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Donald Cerrone has been a staple in the UFC’s lightweight division’s top 10 for some time now. After a loss to Rafael Dos Anjos in August of 2013, Cerrone bounced back and has gone on a 5-fight win streak that has seen him defeat high level fighters such as Edson Barboza, Jim Miller, and most recently former Bellator MMA Champion Eddie Alvarez.<\/p>\n

Cerrone will be stepping into the cage this Saturday to fight Myles Jury in a highly anticipated matchup.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the bout, Cerrone spoke to MMAFighting<\/a> to discuss the bout, and why he feels like a veteran.<\/p>\n

“I remember being a kid. I remember living upstairs and being the rookie and the new guy. I remember my first UFC fight, and actually my first WEC fight. I remember walking in and I was fighting \u2018Razor’ Rob (McCullough), and everyone knew him and no one knew me. He was saying hi to everybody. It was just weird. Now I walk into the UFC office and I know everybody, I got everyone’s phone numbers, and I feel like a veteran. I got new guys coming to the house and if they need something, I can make a call and I make it happen. It’s crazy.<\/p>\n

“I’m still the kid, but I’m having to make real-life decisions now. You know, when I was 19, 20 years old, they’d give me 50-grand, that s**t would be gone. On dumb s**t. I mean, I still do that a lot now, but now I have to start thinking, maybe I’ve got five years left in this sport. I need to start figuring out what’s next. What are we going to focus on? What are my goals in the sport? Things like that. I remember when I recklessly used to come in not caring. Now you’ve kinda gotta figure it out.”<\/p>\n

“I definitely feel like I put my time in, you know? I look at people trying to take the path, they want to just come in, move here and say \u2018I want to be a UFC fighter.’ They want to go from first fight to into the UFC. It’s like, I took the hard way, man. I remember putting in the time, and now I feel like a veteran. I feel like I put the hours in.<\/p>\n

“I’m starting to see a lot of people starting to go… and that make me feel old in this sport. But them little new f**kers can get their ass whipped just the same.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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