UFC lightweight Donald Cerrone is known for his exciting fighting style along with his ability to get into the cage more than almost any other fighter. The bonus machine has a pretty outgoing personality too, which makes him popular with sponsors. Let's face it - any guy that can drink enough Budweiser to get his own sponsorship has earned my praise. But when speaking to Yahoo Sports recently, he stated that he's going to be losing a big chunk of change when the new Reebok deal kicks in:

"Per fight, yeah, I'm going to take a little bit of a cut, sure. I think my pay grade with the Reebok deal is, $20,000, or $22,000. So, comfortably, [I'm] saying that I'm going to be losing $60,000 a fight probably."

Despite that though, he had a lot of praise for the deal, since it will likely mean that fighters don't have to chase people down for money:

"I think the Reebok deal…you know, the first couple of fights, the first year, is gonna be kinda shaky ground while they figure everything out," he said. "But I think it's awesome. And like I said, there' s a lot of people that were looking for sponsors and who were fighting for $500."

"Now they know – I mean, I don't know how the pay is gonna work, but I'm sure the UFC is going to send a check, or Reebok is going to send a check right away. It's not going to be like fighting for pennies again; knocking people out and then calling, 'Hey, it's been 90 days, where is my check? I don't have it. I need it.' So, it's going to be good for everybody and once they figure everything out, I think it's going to be just fine."

Cerrone (27-6, 1 NC, 14-3 UFC) takes on John Makdessi at UFC 187 this weekend in Las Vegas.