for how the day unfolded.He made four birdie putts of at least 15 feet on his front nine, a pace that will be tough to maintain all week.DIVOTS: Geoff Ogilvy made his first hole-in-one on the PGA Tour with a 5-iron from 211 yards on the fourth hole. He said he has made five or six aces on other tours. The ace only helped so much. He opened with a 69. ... Simpsons 28 tied the front-nine record at Waialae set by Toshinori Muto three years ago. ... Of the five Champions Tour players in the field, Kenny Perry led the way at 67, while Paul Goydos shot 69. Vijay Singh had a 71, and Davis Love III and Fred Funk each had a 72. All but Singh are going over to the Big Island next week to start the Champions Tour season. Singh did not get an exemption. 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