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Michael Chandler still wants to fight Tony Ferguson at UFC 254. Chandler is set to be the backup fighter for the lightweight title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje. Although the card is just two weeks away, Chandler has to make weig…
Michael Chandler still wants to fight Tony Ferguson at UFC 254. Chandler is set to be the backup fighter for the lightweight title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje. Although the card is just two weeks away, Chandler has to make weight anyway so he still is open to the idea of fighting Tony […]
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Michael Chandler is still more than down to fight Tony Ferguson at UFC 254 later this month. Chandler is currently the official backup for the lightweight title unification main event between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje on October 24. He was originally offered fights with both Dustin Poirier and Tony Ferguson. However, both fighters had […]
Michael Chandler is still more than down to fight Tony Ferguson at UFC 254 later this month.
Chandler is currently the official backup for the lightweight title unification main event between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje on October 24.
He was originally offered fights with both Dustin Poirier and Tony Ferguson. However, both fighters had negotiation issues with the UFC with Ferguson, in particular, being aggrieved at Chandler being paid more than him.
“Now you’re going to bring in a new dude who I have no f*cking clue who (he) is,” Ferguson told ESPN. “The dude has less than 100k on Twitter and you’re trying to get him more notoriety by throwing him against me and throwing him on the Khabib card. I get that but don’t pay the f*ck more than us. He has zero time in the UFC. I don’t know about roids and all that stuff. I don’t get into that kinda shit with everybody.”
Chandler would hit back at him soon after.
Though the chances of a fight happening now are unlikely with just under two weeks to go for the event, Chandler is still open to facing Ferguson in what is the only fight that currently interests him — other than a title bout, of course.
“I’m already going Oct. 24th, I’m already making weight, so yes, I would definitely fight him,” Chandler told MMA Junkie. “He’s kind of the only guy that I’m interested in fighting right now. It’s already been talked about, so you don’t add any names to that hat whenever a guy in the top five is already talked about.”
Chandler added that when he signed with the UFC, he said yes to all the potential opponents that were offered his way. And as far as he is concerned, Ferguson robbed himself of the chance of competing against him on the biggest card of the year.
“Tony Ferguson was on the table, he said no; Dustin Poirier was on the table, he said no,” Chandler added. “Since, Dustin Poirier has said yes to Conor (McGregor) and I think Conor has said yes to Dustin. So that leaves Tony Ferguson. That’s why I said in his way with all caps on Twitter, I said you already turned down a fight against me on the biggest card of the year. This card was going to have a lot of eyeballs and we could’ve been the co-main event and got this tournament going as he likes to talk.
“I could’ve stepped on his mat and see how things shake out. I think I go out there and beat Tony Ferguson and I immediately put myself on the title picture.”
What do you think of the situation?
Former UFC Interim Lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has taken shots at Dustin Poirier following his announcement of signing to fight Conor McGregor. The pair were slated to be facing off at UFC 254 until negotiations fell to a standstill between Poirier and the UFC. Eventually the two parties could not come to an agreement financially […]
Former UFC Interim Lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has taken shots at Dustin Poirier following his announcement of signing to fight Conor McGregor.
The pair were slated to be facing off at UFC 254 until negotiations fell to a standstill between Poirier and the UFC. Eventually the two parties could not come to an agreement financially so the UFC looked to explore alternative options aiming to keep Ferguson on the card.
Ferguson made headlines as he declined to take a fight against UFC newcomer Michael Chandler instead standing with Poirier encouraging the UFC to make that fight happen and nothing else. At first Poirier seemed set on the same and it looked as though the two would have their fight rescheduled.
Hello Dustin! I accepted the @ufc offer to fight you, but told them it must happen in 2020. I’m ready for Nov 21st, given that cards recent injury issues, as well as any of the December dates, the 12th and the 19th. I’ll also still donate the $500k to The Good Fight Foundation
https://t.co/23hN4AHtoI
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) October 8, 2020
Following this former double champion Conor McGregor called Poirier out requesting that the two engage in a charity sparring match separate from the UFC that would see proceeds go towards Poirier’s foundation, The Good Fight Foundation. Both parties seemed to be onboard with the idea and McGregor looked to be exploring options of how to make this happen.
Due to the demand for this fight, the UFC opted to offer both fighters the match within their promotion to which both fighters accepted. McGregor stated that $500,000 from his pay would go to Poirier’s charity to honor his original agreement.
With these two fighters seemingly matched up, this leaves Ferguson without an opponent for the time being. Stand-in for the upcoming title bout at UFC254 between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje, Michael Chandler took to Twitter calling for the fight with Ferguson stating that if he wanted the fight he wouldn’t have turned it down when he was initially offered it for UFC 254.
Currently the bout between Poirier and McGregor has not been officially announced, nor has a matchup for Ferguson.
Michael Chandler had a simple response for Tony Ferguson’s recent comments. Ferguson recently explained why he wasn’t fighting at UFC 254 as he took issue with Chandler being offered more money than him despite having zero Octagon time. “Now you’re going to bring in a new dude who I have no f*cking clue who (he) […]
Michael Chandler had a simple response for Tony Ferguson’s recent comments.
Ferguson recently explained why he wasn’t fighting at UFC 254 as he took issue with Chandler being offered more money than him despite having zero Octagon time.
“Now you’re going to bring in a new dude who I have no f*cking clue who (he) is,” Ferguson told ESPN. “The dude has less than 100k on Twitter and you’re trying to get him more notoriety by throwing him against me and throwing him on the Khabib card. I get that but don’t pay the f*ck more than us. He has zero time in the UFC. I don’t know about roids and all that stuff. I don’t get into that kinda shit with everybody.”
“F*ck you,” Ferguson continued. “Pay me. Instead of this f*cking clown. Chandler, like I said I’ve got nothing against you and Dustin I’ve got nothing against you but I ain’t trying to help nobody anymore.”
As a result, Chandler will now serve as the official backup for the UFC 254 main event between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje on October 24.
And as far as Chandler is concerned, it’s Ferguson’s fault for turning down a fight with him. Interestingly, he also capitalized every word which is what Ferguson usually does on social media.
“You Turned Down The Fight With Me October 24 On The Biggest Card Of The Year…Now You’re Talking?”
Ferguson is yet to respond at the moment.
However, he is certainly right to be aggrieved if the UFC was in fact offering Chandler more money than him, especially given his name value and standing as a former interim champion.
Hopefully, “El Cucuy” gets a fight lined up soon and is paid his worth.
What do you make of Chandler’s response?
Tony Ferguson is eager to return to action, even if it means leaving the lightweight division for his original home at 170. Tony Ferguson has not competed since his TKO loss to Justin Gaethje in May, which was his first loss since 2012. Ferguson was ta…
Tony Ferguson is eager to return to action, even if it means leaving the lightweight division for his original home at 170. Tony Ferguson has not competed since his TKO loss to Justin Gaethje in May, which was his first loss since 2012. Ferguson was targeted to fight Dustin Poirier at UFC 254 and subsequently […]
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Tony Ferguson has his eyes set on lightweight gold and has sent a fiery warning to current 155lb king Khabib Nurmagomedov and former foe Justin Gaethje. Ferguson is ready to return to the Octagon for the first time since losing to Gaethje in the UFC 249 main event in May. ‘El Cuccy’ was battered on […]
Tony Ferguson has his eyes set on lightweight gold and has sent a fiery warning to current 155lb king Khabib Nurmagomedov and former foe Justin Gaethje.
Ferguson is ready to return to the Octagon for the first time since losing to Gaethje in the UFC 249 main event in May. ‘El Cuccy’ was battered on route to a fifth-round TKO loss which snapped his 12-fight winning run.
The loss has not deterred Ferguson who is hungrier than ever to become the undisputed lightweight champion. In a recent interview with Ariel Helwani of ESPN, Ferguson sent a warning to Nurmagomedov and Gaethje who are set to clash at UFC 254 on October 24, he said.
“Justin Gaethje, you’re f*****g welcome (that) you have a belt, son. I’m gonna tell you (to) go get my belt, cause that ass gonna get f****g whipped. And, I’m coming for it. So both you and f****g fathead, this is a message for both you f****g knuckleheads. My mat, my f*****g time.” (Transcribed by BJPENN.com)
Ferguson was due to make his highly anticipated return on the same card, opposite fellow fan favourite Dustin Poirier. ‘The Diamond’ was unable to come to financial terms with the UFC and withdrew from the fight.
UFC president Dana White later said Ferguson would remain on the card against a different opponent and that didn’t sit well with ‘El Cuccy’ who told ESPN that was one of the reasons he withdrew from the card.
“Well I’m going to be real,” Ferguson said. “I don’t know what their plans where before or after, but I was already ready. I was already counting on it. I mean seriously just planning around (it). I’m not much of a planner but I was already going ahead with it. But, Dana wanted to speak for me. He wanted to go out there and be like ‘yeah, Tony’s going to take this fight’. Bro, we’re not friends. I never said we were friends. It’s just business, right?
“Seriously man I’m a contractor. I do my thing. I love you fam, I love the UFC and things like that but I’m not just a piece of meat out there.”
Do you think Tony Ferguson can still become lightweight champion?
