“I Just Didn’t Want to Be There”-Donald Cerrone Details How His ‘Inner Bi*ch’ Took the Easy Way Out Against Conor McGregor

After his loss against Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229, ‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor went on a hiatus that lasted 15-months. In his comeback fight, McGregor took on long-time UFC veteran Donald Cerrone at welterweight. The fight did not last too long as it took McGregor a mere 40-seconds to absolutely demolish Cerrone in his comeback fight. 

As ‘Cowboy’ prepares for his last fight in the UFC, he opened up about his mental state going into the fight against McGregor which was concerning to say the least. He said, “I worked my whole life to become who I am, and I worked my whole life to be UFC fighter and stand here in front of hundreds and thousands of people and fight. And on Conor McGregor fight, the biggest eyes, millions watching, my moment, and I didn’t want to be there. I cannot answer that any clearer than that. It was such a strange feeling.”

Cerrone continued, “When I was in the back, I didn’t wanna go out there. I don’t wanna go, I don’t wanna be…So when Conor gave me the door, I took it. That was my inner b**, right? Took the door. Let’s go. Let’s get out of here…I have to live with that every day and the last couple years of my life I just didn’t want to be there.”

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A look back at Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone and his time in the UFC 

‘Cowboy’ made his debut in the UFC in 2011 with a rear-naked choke win against Paul Kelly. Since then ‘Cowboy’ has been one of the bigger names in the UFC. During his time with the promotion, Cerrone has competed across lightweight and welterweight. 

Cerrone came close to tasting UFC gold when he took on Rafael Dos Anjos for the lightweight belt but came up short on the night. The former WEC fighter established himself as an extremely entertaining fighter who would fight anyone, anywhere, anytime, which gained him a cult-like following in the UFC. 

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