Cerrone began his career in Commerce City, Colorado at a gym called Freedom Fighters. He began training with Jon Jones, Rashad Evans, Nathan Marquardt and other skilled MMA fighters at Greg Jackson’s Submission Fighting Gaidojutsu school in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Later, Cerrone was featured on the Versus television series TapouT. In that series he fought Anthony Njokuani. Cerrone won the fight in the first round with a triangle choke.
According to Wikipedia, Cerrone is sponsored by Budweiser, Monster Energy, Bad Boy Buggies, E-Z-Go, Greenlee, Realtree, Henry Rifles, Bell Helicopters, P3 Protein, and managed by KHI Management, LLC.