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Tony Ferguson Calls Out Eddie Alvarez For Title Shot

It’s been quite the ride for Tony Ferguson this year, as he’s had opponents pull out left and right throughout the course of his 2015 season. Ferguson was originally set to meet grappling phenom Khabib Nurmagomedov at The Ultimate Fighter Season 22 Finale (TUF 22 Finale), however, the Russian was forced to pull out of the

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It’s been quite the ride for Tony Ferguson this year, as he’s had opponents pull out left and right throughout the course of his 2015 season.

Ferguson was originally set to meet grappling phenom Khabib Nurmagomedov at The Ultimate Fighter Season 22 Finale (TUF 22 Finale), however, the Russian was forced to pull out of the contest due to an injury.

Michael Johnson was briefly scheduled to meet ‘El Cucuy’ at UFC 196, but Johnson was also forced to pull out due to injury and was replaced by Nurmagomedov at UFC on FOX 19. Unfortunately Ferguson suffered an injury of his own that forced him out of the Nurmagomedov contest, and would later be scheduled against Michael Chiesa at UFC Fight Night 91.

Alas the injury bug would strike again, as Chiesa injured his back during training camp and would be replaced by UFC newcomer Landon Vannata. Vannata and Ferguson put on quite the show at last night’s (July 13, 2016) UFC Fight Night 91, as Vannata almost got the better of the lightweight veteran with a thunderous head-kick in the first round.

USATSI_9382945_168382968_lowresFerguson would ultimately go on to submit Vannata after surviving the rookie’s striking clinic in the first round, and proceeded to call out the newly-crowned UFC lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez, as well as Nurmagomedov whom he has missed two previous set dates with.

Following the contest Ferguson joined FOX Sports, courtesy of MMA Fighting, to discuss his performance against Vannata as well as crediting the Jackson-Wink product for his impressive performance:

“We were preparing for Michael Chiesa,” Ferguson said. “So, I think if anything, I was just more prepared for a wrestler and I underestimated his [Vannata] standup, but after just getting hit a couple of times, it’s exactly what I wanted and that’s just the type of fighter I am, and I battled through it, and took some of his hardest shots, and put fear in his face.”

120415-ufc-Tony-Ferguson-pi-mp.vresize.1200.675.high.3With his victory over Vannata, ‘El Cucuy’ is ready for title contention and proceeded to call out 155-pound champ Alvarez and the No. 2-ranked Nurmagomedov to throw down with him next:

“All my performances are right there to put me on title contention,” said Ferguson. “This fight was a short-notice fight. I know he wasn’t ranked, but it was a very risky chance to come in there and take the short-notice fight.

Props to Lando Vannata and props to JacksonWink over in Albuquerque, but every single fight is there and I’m ready for it. If Eddie Alvarez wants to sign that dotted line, or if he wants an easy fight, go ahead and fight Conor [McGregor], but I’m a hard type fight.

I’m not someone to joke around with. And with [Rafael dos Anjos], you have Khabib Nurmagomedov. I’d love to get that fight against Khabib and maybe we’ll go on The Ultimate Fighter show and put on a show for the fans.”

Who do you think Ferguson should step into the Octagon next, has he done enough to earn a shot at the coveted UFC lightweight strap?

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Eddie Alvarez Auto-Responds To Tony Ferguson & Khabib Nurmagomedov

Eddie Alvarez has had a wild seven days. He capped things off with a dominating performance over Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night 90 last Thursday to become the new UFC lightweight champion. Now, Alvarez has been traveling and going back to his roots. Hey Philadelphia, @EAlvarezFight has a message for you! #ChampionsParade @Eagles

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Eddie Alvarez has had a wild seven days. He capped things off with a dominating performance over Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night 90 last Thursday to become the new UFC lightweight champion. Now, Alvarez has been traveling and going back to his roots.

Alvarez addressed No. 2-ranked Khabib Nurmagomedov and No. 4 Tony Ferguson, who both recently called him. Alvarez took to Twitter to respond to the two fighters and wow did he give a great response.

“Auto Response: @TonyFergusonXT @TeamKhabib Out of the office right now sipping pina colada’s I get back to You At “My” earliest convenience.”

Now, the UFC has some decisions to make. Do they give Nurmagomedov a title shot, who is currently on a 23 fight winning streak and last competed in April of this year against Darrell Horcher and won by second-round TKO? Or do they give Ferguson a title shot, who is on an eight fight winning streak and is fresh off a win over Landon Vannata at UFC Fight Night 91 by second round TKO? Or does the UFC give dos Anjos a rematch with the new champion? Lots of decision to be made.

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Eddie Alvarez Auto-Responds To Tony Ferguson & Khabib Nurmagomedov

Eddie Alvarez has had a wild seven days. He capped things off with a dominating performance over Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night 90 last Thursday to become the new UFC lightweight champion. Now, Alvarez has been traveling and going back to his roots. Hey Philadelphia, @EAlvarezFight has a message for you! #ChampionsParade @Eagles

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Eddie Alvarez has had a wild seven days. He capped things off with a dominating performance over Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night 90 last Thursday to become the new UFC lightweight champion. Now, Alvarez has been traveling and going back to his roots.

Alvarez addressed No. 2-ranked Khabib Nurmagomedov and No. 4 Tony Ferguson, who both recently called him. Alvarez took to Twitter to respond to the two fighters and wow did he give a great response.

“Auto Response: @TonyFergusonXT @TeamKhabib Out of the office right now sipping pina colada’s I get back to You At “My” earliest convenience.”

Now, the UFC has some decisions to make. Do they give Nurmagomedov a title shot, who is currently on a 23 fight winning streak and last competed in April of this year against Darrell Horcher and won by second-round TKO? Or do they give Ferguson a title shot, who is on an eight fight winning streak and is fresh off a win over Landon Vannata at UFC Fight Night 91 by second round TKO? Or does the UFC give dos Anjos a rematch with the new champion? Lots of decision to be made.

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[VIDEO] Watch John Lineker Obliterate Michael McDonald in the ‘Fight Night 91? Main Event


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In a sport as wild and unpredictable as MMA often is, perhaps it’s fitting that, less than a week after the “biggest card in UFC history” left us feeling cold and mostly underwhelmed, a humble, under-the-radar, and most importantly free card like Fight Night 91 would come along and collectively blow our goddamn socks off. It even finished wrapping up before midnight, if you can believe it!

What Fight Night 91 may have lacked in star power, it more than made up for in just excellent displays of guys and girls punching each other in the face. In the main event of the evening, devastating face-puncher John Lineker took on the similarly hard-hitting Michael McDonald in a bantamweight contest, and the result was right up there with Lineker’s battle against Francisco Rivera in terms of just how much face was punched inside the span of three minutes.

Video after the jump. 

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In a sport as wild and unpredictable as MMA often is, perhaps it’s fitting that, less than a week after the “biggest card in UFC history” left us feeling cold and mostly underwhelmed, a humble, under-the-radar, and most importantly free card like Fight Night 91 would come along and collectively blow our goddamn socks off. It even finished wrapping up before midnight, if you can believe it!

What Fight Night 91 may have lacked in star power, it more than made up for in just excellent displays of guys and girls punching each other in the face. In the main event of the evening, devastating face-puncher John Lineker took on the similarly hard-hitting Michael McDonald in a bantamweight contest, and the result was right up there with Lineker’s battle against Francisco Rivera in terms of just how much face was punched inside the span of three minutes.

Video after the jump. 

Rather than fill this section of the article with any analytical insight into just how good of a face puncher John Lineker is (he’s really, really good), we think it would be more appropriate to compile this list of 100% true facts about “Hands of Stone” that we posted to our Twitter as the fight was going on.

All credit goes to CagePotato’s research intern, Garth, for compiling that astounding list of facts.

In the co-main event of the evening, top lightweight contender took on last-second replacement and complete unknown Landon Vannata and nearly destroyed everyone’s parlays in the process. Vannata, appropriately, came out like a man with nothing to lose, nearly finishing Ferguson on a couple occasions with his wild and unpredictable striking style. Luckily for us with mortgages to pay, “El Cucuy” was able to eventually weather the storm, collect himself, and take advantage of Vannata’s limited gas tank to batter him up en route to a second round D’arce choke victory. Ferguson proceeded to call out newly-crowned lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez in his post-fight interview, but it looks like the champ is currently attending to more important affairs…

The full results for Fight Night 91 are below.

Main card
John Lineker def. Michael McDonald via knockout (Round 1, 2:43)
Tony Ferguson def. Landon Vannata via submission (D’arce choke) (Round 2, 2:22)
Tim Boetsch def. Josh Samman via technical knockout (Round 2, 3:49)
Daniel Omielanczuk def. Oleksiy Oliynyk via majority decision (28-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Keita Nakamura def. Kyle Noke via submission (rear-naked choke) (Round 2, 4:59)
Louis Smolka def. Ben Nguyen via technical knockout (Round 2, 4:41)

Preliminary card
Katlyn Chookagian def. Lauren Murphy via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Sam Alvey def. Eric Spicely via submission (guillotine choke) (Round 1, 2:43)
Cortney Casey def. Cristina Stanciu via technical knockout (Round 1, 2:36)
Scott Holtzman def. Cody Pfister via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Rani Yahya def. Matthew Lopez via submission (arm-triangle choke) (Round 3, 4:19)
Alex Nicholson def. Devin Clark via knockout (Round 1, 4:57)

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No Denying Tony Ferguson His Shot At UFC Lightweight Title Now (Editorial)

Eight consecutive wins.

Six finishes, including five submissions.

Taking out a former champion and an unbeaten prospect on short notice.

There is no denying that Tony Ferguson is the top contender to new UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez …

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Eight consecutive wins.

Six finishes, including five submissions.

Taking out a former champion and an unbeaten prospect on short notice.

There is no denying that Tony Ferguson is the top contender to new UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez anymore.

Ferguson remained on the UFC Fight Night 91 card Wednesday night, taking everything that the unbeaten Lando Vannata threw at him through five minutes. Once Ferguson, a former Ultimate Fighter winner, was settled in, he turned it to another level.

Having not fought since late in 2015, “El Cucuy” admitted after that he “needed to get punched in the face” to get back in the rhythm of fighting. Vannata did just that, sparking an uprising when he floored Ferguson.

After sitting in his corner for a brief moment, the third-ranked lightweight came out and locked up a D’arce choke on Vannata in just over two minutes, forcing the youngster to tap out. He has also submitted Edson Barboza, Gleison Tibau, Abel Trujillo and Mike Rio since a 2012 decision loss to Michael Johnson.

Since making his Octagon debut in 2011 with a first round knockout of Ramsey Nijem that gave him the TUF title, the Johnson setback remains the lone blemish on Ferguson’s career.

Following his win, he called out Alvarez for a shot at the belt, mentioning an “easier” fight for the champion being Conor McGregor – which is what Alvarez said after his finish of Rafael dos Anjos last week.

And while that is the “money” fight to make for Alvarez, McGregor is tied up. Put him vs. Ferguson and give the fans another “Fight of the Year” to debate over.

Tony Ferguson-Lando Vannata Claim UFN 91 “Fight Of Night” Honors

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To the surprise of nobody, Tony Ferguson and Lando Vannata earned “Fight of the Night” honors at UFC Fight Night 91 Wednesday from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

The event marked the first-…

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To the surprise of nobody, Tony Ferguson and Lando Vannata earned “Fight of the Night” honors at UFC Fight Night 91 Wednesday from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

The event marked the first-ever trip to the state for the Octagon, as the main card and most of the prelims aired live on FOX Sports 1.

Ferguson, the No. 3 ranked lightweight in the UFC, survived an early first round attack by Vannata to earn a second round submission win via D’arce choke. The two each earned $50,000 for their efforts.

Picking up $50,000 each were John Lineker and Louis Smolka, who claimed “Performance of the Night” bonuses.