{"id":337362,"date":"2020-01-06T05:55:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T13:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=337362"},"modified":"2020-01-06T05:55:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T13:55:27","slug":"dana-white-isnt-happy-about-the-disrespect-being-shown-to-donald-cerrone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-isnt-happy-about-the-disrespect-being-shown-to-donald-cerrone\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White isn&#8217;t happy about the disrespect being shown to Donald Cerrone"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>UFC president Dana White isn&#8217;t happy about the lack of respect that is being shown to Donald Cerrone in the lead-up to his UFC 246 main event against Conor McGregor.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We&#8217;re now less than two weeks away from <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/conor-mcgregor-on-khabib-rematch-he-is-trembling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Conor McGregor's return (opens in a new tab)\">McGregor&#8217;s return<\/a> to the Octagon where he will face off against the aforementioned Cerrone in a welterweight bout. While many fans are questioning the Irishman&#8217;s decision to come back at 170 pounds, the overriding feeling is one of excitement as he prepares to put on his gloves and compete for the first time since his UFC 229 loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>However, while a lot of the talk is surrounding McGregor, Dana White has picked up on the fact that a lot of people are dismissing his opponent Donald Cerrone before the fight has even taken place.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>During a recent interview with ESPN&#8217;s Brett Okamoto, White had the following to say.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201dWe\u2019re getting through this one first, we\u2019re getting through the Cowboy fight,\u201d White said in reference to McGregor&#8217;s next opponent after Cerrone (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2020\/1\/5\/21051138\/white-says-slow-down-on-mcgregors-next-fight-the-level-of-disrespect-shown-to-cowboy-is-unbelievable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA Mania (opens in a new tab)\">MMA Mania<\/a><em>)<\/em>. \u201cAnd the level of disrespect shown to Cowboy through this whole thing? Apparently people forgot that Cowboy\u2019s lost two in a row before and come back and gone on unbelievable runs. Let\u2019s not count Cowboy out.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Cerrone&#8217;s head kick alone is probably enough to plant a seed of doubt into the mind of even the most optimistic Conor McGregor fan, regardless of what &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; has done in his last few fights.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Before the two losses against Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje, two of the best lightweight fighters in the world, Cerrone put together a great run that saw him beat Mike Perry, Alexander Hernandez and Al Iaquinta in a period of just six months.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>At the age of 36 he&#8217;s still going strong, and he isn&#8217;t the kind of man that should be underestimated.<\/p>\r\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> on 1\/6\/2020.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC president Dana White isn&#8217;t happy about the lack of respect that is being shown to Donald Cerrone in the lead-up to his UFC 246 main event against Conor McGregor. We&#8217;re now less than two weeks away from McGregor&#8217;s return to the Octagon where he will face off against the aforementioned Cerrone in a welterweight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":301142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,10112,10134,39610,61250],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dana White isn&#039;t happy about the disrespect being shown to Donald Cerrone | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dana White wants to see fans and media members alike put some respect on the name of UFC 246 headliner Donald &quot;Cowboy&quot; Cerrone.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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