Donald Cerrone and Conor McGregor were quite friendly toward each other at Wednesday's UFC 246 press conference in advance of their main event bout Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The conversation was flowing to the point where Cerrone and McGregor started talking about the snakeskin jacket "Cowboy" had on. That prompted Cerrone to make a remark about PETA.
“I’m sure PETA might be here because I got rattlesnakes on and python," Cerrone said.
McGregor fired right back and told Cerrone, “They have a warrant out for me as well, PETA. They’re coming for me, too.”
It didn't take long for the animal rights group to respond to Cerrone's comments, saying on their Twitter page: "You’re right! We ARE here—to remind you that only COWARDS would brag about wearing an animal who was likely beaten & skinned alive. Why don’t you knock out your insecurities and only wear your OWN skin?"
During his UFC 246 media session on Thursday, Cerrone (36-13, 1 no-contest) was informed of the post made by PETA. Cerrone gave a fiery and direct response to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
"I bet if killing humans was legal, I would wear a badass human jacket," Cerrone said. "I got a white buffalo at home PETA , and when she croaks, I’m going to wear a b—hing ass f—king legendary white buffalo cape about one of these days.
"So at the ranch, I have a lot of animals (such as) turkeys, goats, chickens, pigs. We (are) killing the butcher. We eat them all ourselves. Every bit of themselves," he continued. "It’s not like I don’t just go down to the store and buy beef. I raise it, kill it, eat it. So if there’s anything inhumane and unjust about raising and killing my own meat for my own sake, PETA, you’re f—ked up.
"Granted, I didn’t kill the snake or raise the snake to build the python jacket, but goddamn it was f—king cool so I had to wear it."
PETA has yet to respond to Cerrone's latest remarks.