Cowboy: F@$% this 2020

Donald Cerrone got a Marjority Draw vs. Niko Price at UFC on ESPN+ 36, but at the post-fight press conference, he said he’s treating it like a loss.

This is the worst performance I’ve ever had, hands down, said Cerrone. I’m very upset with myself. I don’t know how else to say it, but I definitely count this as a loss. This is five in a row. And for someone who was out there fighting to keep his job, it wasn’t a very good job.

You know, all camp, all week, I felt good. Everything felt really good. I was hoping ‘Cowboy’ was gonna show up. And then, no. First round, I go in there – I think I was just wondering how many punches I could take until got knocked out. I had to have a serious talk to myself. There was one time that I almost dropped to a knee and I was like, ‘Oh you f***ing p***y Let’s go!’ Meanwhile, he was unloading on me!

Niko wants to do it again. I told him, ‘Let’s run this right back,’ and he was like, ‘Oh yeah!’ So I said, ‘Let me at least let me give you the opportunity to get the win. Let me at least give you the fair run. Let me try and show up.’ I don’t know what the secret is, but I told him, ‘Let me have January or February.’ I’m gonna take the rest of the year off. F*** this 2020, man, you know? I’m gonna go snowmobiling, play with my little kid. I’m actually going to step back and take some time, have some fun.

I don’t know what else to tell you guys. I did not have fun tonight. I did not enjoy it. It sucked, man. I got beat. That’s five in a row. Five losses in a row, on someone who has accolades that run deeper than you can believe. It’s crazy. The most wins, the most finishes, the most head-kicks, the most whatever. And then to go five losses? I’ve got a lot to work on mentally and it has nothing to do with any of my coaches or my training partners – we did everything right, everything was good. Then this morning everything felt great. Then I get here and everything was like, whooooah. I wish I had the secret.

I just need to figure out something that I’m doing wrong. There’s no way I’m looking or talking of retirement. I’m just talking taking a few months off to f***ing regroup and figure some s*** out. That’s all.

I’ve gotta do something. I’m gonna fight Niko again. … We’re gonna run it back again and I’m going to do everything I can in my power to come prepared. I’ll be fighting for my job, literally. So hopefully that lights the fire under my ass that I need.

UFC president Dana White also spoke after the event, and saw the fifth fight without a win, and the punishment Cerrone took early, as being a sign that it’s time to retire.