Cowboy Cerrone talks nearly dying in diving accident

UFC contracts have a “dangerous activities” clause that reportedly prohibits wakeboarding, horseback riding, snowboarding, and other pursuits that cumulatively amount to a typical afternoon for welterweight Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone.

Last week Cerrone went scuba diving for $500 worth of silver that had been hidden in the bottom of a lake. It almost cost him his life.

“My dry suit flooded,” said Cerrone to Andy Nesbitt of FOX Sports. “I wasn’t very deep, maybe 50-60 feet. Then my first stage blew. PFFFFTTTT. So I had like a massive air leak and I’m sunk at the bottom of a lake. And my regulator’s wide open flowing – just screaming air out of it. My girl tried to like … I should have took her air, but I just pushed her away from me and just torpedoed, sort of like crawling out of the lake.”

“Someone hid $500 worth of silver in this lake, called Perch Lake. So we had to find these clues and decipher all these things … And we got it, we were going to get it. And right when I got in – BOOM – all this s*** happened. That’s how scuba diving works, it snowballs. If something bad happens, one thing leads to another, so I just literally crawled out of the lake. I came back up with 200 psi, so any more time (expletive) and I would have been…”

“That’s how scuba diving works, it snowballs. If something bad happens, one thing leads to another. So I just literally crawled out of the lake. I came back up with 200 psi when I finally left. So any more time bulls*****ing and I would have been… [makes throat slashing gesture].”

To provide context on the 200 psi, when filled, cylinder gas pressure normally ranges between 2,900 and 4,400 psi.

https://twitter.com/CBBonFOX/status/794288201934381056

“>@Cowboycerrone had a near-death experience LAST WEEK while scuba diving.

And he told

.@Cowboycerrone had a near-death experience LAST WEEK while scuba diving.

And he told @anezbitt all about it before #UFC205. pic.twitter.com/TWPvh9alp7

— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) November 3, 2016

“>@anezbitt all about it before #UFC205. pic.twitter.com/TWPvh9alp7

— AtTheBuzzer (@TheBuzzerOnFOX) November 3, 2016

Donald Cerrone fights Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 205 on November 12 in New York, New York.