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Former UFC welterweight Donald Cerrone was ready to hang it up long before he actually did.<\/p>\n

‘Cowboy’ faced off against Jim Miller in a rematch at UFC 276 last Saturday night in Las Vegas. The second encounter would go much differently<\/a> despite Cerrone winning their first bout by a knockout in 2014.<\/p>\n

After a back and forth first round, Miller submitted Cerrone in the second frame. The loss was the sixth in the last seven contests. Following the submission defeat, the 39-year-old decided to announce his retirement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the UFC 276 press conference, Donald Cerrone discussed his retirement. The fan favorite revealed that he wanted to hang up the gloves for a long time. Cerrone admitted that he was even ready to retire prior to his showdown with Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n

The Irishman faced off with Donald Cerrone in January 2020 at UFC 246. In arguably the biggest fight of his career, ‘Cowboy’ suffered a first-round knockout. Now in retirement, Cerrone has looked back on the loss.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBefore I fought [Conor] McGregor, I knew. Then after the McGregor fight, I took another fight and I was just going through the motions. I didn\u2019t enjoy it, didn\u2019t love it. I knew the time was soon I just had to pick the right time. So I took a lot of time off and then called my agent and said let\u2019s get a fight, and I just knew this was going to be the last one.” (h\/t MMAFighting<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Donald Cerrone continued, \u201cMy wife played soccer in college, and a lot of the things that kept me going in the last fights of my life was, she was like, \u2018I wish I could go back and just play one more game. \u2018You have the chance to do one more fight. Go experience it and love it.\u2019 And I was trying to love it, I was trying to find it, and I was trying to experience it.”<\/p>\n

“I just was doing it for all the wrong reasons. I was doing it for everybody else and on myself. But retiring tonight, that was for me, and I f****** feel good about it. I\u2019m gonna go home tonight and crack me a nice cold Budweiser and f****** chug it all the way down and be like, \u2018Ahh. Good career, Cowboy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

What is your favorite Donald Cerrone moment? Sound off in the comment section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former UFC welterweight Donald Cerrone was ready to hang it up long before he actually did. ‘Cowboy’ faced off against Jim Miller in a rematch at UFC 276 last Saturday night in Las Vegas. The second encounter would go much differently despite Cerrone winning their first bout by a knockout in 2014. 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