Donald Cerrone has fired back at fans claiming he took a dive in his 40-second loss to Conor McGregor.
The UFC veteran, 36, was no match for the Dubliner's barrage of punches and kicks before the referee intervened in their Las Vegas showdown this month.
But the American has took exception to a social media user suggesting that he took the money to lose to the former two-weight world champion.
“Take a dive you stupid motherf*cker?” Cerrone wrote. “Who you think you’re talking to? Get a f*cking life."
He had a similarly blunt response to another fan who made the same accusation.
Cerrone wrote: “You think that’s funny? You feel like I’m the kind of man that would sell my soul? Do me a favor and unfollow me if that’s how you feel."
The first round defeat saw Cerrone suffer a broken nose and a broken orbital bone.
But even before the fight got underway, the veteran had to face claims that the fight was fixed to push McGregor back up the ladder again.
“Hell no, I’m not bowing down,” Cerrone told MMA Fighting before the bout at T-Mobile Arena.
“There’s a bunch of sh*t going around, people keep telling me, ‘I heard you’re getting paid to take a dive.’
"There wouldn’t be enough money in the world for someone to pay me to take a dive.
"I could never look myself in the mirror if somebody paid me to take a dive. Sh*t, never happen.
“I’d rather fight for free than take money to f*cking lose. That’s not me. I’m going to fight my ass off like I do every time.”
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