Tony Ferguson will make his return to welterweight against Li Jingliang at UFC 279. The matchup was announced by UFC President Dana White at the UFC 278 post-fight press conference. UFC 279 will take place on September 10 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las V…
Tony Ferguson will make his return to welterweight against Li Jingliang at UFC 279. The matchup was announced by UFC President Dana White at the UFC 278 post-fight press conference. UFC 279 will take place on September 10 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and will be headlined by Khamzat Chimaev vs. Nate Diaz….
Former interim UFC lightweight champion, Tony Ferguson is set for his first Octagon outing at the welterweight limit since winning The Ultimate Fighter 13 in 2011, returning at UFC 279 on September 10. at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada – as he tackles the #14 ranked, Li Jingliang. Ferguson, who attempts to snap […]
Former interim UFC lightweight champion, Tony Ferguson is set for his first Octagon outing at the welterweight limit since winning The Ultimate Fighter 13 in 2011, returning at UFC 279 on September 10. at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada – as he tackles the #14 ranked, Li Jingliang.
Ferguson, who attempts to snap a disappointing run of four losses against Jingliang next month, most recently featured on the main card of UFC 274 earlier this year in May – suffering a brutal second round front kick knockout loss against Michael Chandler.
Tony Ferguson will make his first outing at 170lbs since winning TUF 13 back in 2011
As for Jingliang, the Xinjiang native returned to the winner’s enclosure at UFC on ABC 3 back in July, finishing Muslim Salikhov with a second round knockout. The stoppage earned Jingliang a Performance of the Night bonus. UFC president Dana White confirmed the matchup of Tony Ferguson and Li Jingliang during his post-fight press conference following UFC 278. (H/T Mike Bohn)
“Dana White just confirmed to me that Tony Ferguson vs. Li Jingliang in a welterweight fight is done for #UFC279 on Sept. 10 in Las Vegas,” Mike Bohn tweeted.
Without a victory since June 2019, Ferguson then extended his division-best undefeated run to 12 consecutive fights with a second round doctor’s stoppage TKO win over the recently retired, Donald Cerrone.
In the midst of a four fight losing streak, Ferguson slipped Chandler earlier this year, adding to prior losses against Beneil Dariush, as well as former lightweight titleholders, Charles Oliveira, and Justin Gaethje.
Prior to his win over Salikhov back in July, Jingliang had been sidelined since October of last year in Abu Dhabi, UAE – where he suffered an infamous first round rear-naked choke against UFC 279 headliner, the undefeated, Khamzat Chimaev.
UFC 279 takes place on September 10. from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada – with a welterweight main event between Khamzat Chimaev and Nate Diaz set to take headlining honours.
Daniel Cormier doesn’t think that former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson’s move to Jackson-Wink will be enough to get him back on track. Ferguson has lost four in a row in the UFC Octagon, including most recently in a brutal …
Daniel Cormier doesn’t think that former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson’s move to Jackson-Wink will be enough to get him back on track. Ferguson has lost four in a row in the UFC Octagon, including most recently in a brutal knockout defeat to Michael Chandler at UFC 274. His last win came against Donald…
Daniel Cormier believes that Tony Ferguson’s time as a title contender has passed, and a move to Jackson Wink MMA is just prolonging the inventible. Ferguson has been going through a tough run, where he has not won a fight since 2019. Ferguson has lost four fights in a row to Justin Gaethje, Beneil Dariush, […]
Daniel Cormier believes that Tony Ferguson’s time as a title contender has passed, and a move to Jackson Wink MMA is just prolonging the inventible.
Ferguson has been going through a tough run, where he has not won a fight since 2019. Ferguson has lost four fights in a row to Justin Gaethje, Beneil Dariush, Charles Oliveira, and Michael Chandler. In his last fight, he looked exceptional and his stand up was on point, for a round. Then as quickly as the second round started, the fight ended. Chandler front kicked Ferguson and turned him into a meme.
Ferguson is 38 years old, at the tail end of his career, ding anything to keep himself relevant in the division. ‘El Cucuy‘ famously went on a 12 fight win streak, then landed the interim lightweight title over Kevin Lee. He unfortunately never even had a chance to unify the title, as he had to pull out of the fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov due to a leg injury. The fight between those two was cancelled four separate times.
Daniel Cormier spoke about Ferguson on his show “DC & RC”
“Man, this is a bit of a tough one, right? Because I tap in on him chasing down that past greatness, I just don’t know if there’s any more of that. I just believe that we all have a time. We all have a time, and I believe that time’s gone. I don’t believe that much is going to change for Tony Ferguson with the camp change. I just believe that his time has passed, and no camp change is going to change that.” Cormier Said on the show (Transcribed by MMAJunkie)
Ferguson was one of the most gifted strikers the organization has ever seen. Anyone that stood toe to toe with him in his prime, walked away with battle scars and a story to tell. It is unfortunate that Ferguson had a serious injury that derailed his run, because out definitely set him back, as he wasn’t the same fighter he was before it.
Former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has found a new gym to call home after cutting ties with his longtime team. Ferguson is looking to get back on track in the UFC following four-straight losses, including most recently to Michael Cha…
Former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has found a new gym to call home after cutting ties with his longtime team. Ferguson is looking to get back on track in the UFC following four-straight losses, including most recently to Michael Chandler by knockout at UFC 274. Following the loss to Chandler, Ferguson expressed his…
Former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has found a new gym to call home after cutting ties with his longtime team. Ferguson is looking to get back on track in the UFC following four-straight losses, including most recently to Michael Cha…
Former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has found a new gym to call home after cutting ties with his longtime team. Ferguson is looking to get back on track in the UFC following four-straight losses, including most recently to Michael Chandler by knockout at UFC 274. Following the loss to Chandler, Ferguson expressed his…