Donald Cerrone living out of RV ahead of UFC 178, jokes that he ‘dances at night with the old folks’ to cut weight

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While the vast majority of fighters are comfortable in air-conditioned hotel rooms during fight week in Las Vegas, Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone prefers to be one with nature at all times, which is why he chose to live out of his RV ahead of his scheduled co-main event against Eddie Alvarez.

“I like my RV,” Cerrone told MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani. “It is good. We love being out there.”

Asked how he cuts weight on the RV, Cerrone jokingly stated that he “dances at night with the old folks.” He also claimed that wakeboarding and old-fashioned exercise was more efficient that the saunas available at his disposal in the hotel.

During the UFC 178 media day event, Eddie Alvarez referred to Cerrone as a “liar” for claiming he has never watched him fight in the cage. Cerrone was adamant that was the case but revealed that he is definitely aware of who the former champion is.

“I know the name Eddie Alvarez, absolutely. But I don’t watch footage, no.”

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Karim Zidan

Karim Zidan is a investigative reporter and feature writer focusing on the intersection of sports and politics. He has written for BloodyElbow since 2014 and has served as an associate editor since 2016. He also writes for The New York Times and The Guardian. Karim has been invited to speak about his work at numerous universities, including Princeton, and was a panelist at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival and the Oslo Freedom Forum. He also participated in the United Nations counter-terrorism conference in 2021. His reporting on Ramzan Kadyrov’s involvement in MMA, much of which was done for Bloody Elbow, has led to numerous award nominations, and was the basis of an award-winning HBO Real Sports documentary.