On the eve of fight night, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone walked onto the stage with his grandmother, who just so happens to be his best friend, for the “UFC on FOX 23” weigh-in ceremony. While Cerrone left his grandmother behind him as he walked into the octagon on Saturday evening, she was in attendance and saw all the action and controversy unfold right in front of her eyes.
Cerrone had been close to knocked out, if not completely knocked out, at the end of the opening round and was ultimately finished by Jorge Masvidal in the second. After the fight, grandma Cerrone had some words for Masvidal that actually broke his heart (via. FloCombat):
“Man, she killed me, man. She just came up to me and said, ‘That’s my grandson, and you’re a great fighter, and no one has taken out my grandson like that.’ I might be a bad guy, but things like that get me, man. I don’t want to beat no one in front of their grandma. I got family, I’ve got kids, and I can’t imagine seeing my kids going in there, you know? That hurt a little bit, you know?”
