Donald Cerrone has made his first public comments since his fight-day withdrawal from UFC 274 on Saturday, and it came with some news about his fighting future.
Cerrone (36-16 MMA, 23-13 UFC) contracted food poisoning the night prior to his scheduled lightweight fight with Joe Lauzon (28-15 MMA, 15-12 UFC) at Footprint Center in Phoenix. All options were explored to keep him in the fight, but shortly after the card began, the promotion announced “Cowboy” was unable to compete due to illness.
It was an uncommon occurrence from Cerrone, who has been one of the most historically reliable fighters to ever grace the octagon. Only Andrei Arlovski and Jim Miller have logged more fights under the UFC banner, but he said this was an impossible situation.
