In this clip from The Joe Rogan Experience podcast Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone recounts getting punched by an unknown assailant at Whole Foods and then goes into detail on an incident where he head kicked a drunk and aggressive man on a beach.

The latter incident turned into a two year legal battle after the man who “Cowboy” head kicked took the matter to court. The case was was eventually dismissed due to witness statements that supported Cerrone’s story.

“Cowboy” spoke to MMAjunkie about the incident which took place at Whole Foods:

I got punched in the mouth at a Whole Foods, (and it) knocked the glasses off my head, Cerrone said earlier this week. I was texting on my phone and walking across the crosswalk, me and (fiancee Lindsay Sheffield). The guy’s honking. She’s like, ‘You know that guy?’ I’m like, ‘I don’t know who that guy is.’ I just didn’t pay any attention and went to my car.

They come rolling over, running their mouths. And dude just smoked me and blew my glasses off my face. I was f-cking livid, man. Seeing fire in my eyes.

So what did Cerrone, who’s ranked No. 4 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA lightweight rankings and generally considered a world-class giver of ass-kickings, do? Admittedly, a few years ago, he likely would have got his revenge right then and there.

But now?

Now, where I’m at having to deal with the boat incident and going through all this, I just bit the bullet, he said. I told the dude, ‘Today – today is your lucky day.’

And Cerrone drove away.

Just the maturity of where I’m at now and being in the public eye, I can’t just – when I’m driving my truck and road rage, I want to get over and beat people up all the time, but I just can’t do it,

source: mmajunkie.com