‘Don’t let this happen’ – Concerns raised for Conor McGregor’s former foe as he announces he is ending retirement despite six-fight losing streak

Donald Cerrone is ending his retirement after just over two years out of the Octagon.

The MMA icon hung up his gloves in July 2022 after suffering a submission loss to Jim Miller at UFC 276.

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However, ‘Cowboy’ announced that he is planning to return despite currently being on a six-game losing streak.

“I want to return (to the UFC) and have two more fights,” Cerrone said in a video posted on his Instagram page.

“When I retired, I said I was getting my hair done and taking steroids.”

Cerrone has competed 48 times under the Zuffa banner in the UFC and WEC, but wants to have 50 fights before his career is complete.

“The number 50 has been on my mind for a while,” he continued.

Cerrone admits he has been taking TRT and “a bunch of peptides” in recent years.

But now he’s coming off performance enhancers in hopes of returning to the UFC’s drug testing pool.

“For all of you who think, ‘Oh, what if you get into this, you can never get out?’” Cerrone added.

“Well, now I have to go out and clean up.”

Cerrone then revealed that he intends to fight ‘within a few months’.

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The 41-year-old has competed 38 times in the UFC, making him the third most active fighter in the company’s history, behind Jim Miller and Andrei Arlovski.

He’s been in some massive fights, including a showdown with Conor McGregor in 2020 that ended in a first-round knockout victory for the Irishman.

The news that Cerrone is planning a comeback was met with dismay from MMA fans, who flooded the comments section of his video to express their displeasure.

One supporter wrote: “No. Why? Just no.”

Another posted: “Please don’t let this happen.”

A third commented: “Watching this video was a bit depressing.”

Meanwhile, someone commented: “Someone is going to sleep with him.”

Cerrone was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame last year and appears to have nothing left to achieve in the sport.

However, the allure of fighting drew him back, like so many great athletes before him.