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Tony Ferguson won’t be booked for a fight in the near-term future, because his boss thinks he has some issues to work through first. UFC president Dana White gave his thoughts to Kevin Iole of Yahoo. Via MMAFighting.com:
“Tony had hit me up after the Max Holloway fight went to [Dustin] Poirier and was saying, ‘What’s next for me?’” White said. “I said, ‘Well, we can get you a fight with Al Iaquinta.’ Reached out to Al, Al was interested in the fight. But the reality is that right now Tony has a lot of personal problems that he needs to deal with. I don’t think that putting him in a fight right now would be in his best interest. He needs to handle his personal stuff first.”
Ferguson is riding an 11-fight win streak, and won the interim title only to be later stripped of it after tripping over a cable and tearing his ACL in a freak accident. He returned from that injury to beat Anthony Pettis in the co-main event of UFC 229.
He has not fought since, and recently, it was revealed that his wife, Christina Ferguson, has filed a restraining order against him after he exhibited erratic and paranoid behavior, including tearing his house apart looking for cameras, and thinking his son is Jesus Christ. Christina wrote that his behavior got worse after the UFC took his belt away.
“[His] behavior is getting worse and more frightening,” Cristina wrote. “I am afraid that during one of [Tony’s] episodes [Tony] will kill me, our son and/or himself.”
The court has scheduled a domestic violence prevention services investigation into Tony Ferguson for March 22 and a hearing for April 5. He has not been arrested, nor charged with a crime.
Ferguson posted today that his psychologist appointment went well, which is a hopeful sign that things are looking up for him.
Psychologist appt went well, Thanks Doc Champ Shit Only pic.twitter.com/BveeHnNGxI
— Tony Ferguson (@TonyFergusonXT) March 20, 2019
Insomnia
I feel like these two might need to be in different weight classes or something
Monday mailbag! What are some BIG challenges you had to over come?
Thank you @francisngannou #bellyrubapproved @monsterenergy @ricosproducts @UFC@bellatormma #bellator #ufc#mmatraining #mma#challenges #mmafighting pic.twitter.com/R3LDqqeNRi
— Roy Nelson (@roynelsonmma) March 19, 2019
Donald Cerrone vs. Al Iaquinta is a perfect matchup, and also opens the door for McGregor vs. the winner of Max Holloway-Dustin Poirier.
Recently Cerrone has been linked with Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz but those talks never got far, sources say, so it appears UFC is ready to move on from those two options.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 19, 2019
Derrick Lewis should not have posted my car like this.
Stephen Thompson ought to destroy Anthony Pettis this weekend, but it will be fun for as long as it lasts
Your main event at #UFCNashville
Stephen Thompson is the biggest betting favorite on the card. While Anthony Pettis does own competitive metrics, it’s worth noting he earned those in lighter weight classes. Should be a fun fight regardless. pic.twitter.com/SfxmUfpKaC
— Fightnomics Reed (@Fightnomics) March 19, 2019
Every day I see some wrinkle to grappling I have never witnessed before
That’s a charge by the giraffe
Block or charge? pic.twitter.com/kqh7a60ls5
— Rex Chapman (@RexChapman) March 19, 2019
In fact they’ve done plenty of non title PPV main events & those have higher buys than most of the recent headlined interim title bouts
UFC 202
UFC 196 (title was co-main)
UFC 161
UFC 141
UFC 139
UFC 137
UFC 133
UFC 130
UFC 127
UFC 119
UFC 115
UFC 114
UFC 110
UFC 109
UFC 108
etc— Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) March 19, 2019
Joe Rogan with the correct take: Robbie Lawler was never out
Joe Rogan rewatching Ben Askren vs. Robbie Lawler with UFC champ @USMAN84kg
“I changed my mind again, I don’t think he was out. You gotta run that back” #UFC
— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) March 18, 2019
Mark Hunt says he lost an uncle in the Christchurch shooting
Mark Hunt lost his uncle in Christchurch. Life has really thrown the all the shit at him. pic.twitter.com/48kVm62G6X
— Jonathan of Kowloon *Shemetov to Rizin* (@GlobeSvcs) March 19, 2019
Conor McGregor celebrating his family
Started the week in the wrong pen.
Ended it in the right one ?? ?? pic.twitter.com/eIHBKEClEP— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) March 19, 2019
Dana White trying to name off the months of the year and getting it horribly, horribly wrong.
What? pic.twitter.com/cXgt0QQHhQ
— Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) March 19, 2019
Not a strong day for Dana and basic facts he should know.
In fact they’ve done plenty of non title PPV main events & those have higher buys than most of the recent headlined interim title bouts
UFC 202
UFC 196 (title was co-main)
UFC 161
UFC 141
UFC 139
UFC 137
UFC 133
UFC 130
UFC 127
UFC 119
UFC 115
UFC 114
UFC 110
UFC 109
UFC 108
etc— Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) March 19, 2019
I didn’t realize strawweight contender Tatiana Suarez had such an inspiring story
Jon Jones responds to Dominick Reyes
Been waiting in the same spot for like 8 years now. ??? https://t.co/UTh1rH0WFp
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) March 18, 2019
That’s a TKO
Meanwhile in Russia…the ‘male slapping championships’ took place in Krasnoyarsk. The winner, Vasiliy Kamotskiy (left) took home 30,000 rubles (£350) pic.twitter.com/aXQkMkmbd6
— Danny Armstrong (@DannyWArmstrong) March 19, 2019
Random Land
Anyone else remember seeing that old Pistol Pete movie growing up?
Pistol Pete. Pull-up game = strong. pic.twitter.com/cuEkFcSvWR
— Rex Chapman (@RexChapman) March 20, 2019
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