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Dana White Explains Why Chandler Not Ferguson Will Serve As UFC 254 Back-Up

Dana White announced the signing of former Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler after weeks of speculation regarding a deal. Chandler was also revealed to be serving as back-up for the UFC 254 main event which will see Khabib Nurmagomedov defend attempt to unify the 155lb division for the second time in as many fights against […]

Among the good news was some bad. Tony Ferguson’s highly anticipated return fight will no longer be taking place in Abu Dhabi on October 24. ‘El Cuccy’ was linked to a fight with Dustin Poirier but the UFC was unable to come to financial terms with ‘The Diamond’. White revealed they were working on finding a replacement opponent to face Ferguson but now that appears to have fallen through too.

According to White the reason why Ferguson will no longer fight at UFC 254 or serve as back-up for the main event is because he or his team “went quiet” after the Poirier fight collapsed.

“They went quiet on us,” White told TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter. “We couldn’t get a fight done.”

The UFC boss insisted he will not pressure or try to convince his athletes to fight. Anyone who seems to be hesitant will just be left behind and the company will move on to other things.

“When I call you and you want to fight (then) fight,” White said. “If you don’t, no problem. I’m not pushing anybody to fight. … You don’t want to fight? We move on, and we make other fights.” (Transcribed by MMA Junkie)

Ferguson was set to return to the Octagon for the first time since suffering a lopsided loss against Justin Gaethje at UFC 249 back in May. The one-time interim champ was beat down for more than 20 minutes before being TKO’d in the fifth and final round of their fight.

Do you think Dana White has made the right call picking Michael Chandler as back-up for UFC 254?

Dana White Confirms Tony Ferguson Will Not Fight At UFC 254

The UFC will not be finding Tony Ferguson a replacement opponent at UFC 254, they’ve instead just decided to pull him from the card entirely. ‘El Cucuy’ was initially scheduled to face fellow former interim UFC Lightweight Champion Dustin Poirier, and the booking stayed together for a while there. The issues started when Poirier wanted […]

The UFC will not be finding Tony Ferguson a replacement opponent at UFC 254, they’ve instead just decided to pull him from the card entirely.

‘El Cucuy’ was initially scheduled to face fellow former interim UFC Lightweight Champion Dustin Poirier, and the booking stayed together for a while there. The issues started when Poirier wanted more money, but he and the UFC couldn’t come to an agreement, and he removed himself from the fight considering.

After about a week of thinking we’d see Ferguson fight someone else on October 24, we’ve been told he won’t be fighting on the card after all.

Aaron Bronstener of TSN broke the news earlier today via Twitter:

I spoke with Dana White earlier and he confirmed that Tony Ferguson will no longer be competing at UFC 254.

— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) September 17, 2020

“I spoke with Dana White earlier and he confirmed that Tony Ferguson will no longer be competing at UFC 254.”

This is incredibly unfortunate, UFC 254 is going to be absolutely huge, there are so many great fights on that card. This was just another great fight with two of the top five lightweights in the world. The card is headlined by the two top lightweights in the world, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje.

Tony Ferguson versus Dustin Poirier was going to be the co-main event, undoubtedly a No. 1 contender fight, and also the backup to the main event, should anything happen to either the interim or undisputed champion before the fight happens.

Now that ‘El Cucuy’ is pulled from the card, he won’t be eligible to serve as a backup. Instead, the UFC has announced that newly signed multiple-time Bellator Lightweight Champion Michael Chandler is going to be the backup.

Honestly, they already had a fight put together where one of them was serving as the potential backup, they should have booked Chandler against Ferguson. How insane would that have been? We wouldn’t even be upset that Ferguson wouldn’t be fighting Poirier anymore.

Nonetheless, we do have a new exciting talent added to the UFC’s lightweight division in Michael Chandler. He’s arguably Bellator’s most successful fighter they’ve ever had, the only two that’d rival that are Patricio Freire and Ben Askren.

Chandler versus Ferguson would have been a great fight to see. Now that we know he’s the backup for the UFC 254 main event, he may or may not have to fill in. Who would you like to see Michael Chandler fight in his UFC debut, and who would you like to see Tony Ferguson face next?

Dana White Says Poirier Doesn’t Want To Fight Ferguson, ‘The Diamond’ Responds

UFC president Dana White has accused Dustin Poirier of not wanting to fight fellow former interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson at UFC 254. ‘The Diamond’ was expected to square off against Ferguson in an eagerly anticipated co-main event on October 24. However, the fight fell apart late last week as the UFC refused to meet […]

UFC president Dana White has accused Dustin Poirier of not wanting to fight fellow former interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson at UFC 254.

‘The Diamond’ was expected to square off against Ferguson in an eagerly anticipated co-main event on October 24. However, the fight fell apart late last week as the UFC refused to meet Poirier’s financial demands for the fight.

Speaking to media at the DWCS 33 post-fight press conference on Tuesday White suggested Poirier didn’t want to fight Ferguson and therefore priced himself out during negotiations, he said.

“Listen, I like Dustin. I’m not going to sit up here and say anything negative about Dustin, he’s a great kid. I don’t know if it was he didn’t want to fight in Abu Dhabi or what his deal was – he didn’t want to fight.

“Listen, there’s a lot of different ways to turn down a fight. Negotiating yourself out of one is one of the ways you can do it. So for whatever reason, he didn’t want to take this fight. Only he knows that.”

Poirier was quick to deny those claims from White and reiterated his desire to fight Ferguson.

“I do want that fight,” Poirier wrote via text message to MMA Junkie. “Simple and plain, I want to fight Tony. I like the matchup.”

The UFC boss doesn’t seem to want to make the fight anymore. He told reporters yesterday that another opponent is currently on the table for Ferguson at UFC 254 and he sees no reason why El Cuccy wouldn’t be accepting it.

“I told you we’ve got a fight,” White said. “I don’t see Tony not accepting the fight.” (Transcribed by MMA Junkie)

Do you agree with UFC president Dana White? Is Dustin ‘The Diamond’ Poirier ducking a co-main event fight with Tony ‘El Cuccy’ Ferguson at UFC 254?

Chael Sonnen Has One Name In Mind To Fight Tony Ferguson

Chael Sonnen believes Dan Hooker is the most logical opponent for Tony Ferguson after the Dustin Poirier fight fizzled out. The hope for the UFC is to keep Ferguson on UFC 254 and Sonnen believes Hooker should be the opponent. “I think you have a coupl…

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Coach: Dan Hooker Would ‘Jump In There & Fight’ Tony Ferguson

Dan Hooker is open to the idea of fighting Tony Ferguson according to his coach, Eugene Bareman. Originally, Ferguson was set to fight Dustin Poirier, yet the UFC and Poirier could not come to an agreement on pay. So, for Bareman, he says October is a …

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Chael Sonnen Suggests Dan Hooker As Possible Opponent For Tony Ferguson

Tony Ferguson will not be fighting Dustin Poirier at UFC 254 after the UFC and Poirier could not come to an agreement on pay, but Chael Sonnen has an idea on who Ferguson should fight. “I think you have a couple of likely suspects,” Sonnen said while discussing potential Ferguson opponents in a video posted […]

Tony Ferguson will not be fighting Dustin Poirier at UFC 254 after the UFC and Poirier could not come to an agreement on pay, but Chael Sonnen has an idea on who Ferguson should fight.

“I think you have a couple of likely suspects,” Sonnen said while discussing potential Ferguson opponents in a video posted to his YouTube channel (via BJPENN). “Dan Hooker,” he added later, revealing his pick. “Dan Hooker versus Tony Ferguson.”

Chael Sonnen believes Hooker deserves the fight, especially due to the fact of how exciting his last fight went.

“We’re in a sport in a space that is about being given an opportunity,” he said. “You are given nothing else in this sport except an opportunity. Could you imagine Hooker goes out there, he comes up short against Poirier, Poirier doesn’t want the opportunity [against Ferguson] for whatever reason, Hooker goes and takes it. Hooker ends up getting the opportunity even though he lost his previous match, because the guy that won the match doesn’t want it. That’s the way sports work. If you are in a tournament and you don’t show up to the mat, there is now a forfeit and that other person will move on.

“If I were to predict who will be called and offered that fight [with Ferguson]—it’s purely a prediction, I haven’t talked to anyone at all—I would like to go ahead and float the idea past you, see what you think of Ferguson versus Hooker.”

Dan Hooker is coming off a decision loss to Dustin Poirier in June in what is considered one of the best fights of 2020. Tony Ferguson, meanwhile, is coming off a TKO loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC 249 for the interim lightweight title.

Whether or not Ferguson vs. Hooker will be the fight is to be seen. But, Dana White made it clear he is looking to keeo Ferguson on the card.

Would you want to see Tony Ferguson vs. Dan Hooker?