Cerrone who fights at the 155-pound class is thought to have taken the first swing and cut the 219-pound Sursa over his eye. Sursa punched Cerrone causing a cut to his lip.

Na Koa Podcast reported: “UFC 155 lb fighter Donald Cerrone was involved in a backstage brawl at the Evolution Combat Sports event in Clovis New Mexico event. The brawl was apparently about a young lady now dating Donald Cerrone who used to date main event fighter of the evening Marcus Sursa. Comments were exchanged after Sursa returned from a trip to the rest room and Cerrone was over seeing the warm-ups of several Jackson MMA fighters on the card this night, some words were exchanged by the two and then a shove followed by Cerrone throwing a punch causing a laceration on the eye of Sursa, he responded with a punch cutting the lip of Cerrone. All told, Sursa was now out of the main event tonight against Buddy Roberts of Reno, NV due to the cut he suffered.”

Cerrone plans to be a special guest at Shogun Fights III in Baltimore, Maryland on November 13, along with Leonard “Bad Boy” Garcia and Mike Brown.