{"id":349241,"date":"2020-05-08T10:51:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T17:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=349241"},"modified":"2020-05-08T10:51:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T17:51:33","slug":"donald-cerrone-addresses-criticisms-of-stephen-a-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/donald-cerrone-addresses-criticisms-of-stephen-a-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Cerrone addresses criticisms of Stephen A. Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after Donald Cerrone was defeated by Conor McGregor back in January, he was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-246\/stephen-a-smith-stands-by-donald-cerrone-criticisms-i-know-what-the-hell-i-saw\/\">lambasted<\/a> by ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/5\/8\/21251195\/cowboy-cerrone-doesnt-pay-attention-to-what-stephen-a-smith-or-anybody-else-says-about-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a> ahead of his UFC 249 rematch with Anthony Pettis, Cerrone addressed the comments Smith made about him. He says its always his intention to avoid drama of this kind.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ijNWMm\">\u201cIt doesn\u2019t define me.\u201d Cerrone said\u00a0\u201cI look myself in the mirror, I don\u2019t give a sh*t what the people at home say. I don\u2019t pay attention. I don\u2019t read nothing, I don\u2019t watch nothing. I don\u2019t get on social media and see what people have to say.<\/p>\n<p id=\"nPfJZ8\">\u201cI think I\u2019m really good at staying the hell away from that,&#8221; Cerrone added. &#8220;I got my ranch that I live on. I\u2019ve got so much life going on that I don\u2019t have any idea what the people that don\u2019t have life going on have to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith&#8217;s main criticism of Cerrone suggested the fighter didn&#8217;t show up on fight night.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Cerrone ultimately admitted that he wasn&#8217;t in the right headspace for his fight with McGregor, leading many fans to concede that Smith was right all along\u2014despite the controversy his comments generated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to be there,&#8221; Cerrone recently told ESPN of his McGregor loss. &#8220;Biggest fight, all of the attention, my time to shine, and I didn&#8217;t want to be there. It was crazy. I don&#8217;t know why. I don&#8217;t know how. I don&#8217;t know how to change it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When these comments from Cerrone came out, Smith<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/stephen-a-smith-reacts-to-cerrone-admitting-he-didnt-show-up-for-mcgregor-fight\/\"> issued a brief response<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cS<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">o all you MMA folks \u2014 who I profoundly respect \u2014 am I off my rocker now?&#8221; Smith wrote. &#8220;When you\u2019ve covered sports intimately as a reporter for a quarter-century, you see things sometimes. I respect the hell out of <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@Cowboycerrone<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">, but he just wasn\u2019t there that night.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on the comments Stephen A. Smith made about Donald Cerrone?<\/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 5\/8\/2020. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after Donald Cerrone was defeated by Conor McGregor back in January, he was lambasted by ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith. Speaking to MMA Fighting ahead of his UFC 249 rematch with Anthony Pettis, Cerrone addressed the comments Smith made about him. 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