Cerrone: I don’t give a sh*t about risks
Donald Cerrone: “I’m my own guy, and I don’t give a s**t. Bring these fights on, you know? Like I said, if I’m going to be the champ, I’ve got to beat everyone anyways.”
Yesterday Donald Cerrone showed everyone just how much of a bad ass he is by accepting a fight on less than two weeks notice against Benson Henderson. Taking a fight on two weeks notice can be risky or can pay off, the first of which Donald Cerrone just doesn’t give a sh*t about:
Even when it came down to logistics, simple things like cutting weight twice in three weeks, Cerrone said he barely considered (or cared) about any potential ramifications.
“I don’t have an answer for you on that one,” Cerrone replied, chuckling again. “[That’s] probably damaging, for sure. But so is cocaine and alcohol, so I think this is a little less.
“I guess I could sit back like every other fighter and sit and wait. But I’m not every other fighter,” Cerrone added. “I’m my own guy, and I don’t give a s**t. Bring these fights on, you know? Like I said, if I’m going to be the champ, I’ve got to beat everyone anyways, so what is sitting and waiting and holding my position do?
“It’s not like I just say that, and when it comes to me, I tell my friends, ‘oh man, I’ve got to take this fight because everyone expects me to.’ No. When they offered it to me, it was like, yeah, absolutely, let’s go. There’s no name that comes across the table that I’m like, ‘oh damn, I’m can’t take that.’ No, let’s go. Let’s fight. It’s what we do. It’s what I’m paid to do. It’s my job.”