{"id":185955,"date":"2016-02-13T07:14:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T15:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=185955"},"modified":"2016-02-13T11:32:12","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T19:32:12","slug":"donald-cowboy-cerrone-fires-all-coaches-following-loss-to-rafael-dos-anjos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/donald-cowboy-cerrone-fires-all-coaches-following-loss-to-rafael-dos-anjos\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald &#8216;Cowboy&#8217; Cerrone fires all coaches following loss to Rafael dos Anjos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month Donald Cerrone had his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/watch-joe-rogan-breaks-down-dos-anjos-vs-cerrone\/\">highly anticipated rematch<\/a> with Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight championship.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Cowboy, Rafael dos Anjos started quick and landed a crushing liver kick in a matter of moments.  Cowboy was unable to recover and ultimately lost via <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/replay-rafael-dos-anjos-tkos-donald-cerrone\/\">1st round TKO.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since then Cerrone signed to fight Tim Means in a headlining fight at &#8216;UFC Fight Night: Pittsburgh&#8217; however Means potentially failed a USADA drug test and was replaced by Alex &#8216;Cowboy&#8217; Oliveira.  Since then, Means has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/watch-tim-means-im-not-cutting-corners\/\">maintained his innocence<\/a> in the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Cowboy spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/02\/cowboy-cerrone-accepts-blame-for-pay-reduction-calls-out-mcgregor-fires-all-coaches\" target=\"_blank\">MMAJunkie<\/a> to discuss his fight with dos Anjos, and how he&#8217;s fired his coaches since then.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI fired all my coaches,\u201d Cerrone deadpanned. \u201cFired \u2019em all. Started over. Headline: \u2018Cowboy\u2019 fires Greg Jackson.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When asked if he had reflected on the bout, Cowboy responded with:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cFor f-ck\u2019s sakes, come on.  No, I haven\u2019t reflected on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just didn\u2019t show up,\u201d Cerrone said. \u201cThat was it. He hit me with a great liver shot and f-cking put me down. What can I say? There\u2019s nothing. It was just a bad night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing to reflect on. I mean, what can I say? \u2018Oh, maybe I didn\u2019t warm up good enough.\u2019 Or what, maybe the 12 seconds that the fight went, I didn\u2019t do something good enough? I don\u2019t understand what to reflect on. It would be different if I got mauled for five rounds. It was a 12-second fight. I got my ass whipped.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So what do you think PENN Nation? 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