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‘Cowboy’ Admits Nerves Were a Factor vs. Medeiros After ‘Pretty Sucky’ Losing Streak



Donald Cerrone did his best to avoid thinking about the three-fight losing streak that followed him into his UFC Fight Night 126 showdown with Yancy Medeiros.

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However, as one of the UFC’s biggest stars, it was hard for “Cowboy” to go anywhere without being reminded of the recent struggles that saw him drop successive bouts to Jorge Masvidal, Robbie Lawler and Darren Till at 170 pounds.

“It was just funny. Everyone kept asking me, ‘How do you feel?’ I don’t even think about it until you guys tell me what a loser I am,” Cerrone said on Fox Sports 1. “We didn’t change anything. We just keep training. The sport’s ups and downs are so crazy. I just felt really good coming in.”

That good feeling wasn’t unfounded, as Cerrone sent Medeiros tumbling to the canvas with a right hand to the jaw in the waning moments of round one. Follow-up punches on the ground ended the Jackson-Wink MMA product’s slump at the 4:58 mark.

“This was a big nervy one. Losing three in a row, that’s pretty sucky,” Cerrone admitted. “Losing four, do I keep my job? So it’s like, ‘Damn.’ This is the hardest job to be excellent at. Going out there trying to perform every night on the one night is tough.”

At this point in his career, it’s to be expected that Cerrone won’t come firing out of the gates. That again was the case against Medeiros, as the Hawaiian appeared to land some of the more significant shots in initial exchanges. Though he does his best to combat that flaw, Cerrone has more often than not been able to overcome his tendency to start slowly.

“I wish I’d have got going a little more,” he said. “It’s hard to get started in the first round. I’m trying to conquer that. I’ve got to take all the punishment before I get going. I’ve got to figure that out.”

While Cerrone competed at welterweight on Sunday, he still has designs on returning to 155 pounds in the near future.

“I want 155, I want to get that belt. Khabib I’m coming,” he said. “I ain’t scared to fight you.”

Khabib Nurmagomedov, of course, is scheduled to face Tony Ferguson for what is currently the interim lightweight crown at UFC 223 on April 7. However, if the UFC were to offer Cerrone another fight at 170 pounds, it’s not likely that he’d turn it down.

“These big old boys hit hard and they’re a lot bigger [at 170]. I woke up at 168 and made weight easy,” he said. “Can we get a 165 weight class? That would be cool. I’ll just fight wherever they tell me.”

A catchweight bout wouldn’t be out of the question, either.

“I’ll take any fight,” Cerrone said. “They all pay the same to me, so it don’t matter what it is.”

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