Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone is back, or rather he will be soon, which is unsurprising since the man loves fighting. More prolific than Kevin Holland, and more willing to take short-notice fights than Alexander Volkanovski, they don’t really make ’em like ‘Cowboy’ anymore.

The UFC legend took to social media and reminded fans that he will be back in the Octagon soon, leading to a flurry of reactions from fellow UFC stars. Including Michael Chandler, who seemingly wants to fight him. “@cowboycerrone Pull that hat down tight…,” Chandler commented on Cerrone’s post.

However, there is just one problem – Chandler fights at 155, while Cerrone plans to come back at 170. But that shouldn’t be much of an issue. After all, Chandler was set to fight Conor McGregor at 170 last year before the fight fell apart, and could well do so again against Cerrone. At least that is what ‘Cowboy’ wants the former Bellator champ to do.

“@mikechandlermma ya know I got nothing but love for you amigo but you going to need to give some lbs. ya boy is kinda fat and ain’t cutting weight ever again,” Cerrone wrote in reply to Michael Chandler‘s comment.

Cerrone, of course, retired in July 2022 at 39 after going winless in seven consecutive fights. But now, after three years, he wants to come back. But only or two fights. The vet has forty-eight fights under the Zuffa umbrella, and he wants to make it a round figure of fifty. However, even his friends think that may not be a good idea.

Old friend dissuades Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone against comeback

UFC commentator and former star, Paul Felder, who is friends with Donald Cerrone and even lived with him at one point, does not want ‘Cowboy’ to come back, and for pretty obvious reasons- the risks to his health. The commentator can’t understand why Cerrone even wanted to get to fifty fights at all under the Zuffa rubric. The UFC is not even owned by Zuffa anymore.

“Donald was a massive, massive, pivotal part of my UFC career and kind of getting me to where I was. And I would tell him this too – at what cost, man? To get to 50? For what? [Because] you’ve got 48 fights? I don’t know if it’s worth it for your health to come back. Who are you gonna fight? Do you want wins? Because you’re not getting them, you know, against any of the top guys right now,” Felder told Michael Bisping on the latter’s podcast.

It isn’t really a mystery why Cerrone wants to come back. Based on his career, we know that he loves fighting more than anything else. While it is true he may not be very competitive against any top-ranked 170 guys anymore, and he risks taking (even more) long-term brain damage with this decision, ‘Cowboy’ doesn’t care. He just wants to fight. What do you think about a possible clash between Cerrone and Chandler?