Donald Cerrone was stopped in the first round by Conor McGregor, but he suffered no broken bones, according to “Cowboy” himself.
Shortly after UFC 246, it was reported that Cerrone (36-14 MMA, 23-11 UFC) broke both his nose and orbital bone in his 40-second TKO loss to McGregor, but Cerrone denies ever breaking anything.
Responding to fans on his Instagram post suggesting that he looked healthy, Cerrone said he’s unsure why the UFC and Nevada Athletic Commission gave the impression that he wasn’t in the first place.
“Surgery?? I didn’t have anything broken,” Cerrone responded to one fan.
And to another: “That’s because they didn’t break. Not sure why the UFC always says that.”
One of the most active fighters on the roster, Cerrone was handed a 180-day suspension following the loss.
It was McGregor’s use of the shoulder strikes that busted both Cerrone’s eye and nose, but it apparently looked worse than it actually was. It also was incorrectly alleged that Cerrone had broken his orbital bone in his doctor’s stoppage loss to Tony Ferguson at UFC 238.
The loss to McGregor was Cerrone’s third straight.
