{"id":279213,"date":"2018-06-24T08:03:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T15:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=279213"},"modified":"2018-06-24T08:03:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T15:03:46","slug":"donald-cerrone-discusses-retirement-plans-after-ufc-singapore-loss-to-leon-edwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/donald-cerrone-discusses-retirement-plans-after-ufc-singapore-loss-to-leon-edwards\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Cerrone discusses retirement plans after UFC Singapore loss to Leon Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fan favorite welterweight contender Donald Cerrone has fallen into a bit of a rough patch, having lost 4 of his last five fights. That said, it sounds like there&#8217;s still plenty more &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; to come.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after his latest loss, a Saturday decision defeat courtesy of Leon Edwards, Cerrone updated on his retirement plans, explaining that he&#8217;ll fight until the UFC sits him down for &#8220;the talk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"UREQMd\">\u201d[I want to fight] at least five more years, definitely,\u201d he said at the UFC Singapore post-fight press conference (transcribed by Ryan Harkness for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2018\/6\/24\/17498568\/donald-cowboy-cerrone-plans-to-fight-until-the-ufc-says-no-more-retirement-ufc-singapore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAMania<\/a>). \u201cAt least! Until the UFC says, \u2018No more.\u2019 I\u2019m getting old in this sport, and I\u2019m loving every minute of it. But maybe the new kids are coming in. Maybe they\u2019re not, I don\u2019t know. There sure are tough guys out there, man. And there\u2019s not enough people like me out there that give these young guys a chance. So I\u2019m glad I can be the guy that says \u2018Man, I\u2019ll fight any of you guys.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"BUGyKF\">\u201dI\u2019m going to go until the UFC says \u2018Cowboy, enough, bro. Enough, enough, enough!\u2019 I\u2019m going to stay here and keep fighting until they tell me I can\u2019t any more. Until the kids just wash me down. But this old dog still got a lot in me, I stood there five rounds and gave it hell, man, with a smile on my face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his last five fights, Cerrone has been knocked out by <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/jorge-masvidal\/\">Jorge Masvidal<\/a>, defeated by Robbie Lawler via decision, knocked out by Darren Till, and now, defeated by Leon Edwards by decision. His lone win in that stretch was a December knockout of Yancy Medeiros, which occurred in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think the future holds for Donald Cerrone? Join the conversation in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/24\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fan favorite welterweight contender Donald Cerrone has fallen into a bit of a rough patch, having lost 4 of his last five fights. That said, it sounds like there&#8217;s still plenty more &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; to come. 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