{"id":196734,"date":"2016-06-16T10:08:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T17:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=196734"},"modified":"2016-06-16T10:08:02","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T17:08:02","slug":"donald-cerrone-calls-out-khabib-nurmagomedov-nate-diaz-and-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/donald-cerrone-calls-out-khabib-nurmagomedov-nate-diaz-and-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Cerrone calls out Khabib Nurmagomedov, Nate Diaz, and Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donald &#8216;Cowboy&#8217; Cerrone is currently gearing up for his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/donald-cerrone-vs-patrick-cote-targeted-for-ufc-fight-night-89\/\">UFC Fight Night 89 welterweight scrap against Patrick Cote<\/a> this Saturday in Ontario, Canada. However Cerrone is already setting his sights on a major fight against three of the biggest names in the UFC today.<\/p>\n<p>Cerrone spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/06\/donald-cerrone-would-rather-fight-diaz-over-mcgregor-but-wants-boring-ass-nurmagomedov-most\" target=\"_blank\">MMAJunkie<\/a> to explain his desire to fight either Khabib Nurmagomedov, Nate Diaz, or Conor McGregor:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em> \u201cI really want to fight Khabib.  It\u2019s something that\u2019s been in the works a long time. He gets hurt, the fight never happens. Four times the fight has been scheduled. It\u2019s a fight I want. I ain\u2019t scared of him. Everyone talks like he\u2019s the man. He ain\u2019t (expletive). Come get it Khabib. 155, 170, I don\u2019t care \u2013 185, whatever you want. I\u2019ll fight you on Ramadan. He can\u2019t eat, that\u2019s his problem or whatever? He takes a month off? I\u2019ll fight you at whatever weight you want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d rather fighter Diaz over Conor,\u201d Cerrone said. \u201cEveryone talks about that as the money fight, but people don\u2019t understand. They\u2019re like, \u2018If you get that fight, that\u2019s the money fight.\u2019 No, I\u2019m under contract. I get paid the same whether I fight Patrick Cote or I fight Conor. He might make more money because he got pay-per-view. I didn\u2019t do a good job promoting myself and making myself big and get pay-per-view money. I get the same $80,000 to fight anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe goes out there every time, (UFC President) Dana (White) and them are like, \u2018He\u2019s just going to try and lay on you.\u2019 He\u2019s just going to take me down, but I feel real confident in my wrestling. (Expletive) him, how \u2019bout that? (Expletive) you, Khabib. That can be your headline, \u2018(Expletive) you Khabib.&#8217;\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is important to mention that Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor are slated to fight each other in a highly anticipated <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/nate-diaz-vs-conor-mcgregor-2-official-for-ufc-202\/\">rematch at UFC 202<\/a>.  Khabib Nurmagomedov on the other hand currently doesn&#8217;t have a fight booked given that he is currently observing the Muslim holiday of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>Play matchmaker PENN Nation! Who would you like to see Cerrone face after he fights Cote?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald &#8216;Cowboy&#8217; Cerrone is currently gearing up for his UFC Fight Night 89 welterweight scrap against Patrick Cote this Saturday in Ontario, Canada. However Cerrone is already setting his sights on a major fight against three of the biggest names in the UFC today. 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