UFC 246: Donald Cerrone Takes Dig at Media Over Reports he Was Headed to Roufusport

Donald Cerrone is preparing to battle Conor McGregor on January 18th, and contrary to recent reports, “Cowboy” is not heading east to train with the famed Roufusport gym.

Cerrone accuses media of running with “click bait”

A couple of weeks ago posts started making the rounds that Cerrone was planning to go to Milwaukee to train at Roufusport. Since Cerrone has been training out of New Mexico and his BMF Ranch for a while, the stories likely raised eyebrows. Notable fighters like Anthony Pettis, Sergio Pettis, Tyron Woodley, and Paul Felder among many others, have all trained out of the gym.

The story was based on comments that Duke Roufus himself, reportedly made, whereby he said Cerrone was going to be at the gym following Christmas.

Well, while talking to MMA Junkie recently, Cerrone had this to say about those reports:

“Those reports are not accurate,” Cerrone said. “I’m not sure where that came. I heard it also. I’m like, ‘Oh, I guess I’m going to Duke Roufus’, huh?’ It’s just another clickbait from you guys. I love you media mother(expletives). Anything you guys can grasp your (expletive) hands on you’ll do it.”

Cerrone was then apparently informed that the reports stemmed from comments Roufus had reportedly made. “Cowboy” then said this:

“I’m the (expletive) horse,” Cerrone said. “I say I’m going nowhere. Same old song and dance (for this training camp), baby.”

One could argue that since Cerrone is coming off back-to-back losses that maybe switching things up in advance of UFC 246, could be a smart move. In his last outing, against Justin Gaethje in September, he was taken out in the first round.

That said, in Cerrone, we’re talking about the man who has the most wins in UFC history. So clearly he’s doing something right. Further, it could also be the case that he’s brought in new sparring partners or coaches to prepare for McGregor as well.

UFC 246 line-up

Here is the complete line-up for UFC 246, which will be hosted by T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada (line-up via MMA Mania).

170 lbs.: Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone
135 lbs.: Holly Holm vs. Raquel Pennington
155 lbs.: Diego Ferreira vs. Anthony Pettis
145 lbs.: Maycee Barber vs. Roxanne Modafferi
155 lbs.: Drew Dober vs. Nasrat Haqparast
145 lbs.: Grant Dawson vs. Chas Skelly
265 lbs.: Maurice Greene vs. Aleksei Oleinik
115 lbs.: Claudia Gadelha vs. Alexa Grasso
145 lbs.: Andre Fili vs. Sodiq Yusuff
125 lbs.: Askar Askarov vs. Tim Elliott
135 lbs.: Brian Kelleher vs. Ode Osbourne
125 lbs.: J.J. Aldrich vs. Sabina Mazo
205 lbs.: Aleksa Camur vs. Justin Ledet

*Fight card, bout order and the amount of matches subject to change.