Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight contender Tony Ferguson is trying to prove he’s the best 155-pound fighter in the world. The first step in accomplishing that goal, or so we thought, was a title eliminator against Khabib Ferguson.
But “The Eagle” didn’t stick to the script.
The next logical step — considering “El Cucuy” is the winner of nine straight with six finishes — is a lightweight title shot against absentee champion Conor McGregor; however, “Notorious” gets to play by his own rules.
Ferguson unloads to Submission Radio:
“Khabib, McGregor and Nate Diaz are a bunch of bitches. Well, let me say it this way, they’re a bunch of non-winners. Didn’t mean to say that, let me try and clean it up. These guys are not in it to win it. Their bushido way is not in the shinobi way, they’re not in it for a ninja. You say ‘ninja skills,’ you want to say ‘don’t be scared homie.’ It’s all fake for them and I understand it. You want to build your following, that’s cool. I say, you ain’t shit without your homeboys. And I don’t know if Conor deserves the red panty night at the sight of my hands like the butcher, cause that dude is an easy plate to pick and three hit wonder, let me talk my way to a title. I have to give it to him. You know, not everyone can do it the way he did it. But as far as technical goes, I’m way, way better of a fighter than him. I hit way harder than him and I’m very hard to hit and I roll with the punches more than anybody. One of my leg kicks would chop his leg off and that dude would go limping home to Ireland. I’m seriously tired of this leprechaun, I’m tired of these fake ass dudes. Let some real fighters up in the division. I say fuck these rankings, they don’t know shit. I mean, the only people that I really pay attention to are the G’s in my phone, the ones that call me and they know exactly. But we know already that I’m rough around the edges, but I’m a fucking tough as nails fighter and I don’t give a shit about the other shit. I don’t. I’m in it to win it and that belt will look a lot better on my shelf than his.”
And you thought middleweight was a joke.
The second-biggest name in the division is most likely Nate Diaz, who resurrected his career with a pair of high-profile (and big money) fights against McGregor. Ferguson has made repeated requests to tangle with the Stockton slugger, which continue to go unanswered.
I don’t know which is worse, wolf tickets or no tickets.
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