Donald Cerrone doesn’t know what to do with Anthony Smith’s recent accusations of indecent behavior.
During an appearance on the Believe You Me podcast this past May, Smith claimed that a drunken “Cowboy” and celebrity friend Dan Bilzerian forced Smith’s family and friends out of front row seats at the start of his light heavyweight title fight against Jon Jones at UFC 253 in March 2019. Smith accused Bilzerian, who was also next to Smith after she had done the seat shifting, of viewing pornography.
Cerrone will face Joe Lauzon at UFC Austin this Saturday. He had the opportunity to tell his story during a Wednesday media conference.
“For one, I saw Anthony a couple of times and he never said anything, so why he waited for three years to go by — I just don’t know if he’s trying to stay relevant, why he would bring that up,” Cerron said. “You know, because you go to the fights, your name is literally on your chair in Dana’s section. So, ‘Cowboy. It was Cowboy. We weren’t like saying, “Hey mom, get out! You’re not sitting in my seat.” Instead, we walked in the back and the security guard escorted us to our seats.
“It’s not like you can just free range walk around any seat you want and be like, ‘Get out, you’re in my seat’ or ‘Get out, I want to sit there.’ And if they were there and we kicked them out, how did we find another seat? The whole story doesn’t make any sense to me. I don’t get it, but I’m not sure where he even fabricated this story from. It’s funny to me and then to say Dan was in there watching porn. This means that after you threw your mom and grandma out of the seat, they sat next to us. This is strange, and I don’t understand .”
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As Cerrone makes his 38th UFC debut, he is at the top or close to the top of numerous promotional leaderboards. These include most wins (23, (tied with Jim Miller and Andrei Arlovski), as well as the highest number of finishes (16),. He also has the third most appearances.
Asked whether he finds Smith’s accusations upsetting in regards to their effect on his legacy, Cerrone reacted more with confusion than anger.
“More [annoyed with] the people that don’t know what’s going on, when they like make comments like, ‘Oh, you’re going to kick another grandma out?'” Cerrone said. These people don’t have the education to understand what’s happening in this story. You can post anything on social media, so it’s easy to be numb.
“I don’t get why Anthony didn’t just come to me and call me. If he was there and seen it and witnessed it, why wasn’t something said right there on the spot? Why would you wait three years to come out with it? Even if I had been drinking — and that was probably a very serious matter at UFC fights — it still stated ‘Cowboy” on the back. It’s not like I remember ever kicking anyone out. It could have been. Possibly. Doubtful. It’s not something I would do. If it was another dude, probably like, ‘Hey man, scoot over, you’re in my seat.’ But someone’s mom? I’m not that guy. Plus, I know everybody here. It would be easy to find another place. It’s a strange story to me, but whatever.”
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