Tony Ferguson nonetheless desires of preventing large names like Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov, however there’s one former foe he’d like to get a redo in opposition to.
As soon as upon a time, ‘El Cucuy‘ was one of the crucial feared males within the UFC’s light-weight division, profitable 12-straight fights and capturing the interim 155-pound title. Nonetheless, his legendary run got here to a crashing halt in Might 2020 when he stepped contained in the Octagon for a conflict with Justin Gaethje at UFC 249.
Gaethje put an absolute beating on Ferguson for greater than 23 minutes earlier than referee Herb Dean lastly noticed sufficient, stepping in and mercifully placing a cease to the onslaught and Ferguson’s unbeaten streak.
Tony Ferguson needs he may return and alter the way in which he fought Gaethje
Throughout a latest interview with The Schmo, Ferguson was requested if he may return in time, who would he have fought throughout the top of his profession, with names like McGregor and Nurmagomedov being potential options from the favored MMA interviewer.
“Oh, son of a… You named them each! After all it might be a mix plate of McNuggets and Tiramisu,” Ferguson mentioned, referring to McGregor and Nurmagomedov. “It actually would. But when I may return and battle one other time, it might be Gaethje. And I might really give a f*ck and battle that one. I wouldn’t go toe-to-toe; I might battle my battle the way in which that was alleged to and alter the longer term and see how it might go from that time.
“However I don’t have that need to have the ability to return too far, however I may see what that may change. Fairly good things. I’m simply making an attempt to maintain the game shifting.”
Whereas Ferguson by no means had the chance to battle Conor McGregor, he was really booked to compete in opposition to Nurmagomedov a minimum of 5 instances between December 2015 and April 2020. Sadly, the battle by no means got here to fruition for a wide range of causes, leaving followers with MMA’s largest what-if.
Ferguson’s loss to Gaethje was simply the primary in what would finally develop into an eight-fight dropping streak. After struggling a first-round submission loss in opposition to Michael Chiesa in August 2024, the promotion lastly parted methods with the California native, ending his 13-year run of competing contained in the Octagon.
