Ahead of his scheduled headliner fight against Conor McGregor at UFC 246 in January, veteran fighter Donald Cerrone admitted to having intense attacks of pre-fight anxiety. “Cowboy” detailed every uneasy feeling and emotion, from the time he has his hands wrapped in the locker room, right up to the point where he touches gloves with his opponent.
It is an emotion that many other fighter share with Cerrone. Flyweight title contender Kaitlyn Chookagian, for one, says she sometimes hopes for an unfortunate incident right before her fight and have the entire matchup cancelled.
“I’m always like, maybe the bus will get in a car accident on the way over,” Chookagian told ESPN.