Donald Cerrone has never been a man of many words. He prefers to let his work inside the cage do the talking.
Easily one of the UFC’s most active fighters, “Cowboy” competed five times in 2011 alone, which provided him plenty of opportunities to make definitive statements along the way.
Since coming over from the WEC, Cerrone has claimed victory in five out of six bouts. His lone setback in that stretch came at the hands of Nate Diaz back in December but Cerrone rebounded back into the win column as he earned a solid victory over Jeremy Stephens.
During this impressive run Cerrone has blazed up the ladder in the ultra-competitive UFC lightweight division and now finds himself amongst the elite in the weight class. In order to keep his momentum going he will need to get through former Jackson/Winkeljohn’s teammate Melvin Guillard. Stylistically, the match up is guaranteed to bring the noise and Cerrone shared his thoughts on the matter.
“It’s definitely going to be fireworks in this fight,” Cerrone told Bleacher Report. “[Melvin] is very athletic, explosive and he brings it. I’m looking forward to it. I plan on using all aspects of this game to defeat Melvin. It’s f**king going down.”
Anytime teammates, past or present, square off in the UFC there is an emphasis put on the situation. This is due in large part to fighters speaking out about fights they won’t take or the difficulties the organization has faced when attempting to put together particular match-ups. Most scenarios have come when title contention is involved and a victory over Guillard will certainly push Cerrone towards the top.
Nothing about these issues hold any weight as far as Cerrone is concerned. He pays no mind to anything outside of the fight and did not pull any punches when addressing the subject.
“I think too much focus is put on too much bullsh**,” Cerrone said. “Reporters and media are always trying to dig and find too much bullsh** to write about.
“Fighting is fighting. I don’t give a sh**. I don’t read anything on the Internet or anything else like that because I don’t care. There is too much other sh** going on in my life for me to read up on what people at home are saying.”
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