{"id":190327,"date":"2016-03-24T22:36:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T05:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=190327"},"modified":"2016-03-24T22:36:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T05:36:15","slug":"will-donald-cowboy-cerrone-getting-fight-conor-mcgregor-outside-octagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/will-donald-cowboy-cerrone-getting-fight-conor-mcgregor-outside-octagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Donald &#8216;Cowboy&#8217; Cerrone be getting in a fight with Conor McGregor outside the Octagon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC featherweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-conor-mcgregor-will-get-motivated-new-edit\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a> had a long list of opponents ready to fight him after the lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos pulled out of their bout due to an injury. McGregor ended up taking on more than he could handle when he ended up fighting <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-new-nate-diaz-highlight-video-may-best-one-ever-seen\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a> in the main event of UFC 196 in a non-title welterweight bout. Diaz was able to secure a rear-naked choke submitting McGregor in the second round.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/photo-donald-cowboy-cerrone-in-good-spirits-with-first-photo-since-loss-to-rafael-dos-anjos\/\">Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone<\/a> was one opponent that was game and ready to step in as a late replacement for the injured UFC lightweight champion but didn&#8217;t get the opportunity to showcase what he had for &#8220;The Notorious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cerrone spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Junkie<\/a> recently and wasn&#8217;t light with his words aimed at McGregor and says that they will meet at some point and it doesn&#8217;t have to be in the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got nothing to say about that (expletive) (expletive) to be honest with you,\u201d Cerrone said. \u201cIt is what it is. He did run his mouth, but when he sees me face-to-face he\u2019s going to have to \u2013 I don\u2019t play that game. When I see him I\u2019m going to check him and see what\u2019s up. I don\u2019t give a (expletive) where it\u2019s at. I\u2019d love to fight the dude, but it\u2019s a fight that\u2019s not going to happen for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got a long list of people wanting to whip his ass now,\u201d Cerrone said. \u201cI\u2019m sure old \u2018Cowboy\u2019 don\u2019t hold up much on the list. Who knows? We\u2019ll see what happens. Him going back up to 170 to fight Diaz again, he\u2019s going to put on a lot of weight and it\u2019s going to be a lot harder to go back to 145 and fight Frankie (Edgar) and get his ass whipped by him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As all <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/report-update-conor-mcgregor-vs-nate-diaz-2-will-ufc-200-main-event\/\">reports are leading<\/a> to Diaz and McGregor meeting in an immediate rematch, and Cerrone was not one to cry about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is what it is. Diaz was the guy and it looks like they\u2019re going to have a (expletive) rematch again. Good for him. Make that money, brother.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor had a long list of opponents ready to fight him after the lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos pulled out of their bout due to an injury. 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