UFC 126 – Donald Cerrone admits he didn’t know who Paul Kelly was and didn’t care when he accepted the fight

Former WEC lightweight title contender, Donald Cerrone has admitted he didn’t know a thing about UK stand-out, Paul Kelly when he accepted a fight with him at this weekend’s UFC 126 card in Las Vegas, Nevada, but that didn’t matter… he didn’t care either.
Speaking via Sherdog.com, Cerrone said:

“I didn’t care. It’s good to get in there and get after it. As far as not being ready or being ready, I stay ready. … I wasn’t really concerned who I was fighting as long as I just get in there and fight. The dude likes to go in there and throw down, which stylistically I love to do. Someone that will stand there and let me showcase my standup — I’m totally excited about [it].”

“He’s got a real good clinch and dirty boxing. He’s got good overhands and uppercuts. Those are the things that I definitely need to pay attention to. I can’t go in there and get careless. Other than that, his record’s not great and his jiu-jitsu’s not all that good either. He’s really standup oriented, and s–t, we can go out there and have a standup battle.”

Cerrone also spoke about wanting to fight Cole Miller down the line, something that hasn’t changed despite The American Top Team trained fighters recent loss to Matt Wiman.

“Just because Matt Wiman beat his ass doesn’t mean I did. I’m still coming. You’re still a target. I have full [intention] on coming after Cole and definitely fighting him some time in my career. If it’s next, that’d be great.”

Cerrone heads to the octagon on a two-fight winning streak having defeated bitter rival, Jamie Varner and talented Canadian, Chris Horodecki. Question is does the man dubbed “Cowboy” have what it takes to cut it in the big leagues? Stay tuned to MMABay to find out.