“What really happened is I spent all my money and now I’m broke,”
Cerrone told Majority Draw Radio. “Now I only got one choice, and that’s to fight.
“It’s hard to have money in the bank and want something and then not get it. I just (expletive) buy it. I have no idea what saving money is. It has nothing to do with wanting to go broke. I wish I had millions in the bank; I’d never go broke. Let’s get that belt and get millions in the bank.”
The downslope, as Cerrone referred to it, began around the time he lost his UFC 141 fight against
Nate Diaz. Since then, the Jackson’s MMA standout said he began to taper off in his training, being present physically, but lacking the mental focus that he had in years prior.
The problem, Cerrone revealed, was that he reached a comfort zone and remained there for an extended period of time.
“What happened was I got real comfortable financially, and just kind of let off everything — my training, I lost my fire,” he said. “I was training, going through the motions.”
Even as he collected a notable win over
K.J. Noons at UFC 160 last May, Cerrone said he was missing something.
“I was fighting, but didn’t have that inner kill in me,” he said.
