UFC star Tony Ferguson took aim at both Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier on Thursday ahead of their potential fight in January. In an interview with MMAFighting.com’s Damon Martin , Ferguson said: “They’re both b—hes…
UFC star Tony Ferguson took aim at both Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier on Thursday ahead of their potential fight in January. In an interview with MMAFighting.com’s Damon Martin , Ferguson said: “They’re both b—hes…
The Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov story is has a new chapter as Ferguson claims he still wants to fight the Lightweight champ, but the champ doesn’t have a mutual feeling. Ferguson (25-4 MMA, 15-2 UFC) and Nurmagomedov (28-0 MMA, 12-0 UFC) have had their highly anticipated matchups fall through on five different occasions over […]
The Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov story is has a new chapter as Ferguson claims he still wants to fight the Lightweight champ, but the champ doesn’t have a mutual feeling.
Ferguson (25-4 MMA, 15-2 UFC) and Nurmagomedov (28-0 MMA, 12-0 UFC) have had their highly anticipated matchups fall through on five different occasions over the course of five years. After Nurmagomedov was forced out of their most recent booking in May at UFC 249 due to travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Justin Gaethje stepped in and stopped Ferguson in Round 5 to win the interim lightweight title.
In an interview with ESPN, Nurmagomedov said he thinks Ferguson will never be the same due to the amount of damage he took in his loss to Gaethje.
Ferguson spoke with MMA Junkie about Khabib’s comments saying,
“Khabib’s never going to fight me,” Ferguson said. “He’s never going to fight me. Three times in a row he didn’t want to fight me. They have a fight this weekend, and they’re both managed by the same (expletive) people. … Some things you just can’t force. I’m going to be real. Things are just meant to happen.
“I’m destined to kick Khabib’s ass one way or another. I’ll make his ass do his push-ups either way. He’ll see me before the year is done. I don’t know how. I’ll make sure I Zoom his ass and say, ‘Hey, you son of a (expletive), I’m going to kick your ass.’ I’ll think of something.”
Ferguson added that he has his sights set on a Conor McGregor bout as well
“I have Khabib I could talk (expletive) too, and I have Conor,” Ferguson said. “These are two fights that interest me because they’re in my weight class, they’re very good talent-wise, and I think I could beat them both. Pretty much. It would be dope to fight in a tournament with me, Conor, you got Khabib, you got Gaethje. One of those old-school UFC 1 kind of things. That’s what I’m saying.”
“Personally, I would love to fight Khabib,” Ferguson added. “I think I’ve got him on the takedowns. I’m going to be real. Just the ankle picks. It’s a different kind of animal when we’re training like that. The last fight we were bringing in some sambo guys, man. It was no joke. It was cool. It was interesting.”
“Conor, I would love to outbox that guy. Just specifically for the challenge. That’s what we do in mixed martial arts. We’re in it for the challenge. If we’re good at something we want to learn something different and make it our own. That’s the beautiful part about this sport.”
There are certainly options on the table for “El Cucuy” and a the Khabib fight is seemingly a possibility if Ferguson can find himself a win in the Octagon soon. Check out the full interview below!
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Former interim UFC lightweight champion, Tony ‘El Cucuy’ Ferguson has insisted his relationship with promotional president, Dana White is harmonious – but has questioned why he’s been treated like “sh*t” by the long time leader. The Oxnard native has reportedly been involved in some unfruitful contract negotiations with the promotion recently – with a tentatively […]
Former interim UFC lightweight champion, Tony ‘El Cucuy’ Ferguson has insisted his relationship with promotional president, Dana White is harmonious – but has questioned why he’s been treated like “sh*t” by the long time leader.
The Oxnard native has reportedly been involved in some unfruitful contract negotiations with the promotion recently – with a tentatively targeted pairing with former three-time Bellator lightweight champion, Michael Chandler failing to come to fruition yet.
Recently detailing plans for a December return to the Octagon, and even noting his willingness to take on the aforenoted, Chandler if that’s a fight the UFC would be interested in making, Ferguson commented on his relationship with White, asking why he’s been disrespected by the promotion and why in particular, White treats him like “sh*t“.
“I’m not going to bullsh*t anymore,” Ferguson told MMA Junkie’s, Mike Bohn. “Dana (White) is cool. Me and Dana are chill. But when it comes down to it, I want to be paid what I’m worth, and my value has increased. I put out there a lot of energy, I don’t have to talk about it. I don’t have to talk about my contracts and say sh*t about it, because everybody else does that. I’m past that. I’ve been in this organization for ten-plus years.“
“I’m not even asking anything. Check that sh*t out. Everybody is like ‘Hey, you’re asking this, there’s problems here’. There’s no fu*king problems. Everybody tries to put words in my mouth. I have zero problems with anybody. I have zero sh*t. I’ll call Dana, bro, and I’ll be real. I’m the only guy that will call his voicemail. I’m not proud of that, but that’s where I’m at in my thinking and my thoughts.“
“I said we weren’t friends. I never said we were friends, but we are in business and we are a club. Dana knows how clutch I am from The Ultimate Fighter. I had that fu*king tryout and I won. I’ve completely changed my fu*king thought process. I’m not the same fu*king fighter.“
Ferguson then touched on the subject of potential opponent, Chandler who is serving as a backup for this weekend’s lightweight title unification clash between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje – asking why he’s been inserted into title contention from the get-go.
“(Michael) Chandler? Think about this: How many times are you going to put another fu*king person in the fu*king shuffle of the cards? Dana keeps shuffling me down the list. What? Because I’m fu*king Mexican? What’s up Dana, you don’t like Mexicans? You don’t like brown people? I’m not going to call you a racist, but what the fu*k, man? What’d I do to you? Why do you treat me like sh*t? My last name is Ferguson. I don’t want to get mad anymore. I don’t. I’m not going to. But that being said, I said my piece. I’m too busy working.“
Tony Ferguson is confident he and Khabib Nurmagomedov will eventually fight. For years now, Ferguson and Nurmagomedov have been a fight many fans have wanted to see. However, due to fluke injures, botched weight cuts, and now a pandemic, the fight has …
Tony Ferguson is confident he and Khabib Nurmagomedov will eventually fight. For years now, Ferguson and Nurmagomedov have been a fight many fans have wanted to see. However, due to fluke injures, botched weight cuts, and now a pandemic, the fight has been called off. Following Ferguson’s loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC 249, Nurmagomedov […]
Tony Ferguson is confident he and Khabib Nurmagomedov will eventually fight. For years now, Ferguson and Nurmagomedov have been a fight many fans have wanted to see. However, due to fluke injures, botched weight cuts, and now a pandemic, the fight has …
Tony Ferguson is confident he and Khabib Nurmagomedov will eventually fight. For years now, Ferguson and Nurmagomedov have been a fight many fans have wanted to see. However, due to fluke injures, botched weight cuts, and now a pandemic, the fight has been called off. Following Ferguson’s loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC 249, Nurmagomedov […]
The Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov story is has a new chapter as Ferguson claims he still wants to fight the Lightweight champ, but the champ doesn’t have a mutual feeling. Ferguson (25-4 MMA, 15-2 UFC) and Nurmagomedov (28-0 MMA, 12-0 UFC) have had their highly anticipated matchups fall through on five different occasions over […]
Former interim UFC lightweight champion, Tony ‘El Cucuy’ Ferguson has insisted his relationship with promotional president, Dana White is harmonious – but has questioned why he’s been treated like “sh*t” by the long time leader. The Oxnard native has reportedly been involved in some unfruitful contract negotiations with the promotion recently – with a tentatively […]