MMA Junkie<\/a>, Cowboy described the experience of fighting.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s what I love, man. I love fighting. It\u2019s the scariest, most intense, fun feeling… I couldn\u2019t even explain it to you,” Cerrone said.<\/p>\n
Despite accumulating an extensive 36-13 record, Cerrone still experiences a range of emotions before each fight, which he elaborated on.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom right now (on interview day) \u2014 can\u2019t sleep at night. Eating\u2019s hard,\u201d Cerrone said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMake the weight \u2013 half the battle\u2019s over. Fight day, (expletive), all your friends are like, \u2018You\u2019re gonna kill him.\u2019 Uh, no (expletive). I\u2019ve got to go in there and fight. It doesn\u2019t just go like that. Scared \u2026 let\u2019s go. Pack your (expletive), we\u2019re in the arena.<\/p>\n
“All your teammates are fighting, your coaches are there. It\u2019s crazy,” Cerrone continued. “It\u2019s scary. You go throw up in the bathroom \u2013 I do, anyway \u2013 then you\u2019re standing and you\u2019re walking in the hall and (expletive) light\u2019s in your face, just like this. Now you\u2019re live on TV, you\u2019re walking down the tunnel, and you\u2019re like, \u2018Holy (expletive). Six weeks, and it\u2019s here, and it\u2019s now.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been on the edge of a plane, about to jump out. I\u2019ve been on top of mountains. And nothing puts the hair on the back of your neck feeling like walking into that (expletive) octagon and they shut that door and you\u2019re like, \u2018Well, there\u2019s only two ways this can go, right? In or out.’\u201d<\/p>\n
The hairs on the back of his neck will return to standing position in less than two weeks time when Donald Cerrone faces Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 246. Stay tuned on BJPenn.com for all UFC 246 news.<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a> on 1\/7\/2020.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donald Cerrone has always been honest about the experience of fighting, and recently opened up about the “scariest” and “most intense moments” that occupy his mind before entering the Octagon. On Saturday, January 18, at UFC 246, the 36-year old will square off against Conor McGregor in one of the most monumental fights of his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54472,"featured_media":313028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,10134,39610,61250],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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