There is no quit in the Cowboy.
by R.T. on Jan 24, 2009 3:30 AM EST
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PrintDonald "the Cowboy" Cerrone has done a hell of a lot of things during his lifetime, the majority of which would scare the hell out of the rest of us. Weather its riding bulls professionally, fighting MMA professionally or taking a 4 wheel ATV off a 60 foot cliff. From a great article at yahoo.com
He's broken his back twice, the second time almost killed him according to Greg Beachem from the AP:
While riding four-wheelers in another remote expanse of his native Colorado, he made a split-second decision to follow a friend on a 60-foot jump. The four-wheeler impaled Cerrone, breaking several ribs, turning his lungs into Swiss cheese and exposing his internal organs to the sun.
Cerrone says he thinks that he was dead for a time at the hospital:
"I was knocking over the gurney, throwing up blood on the floor, and then I had the most peaceful feeling I've ever had in my life. I woke up from the coma 2 1/2 weeks later, though.''
When you've been through what the cowboys been through, peeling your self off the ground to beat former WEC 155lbs Champ Razor Rob Mccullough, aint no big thing its just how Cerrone rolls. If you get a chance check out the full article where they discuss Drew Fickett's Alcoholism, Jamie Varner and Greg Jackson.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/mma_experts/post/After-staring-death-in-the-face-Cerrone-isn-t-ab?urn=mma,136470#remaining-content
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I didn't even realize.......
This card was this weekend till I read the Meltzer preview. Man what a time to be an MMA fan!
YAMATO DAMASHII
prommaradio.com had really entertaining back-to-back interviews of Cowboy and Varner on this weeks show.
EXTREME
EXTREME!!! but seriously man that guys got stones.
I’m Jacked to see Aldo fight again. Its to bad the WEC ended up being booked on the date it did because its sort of got lost in the shuffle following such a Momentous PPV Ie: affliction D.O.R. The WEC even on their best day cant match the lineup and inrtigue surrounding a show with a 4.6 million dollar pay roll and a clash between the 2 best HW’s in the game. But Zuffa in their desperation to counter program Affliction has kind of thrown the Dub under the Bus and killed any potential Buzz the COWBOY vs WORM fight and FABER vs PULVER 2 would of had. The WEC only has so many Marquee fights at its disposal and the Pulver vs Faber rematch is one of them. I realize that San Deigo is a very strong TV market for MMA and there gonna pull a solid gate, but other then that nothing good comes from booking this fight when and how they did. Pulver had asked to fight in the spring on account of having just had his best friend shot to death and a very serious illness with his good friends child. Pulver being the pro that he is took the fight when they insisted. Typical abuse of a solid company mans good will, Pulver has been here since the beginning and has done more for this sport then most other fighters combined and to see them throw him into the lions den like this for little or no reason just pisses me off. I’m about as big of MMA as your gonna find and if Dave Meltzer hadn’t of mentioned the WEC card during his weekend preview I wouldn’t have even known it was happening. To zuffa way to blow your wad well before the end o f the first round.
YAMATO DAMASHII
The rematch will settle all of this
But the bottom line is that Jamie Varner was the second fighter in that cage to have impaired vision. One fought through it, one did not.
by Derek Suboticki on Jan 26, 2009 4:54 PM EST reply actions
You have no clue about how Varner felt after he took that shot. To even try and compare the situations is retarded. Seriously, how do you know how bad it affected Varner?
He said to Donald, after the fight (and you could hear this on the broadcast), ’I’m sorry, I couldn’t see.’
To which Donald responded, ‘I couldn’t see the whole fight.’
They both described the same symptom. One kept fighting, the other didn’t.
by Derek Suboticki on Jan 26, 2009 5:33 PM EST up reply actions
dude come on. Seriously. Just because they both had the same problem doesn’t mean Varners was easier to deal with. He took a knee to the temple. That’s not a simple injury.
Again, Verner was kicking his ass all over the place the 1st 4 rounds. You just sound bitter your “buddy” lost.
My buddy won the second, the fifth and arguably one of the other three – a judge scored the entire goddamn fight in his favor, remember?
by Derek Suboticki on Jan 26, 2009 5:44 PM EST up reply actions
varner was fading and quit. When its win at all costs honor goes out the window if your not cheating your not trying. That said Fuck varner.
disclaimer: I respect varner for having the balls to fight at all, but not for the way he conducts himself in and around the ring calling time outs etc.
YAMATO DAMASHII
yes, and that judge was claearly on crack. Did you catch the look of surprise on Cerrones face when that score in his favor was announced?
I’m not terribly surprised. I had the second and the fifth for Cerrone and didn’t really want to give the fourth (or was it the third? I need to re-watch) to either of them.
Bolts from the Blue // "Game over." - Jamal Williams
Bloody Elbow // "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken
by Richard Wade on Jan 26, 2009 6:22 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, you def need to re-watch. Because Varner was the one inflicting the most damage in each round save the 2nd and obv the 5th. But he def did enough for a UD.
I scored the fight for Varner. I just think it’s reasonable that one of the judges could have given rounds 2, 3 and 5 to Cerrone.
Bolts from the Blue // "Game over." - Jamal Williams
Bloody Elbow // "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken
by Richard Wade on Jan 27, 2009 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
Round 3 is when he blasted Cerrone and closed both of his eyes up. Where did Cerrone beat him that round?
Reasonable might be the wrong word because like I said, I disagree.
Bolts from the Blue // "Game over." - Jamal Williams
Bloody Elbow // "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken
by Richard Wade on Jan 27, 2009 3:25 PM EST up reply actions
One was hit with an illegal strike and the other one wasn’t.
by George Lucas on Jan 26, 2009 6:24 PM EST up reply actions
I just think that Cerone opened a lot of eyes to how tough he is. I was told in the other thread that he’d get “Destroyed” by Varner and while he was losing it was hardly a destruction. The dude looked like a frickin machine capable of absorbing damage.
I can’t wait to see a rematch, you can bet Cerone is going to have takedown defence drilled into him for the rematch.
Indeed, Cerrone didn't get destroyed...
So cut the bull shit of saying that Varner did “destroy” him, you know who you are.
It was a freakin war and too bad it ended the way it dude. I gained a lot of respect and was definitely about ready to admit that I was wrong about Varner…. but then round 5 started.
by Gunslinger20 on Jan 26, 2009 6:35 PM EST up reply actions
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