UFC: Donald Cerrone asks Conor McGregor to hug him before their fight in media jibe-heavy UFC 246 press conference
- ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone says media ‘makes [expletive] up’ and asks fight analysts to ‘get a life’ in lead-up to UFC 246 headliner
- McGregor explains lack of bad blood and mental warfare is ‘nothing fake’ and he is ‘as real as it gets’
Donald Cerrone took issue with the media’s coverage of his upcoming UFC 246 bout with Irish superstar Conor McGregor and suggested his new calmer demeanour should be celebrated accordingly.
“It’s just you media guys making [expletive] up,” said Cerrone (professional MMA record 36-13) at the UFC 246 pre-fight press conference in response to their lack of trash-talking leading up to the weekend.
“Cowboy” was clearly tired of far-fetched fan and media theories such as a correlation between him hugging his opponent in the Octagon before the fight and them getting knocked out.
“Just like they say ‘if you hug ‘Cowboy’ in the ring, you’re gonna get knocked out’ … so gimme a big old-a** hug when we get in there, all right?” Cerrone joked, looking across at Irishman McGregor.
“No man, we’re just professionals. Why can’t Conor sit right here and hold himself like he’s doing? This is [expletive] amazing, are you kidding me?