WEC 45 Post Fight: Ed Ratcliff and Donald Cerrone Talk About the Multiple Groin Shots

by Anton Tabuena on Dec 20, 2009 9:30 AM EST

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In the main event of WEC 45, Donald Cerrone submitted a very game Ed Ratcliff on the third round. This was of course before Ed "9mm" Ratcliff suffered not one, not two, but three illegal shots to the groin that would have surely made most men quit. He could've just gone home with a DQ victory, but he decided to continue and try to finish the fight, which also led to a $10,000 Fight of the Night bonus for both men. Ratcliff spoke about fighting through the pain and not giving up:

"There was never a point in time where I was going to quit. I needed a little time, for sure. I mean it didn't feel good. But never did it cross my mind that I'm about to go home right now."

"I know it wasn't intentional. Something like that, you can tell when it's intentional. You can look in another man's eyes and see where his mindset is at. It wasn't. It's part of the game, so it is what it is."

Donald Cerrone, who was docked two points for the illegal blows, gained more respect for his opponent, but also had to deal with a furious Mrs. Ratcliff who got angry after seeing her son take all those shots:

"I was telling her, 'I'm sorry, ma'am; I'm not doing this intentionally. She was, like, legitimately mad... I was like, 'I'm not doing it on purpose. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. Calm down. Don't get me when I get out of the cage.'"

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"You can see in a man's eyes if they're folding or quitting or breaking. Ed every time was just like, 'Damn this sucks' and was trying to shake it off when he went down. But he kept looking at me like, 'No, I'm coming. I'm coming.' That's why I was getting fired up because he was over there like, 'Yeah, let's do this.' It was good."

"My hat's off to him. There's no quit in that dude. There's going to be some great fights to see with him, and I'm excited to see him keep fighting. ... He could have quit the fight at any time and got me disqualified. He didn't. My hat's off to the dude. He brought it just like he said he would"

HT: mmajunkie

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Did the illegal blows affect the final outcome of the fight?

Yes

31 votes

No

37 votes

What? I only watched Strikeforce..

7 votes

75 votes | Poll has closed

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Comments

"Calm down. Don't get me when I get out of the cage."

by Scott Haber on Dec 20, 2009 10:09 AM EST reply actions

I added a poll since this is what most people were talking about on this fight..

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by Anton Tabuena on Dec 20, 2009 10:22 AM EST reply actions

I really really wish Cerrone had gotten that kneebar.

Guillotine.

by iiowyn on Dec 20, 2009 10:52 AM EST up reply actions

Seriously.

I tuned in just in time for that kneebar, that woulda been the sub of the decade right there. Huuuge props to Ratcliff for actually getting out of that.

by inadvertentgroinstrike on Dec 20, 2009 1:11 PM EST up reply actions