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According to him, Greg Jackson, and Winklejohn, Donald Cerrone is finally serious about going and getting the title. He still enjoys those pay checks, but he's got loftier goals in mind now.
Excerpt from interview with Jackson and Winklejohn re: Donald Cerrone
I really think the RDA fight made him turn a corner. He lost that fight, obviously. He showed heart, didn't fold and (in my opinion) dominated the 3rd round. Somehow the judges apparently gave the unanimous nod to RDA but I just don't see how that's plausible *********.
Fightmetric
Round 3
RDA 7 of 32 for 21% accuracy and 0 for 3 on takedowns
Cerrone 19 for 40, 47% accuracy, no takedowns attempted.
He landed almost 3 times the strikes with more than twice the accuracy and stuffed three takedowns.
That's a win for that round in my book.
Either way, I think he showed in that fight that...even in those big moments, he isn't folding. He may not have won that fight, but he definitely didn't "choke" and gave it his all in that third round, that was too little too late.
My question to you...do you honestly think this is a different Cerrone? I do. I'm a fan though, so i'm supposed to think that. What about you?
********EDIT
That's absolutely plausible. Got in rant mode, and made an ass of myself with that statement lol
Excerpt from interview with Jackson and Winklejohn re: Donald Cerrone
"What he tells me is: ‘I'm tired of messing around, coach. I'm going after that title.' And that means he's figured it out. He's turned his corner, and I think that's really important," says Cerrone's head trainer Greg Jackson.
"I've known him since he was a kid, since he came here eight, nine years ago. So I see a shift in him. And it's time. That's what I always say, Donald's turned his corner. His mentality is different. It's the first time I've ever heard him say, ‘I really want that belt. I'm going after this thing.' Like, I've never heard him say that. Usually it's like, ‘I don't care who I fight and what I do.' But I just see a focus shift in him."
Jackson isn't alone in his observations.
"He finally knows what he wants," says fellow coach Mike Winkeljohn. "It took us a long time to figure out that what Donald needs is just to be himself and enjoy life, and when he's calm that way, he goes into a fight much more focused. So this one definitely is different. I think he's making a title run right now. He's going to do it this time. He's one of the most athletic guys in our gym and people haven't even seen that in his fights yet."
"Now [he] understands that: ‘okay, I can compete with these guys. My biggest opponent is certainly myself, and if I'm on, then I'm very hard to stop.' I think that was a big epiphany for him," adds Jackson. "Hanging out with Kevin Harvick, too, the race care driver, seeing him win, Cowboy's like ‘well he's winning and he's kinda my best friend. I should be winning a title, too.'"
"I've known him since he was a kid, since he came here eight, nine years ago. So I see a shift in him. And it's time. That's what I always say, Donald's turned his corner. His mentality is different. It's the first time I've ever heard him say, ‘I really want that belt. I'm going after this thing.' Like, I've never heard him say that. Usually it's like, ‘I don't care who I fight and what I do.' But I just see a focus shift in him."
Jackson isn't alone in his observations.
"He finally knows what he wants," says fellow coach Mike Winkeljohn. "It took us a long time to figure out that what Donald needs is just to be himself and enjoy life, and when he's calm that way, he goes into a fight much more focused. So this one definitely is different. I think he's making a title run right now. He's going to do it this time. He's one of the most athletic guys in our gym and people haven't even seen that in his fights yet."
"Now [he] understands that: ‘okay, I can compete with these guys. My biggest opponent is certainly myself, and if I'm on, then I'm very hard to stop.' I think that was a big epiphany for him," adds Jackson. "Hanging out with Kevin Harvick, too, the race care driver, seeing him win, Cowboy's like ‘well he's winning and he's kinda my best friend. I should be winning a title, too.'"
I really think the RDA fight made him turn a corner. He lost that fight, obviously. He showed heart, didn't fold and (in my opinion) dominated the 3rd round. Somehow the judges apparently gave the unanimous nod to RDA but I just don't see how that's plausible *********.
Fightmetric
Round 3
RDA 7 of 32 for 21% accuracy and 0 for 3 on takedowns
Cerrone 19 for 40, 47% accuracy, no takedowns attempted.
He landed almost 3 times the strikes with more than twice the accuracy and stuffed three takedowns.
That's a win for that round in my book.
Either way, I think he showed in that fight that...even in those big moments, he isn't folding. He may not have won that fight, but he definitely didn't "choke" and gave it his all in that third round, that was too little too late.
My question to you...do you honestly think this is a different Cerrone? I do. I'm a fan though, so i'm supposed to think that. What about you?
********EDIT
That's absolutely plausible. Got in rant mode, and made an ass of myself with that statement lol
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