MMA Fighting: All Posts by Donald "Cowboy" Cerronehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52789/mma_minimal_navy..jpg2011-12-29T09:00:00-05:00https://www.mmafighting.com/authors/donald-cowboy-cerrone/rss2011-12-29T09:00:00-05:002011-12-29T09:00:00-05:00UFC 141 Blog: Donald Cerrone on Getting Snubbed by Nate Diaz
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<img src="http://cdn3.sbnation.com/imported_assets/970429/cerronebeatssiver.jpg" align="right" alt="">Where I am from, if you are cool with someone, you are cool with their friends. If you are not cool with me, then don't go talking to my best friend when I am in the room unless you can be cool with me for a couple of seconds, too. <br><br>
A couple of months ago at <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/tag/UFC+137/" class="injectedLink">UFC 137</a>, at the open workout at the TUF Gym in Vegas, <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/nate/diaz/538/" class="injectedLink">Nate Diaz</a> was in the room talking to my best friend, <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/leonard/garcia/384/" class="injectedLink">Leonard Garcia</a>, so I went over to shake his hand. Nothing major just like, "Hey man, what's going on? Nice to meet you." <br><br>
This was the first time I've ever met the dude and I was being polite. Y'know, because that what you do when you are in a room and your friend is talking to a dude right in front of you, you introduce yourself. <br><br>
But Diaz slapped my hand away and called me a 'punk-ass b**ch' and walked off. <br><br>
I was like, really? <br><br>
Okay. <br><br>
This guy thinks you've got to be dumb or come from Stockton, wherever that is, to be tough. But I've got the same 'I don't give a f**k' gene he has, and I also got genes for better striking and better wrestling. He pissed me off, he lit my fire up and as soon as I beat <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/dennis/siver/366/" class="injectedLink">Dennis Siver</a> at UFC 137 I knew that I wanted to fight again before the end of the year, and I knew I wanted to fight Nate Diaz. <br><hr align="center" width="90%">
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The weird thing is, I like the Diaz brothers. They come to fight. They are crazy. They bring it. Diaz is going to show up Friday night at <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/tag/UFC+141/" class="injectedLink">UFC 141</a> and we will have a war. Do I respect him as a fighter? Yes I do. He comes to throw down. He comes and fights with everything he's got. Is that enough to stop me from beating him up? No, it is not. Not anywhere near. <br><br>
If he wants to stand, let's stand. He won't last a round with that funny hands above his head like he's riding a Harley stance. And if he wants to take me down, first he has got to beat my wrestling, and he isn't good enough to do that. And I don't know if it is a good idea for him to even try to take me down. My BJJ isn't great, but it is as good as his. <br><br>
Diaz doesn't make a whole lot of sense when he talks. He said if I don't knock him out or win a decision, I am in trouble. What does that mean? I know how to co-exist in this world, and part of that is to say 'Hi' and shake hands with people. Diaz can't do that. I guess he didn't go to school to learn how to shake hands... sorry, inside joke. <br><br>
Yesterday we had the open workouts at the same TUF gym where Diaz slapped my hand away in October. I was in the locker room waiting for him to get done doing interviews with press, but then I decided to go out and give him something to worry about. I purposely went out there knowing he wasn't done and started hitting pads. He kept turning around real skittish. <br><br>
I got this. If he makes it to the second round, he's had a lucky night. <br><em><br>
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