The American mixed martial artist and former professional kickboxer Donald Anthony Cerrone is known professionally by his ring name ‘Cowboy’. He is a fighter in the welterweight and lightweight divisions for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Aside from fighting, Cerrone was starred in a 2020 Netflix film Spenser Confidential.
Donald Cerrone has been active in his career from 2006 to date. He began training in kickboxing and Muay Thai at the age of 20. He decided to pursue his career in mixed martial arts after he won a few kickboxing competitions. He has 36 wins, 15 losses, and 10 knockouts in his mixed martial arts record so far.
Who is Donald Cerrone?
The 6 feet 0-inch champion was born on March 29, 1983, in Denver, Colorado United States. He is of Irish and Italian descent. He attended Air Academy High School where he began professional bull riding. He was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder at a very tender age but unfortunately, he was never treated. This might be the reason why he was always getting into fights. After his parents divorced, he started to live with his grandparents.
Cerrone’s Professional Career
Donald Cerrone began his professional career at Freedom Fighters gym in commerce city, Colorado. He started training with Jon Jones, Rashad Evans, Nathan Marquardt, Keith Jardine, Georges St. Pierre, Leonard Garcia, Tom Watson, and a few others in 2016 at Greg Jackson’s Submission Fighting Gaidojutsu school in New Mexico.
He has worked the World Extreme Cagefighting until he tested positive hydrochlorothiazide, a banned diuretic. WEC merged with the ultimate fighting championship and so he and other fighters were transferred to UFC.
He later moved to welterweight and he was even awarded performance of the night bonus. He signed a new eight-fight contract with UFC.
Donald Cerrone’s net worth, earning, and salary
Donald Cerrone has been considered the busiest fighter in the UFC over the years. He has competed in not less than four fights yearly since 2013. He won multiple kickboxing championships in his career since he debuted in February 2006.
In January 2020, Cerrone was guaranteed a minimum of $2 million for a fight against Connor McGregor at UFC 246. After that fight, his career earnings as the cause of the fight were a little more than $6 million.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, the champion has an estimated net worth of $9 million as of January 2020.
All the ways Donald Cerrone makes his fortune
Cerrone’s fortune is mostly from his high performances in UFC. He has been fully sponsored by a lot of brands such as Budweiser, Monster Energy, and also Bad Boy Buggies. His long career has built up his net worth over the years and appearing in fights has benefits for him. Most if not all the bouts and the bonuses for his fights and performances usually add up to a huge paycheck for Cerrone.
The highest paycheck he has received so far was in January 2020 when Connor McGregor took him out by TKO in less than 40 minutes. Cerrone has many achievements to his name. in 2011, he was named 2011’s breakthrough fighter of the year by the World MMA Award. He has received three fights of the nights, three knockout of the nights, four performances of the night, and then two submissions of the night honors.
Donald Cerrone’s Controversies
Donald Cerrone was accused by Bobby Green a UFC lightweight fighter in 2014 of making racial comments towards him and about black people. Cerrone refuted Green’s claims but another fighter, Aljamain Sterling came forward with similar accusations in 2016. Sterling claimed Cerrone had made a comment about his gold chain that made him feel uncomfortable. Even though sterling did not specify the exact word but he implied it had racial insinuations.
Cerrone then became a target of widespread criticism for his casual usage of an anti-black racial slur after an old comment emerged in 2019.
Aside from the racial accusations, Cerrone also had sexual harassment allegations. This was revealed by Bobby Green in an interview with Ariel Helwani. Green claimed Cerrone sexually harassed his female fans at the UFC fan Expo signing in 2014. Cerrone denied all the accusations during an interview with Sherdog.
Donald Cerrone’s Personal life: Wife
Donald Cerrone and his fiancée Lindsay had their son Dacson Danger Cerrone on June 29, 2018. On 14 February 2020 Cerrone revealed that they are expecting another child in September 2020. The couple welcomed their second son riot river Cerrone on September 11, 2020.
Complete profile of Donald Cerrone
| Donald Cerrone | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Donald Anthony Cerrone |
| Date of Birth | 29 March 1983 |
| Age | 42 years |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Birth place | Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | Irish and Italian descent |
| Education | Air Academy High School |
| Profession | Former Professional Kickboxer and Mixed Martial Artist |
| Father | NA |
| Mother | NA |
| Siblings | NA |
| Marital Status | Single |
| Spouse/Partner | Lindsay Sheffield |
| Girlfriend | Lindsay Sheffield |
| Kids | Dacson Danger Cerrone and Riot River Cerrone |
| Religion | NA |
| Estimated Net Worth: | NA |
| Source of net worth | Kickboxing and Martial Art career |
| Height | 6feet 0inches (183cm) |
| Weight | 77 kg |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Social media | YouTube |
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