Donald
Cerrone lays down his gloves and hat in the Octagon at
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July 3, 2022
Donald
Cerrone has long been among the most beloved fighters in the
history of the
Ultimate Fighting Championship, but his fans will likely never
see him fight ever again.
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Cerrone (36-17, 2 NC) suffered another loss inside the Octagon
Saturday night in the featured preliminary bout of
UFC 276 Saturday night in T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, but this
one was the final straw. Cerrone has lost two in a row and before a
“No Contest” to Nike Price nearly two years ago, “Cowboy” dropped
four straight.
Cerrone has long been one of the busiest fighters on the UFC
roster, taking fights on short notice multiple times and has
clashed with some of the greatest to ever strap on fingerless
gloves. Among Cerrone’s conquests inside the cage are Benson
Henderson, Eddie
Alvarez, Patrick
Cote, Mike Perry,
Matt
Brown and countless others, while coming up short against elite
foes Henderson, Nate Diaz,
Anthony
Pettis, Rafael dos
Anjos, Robbie
Lawler, Tony
Ferguson and Conor
McGregor. There virtually was no top tier fighter that Cerrone
didn’t face in his legendary career.
But on Saturday after being submitted via guillotine to Miller in
their long-awaited rematch, Cerrone announced his retirement from
MMA.
“I just don’t love it anymore,” he told Joe Rogan. “This was one of
the longest camps I’ve had in years. I just don’t love it anymore.
I want to be a movie star instead.”
Cerrone capped off a terrific
World Extreme Cagefighting career by winning Fight of the Night
five times. In the UFC, “Cowboy” won the same award six times,
Knockout of the night thrice, Submission of the Night twice and
Performance of the Night seven times. His 23 wins inside the
Octagon is second all-time only to Miller and his 18 post-fight
awards is tied for most all-time in the UFC.