UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith recently alleged that Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and his celebrity pal Dan Bilzerian kicked his family out of ringside seats during Smith’s title challenge at UFC 235. Not only that, but that Bilzerian watched pornography while next to Smith’s mother. At the media event ahead of his appearance at UFC Austin this weekend, Cerrone had the chance to respond.
“For one, I saw Anthony a couple of times and he never said anything, so why he waited for three years to go by — I just don’t know if he’s trying to stay relevant, why he would bring that up.
You know, because you go to the fights, your name is literally on your chair in Dana’s section. So, ‘Cowboy. Cowboy.’ Nobody was sitting in my seat when we showed up there. It’s not like we were like, ‘Hey, mom, get out, you’re not in this seat.’ You walk in the back, the security grabs you and walks you to your seat, ‘Ticket 6, 7, OK, right there and there.’
It’s not like you can just free range walk around any seat you want and be like, ‘Get out, you’re in my seat’ or ‘Get out, I want to sit there.’ And if they were there and we kicked them out, how did we find another seat?
Cowboy Cerrone Reacts to Anthony Smith accusing him of stealing family’s seats at UFC 235
The whole story doesn’t make any sense to me. I don’t get it, but I’m not sure where he even fabricated this story from. It’s funny to me and then to say Dan was in there watching porn.
That means after we threw your grandma and mom out of their seat, they sat behind us? It’s strange to me, so I don’t know.”
Cerrone seems more confused than angry about the whole situation.
“I don’t get why Anthony didn’t just come to me and call me. If he was there and seen it and witnessed it, why wasn’t something said right there on the spot?
Why would you wait three years to come out with it? And if I was drunk — which probably was a pretty serious case at a UFC fight — the seat still said ‘Cowboy’ on it. I don’t recall kicking anybody out.
Could it have happened? Possibly. Doubt it.
But I would definitely not have kicked somebody’s mom or grandma out of a seat, I’m not that guy. If it was another dude, probably like, ‘Hey man, scoot over, you’re in my seat.’
But someone’s mom? I’m not that guy. Plus, I know everybody here. I would just find another seat. It’s a strange story to me, but whatever.”
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