Donald Cerrone was in Orlando to promote his upcoming fight with Rafael don Anjos on December 19th at UFC on FOX 17, and he couldn’t help but get on the topic of Conor McGregor.
“That was ‘McNugget’ trying to talk to me,” Cerrrone told the Orlando Sentinel. “When we stood face-to-face prior to that? He had nothing to say. I felt like I was an exhibit at the zoo and the cage was put up so he could poke the bear through the cage. When he was standing next to the bear he didn’t have anything to say. That’s what it felt like. I would have mauled his ass back there.”
“I don’t understand why these guys pull out of fights,” said Cerrone. “Don’t want to take fights. Only fight once a year. Maybe they’re making a lot more [than I am]. Maybe they’re making ‘McGregor money.’ That’s what I need to get. Funny thing is, once you’re making McGregor money, seven million, I would still fight six times a year. Now I’m making six times … that’s just a mathematical equation that I want my right pocket as big as my left pocket.”
After the interview, Cerrone took another dig at McGregor on Periscope.
“I tried to go to 170 [pounds],” Cerrone told fans on his live Periscope stream. “[UFC president] Dana White and [UFC CEO] Lorenzo Fertitta, they tell me I’m staying at 155. I’ve tried to go up and take fights at 170. Not happening.
“I thought I’m at ‘stick in the mud’ at 155? I hate being a stick in the mud so who knows?”
UFC on FOX 17 is the final event of the year for the company, taking place at the Amway Center in Orlando on Dec. 19. The event will air on FOX, FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.
