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‘I didn’t even wanna go out there’ — Cerrone reveals he didn’t want to fight McGregor at UFC 246

UFC fan favorite Donald Cerrone has revealed ahead of UFC 274 that he didn’t want to leave the locker room and face Conor McGregor in their welterweight bout at UFC 246.

‘Cowboy’ did end up making the walk to the Octagon but he suffered a first-round TKO defeat in what was one of his worst performances in the UFC to date.

Cerrone admits he choked under pressure and was not prepared to take on McGregor in front of millions of fans on the world’s biggest stage.

“On the Conor McGregor fight, the biggest eyes, millions watching, my moment, and I didn’t wanna be there.