Conor McGregor isn’t the only guy carrying around fake belts at UFC 229.
Former interim lightweight champ Tony Ferguson also brought his stripped belt along with him to Las Vegas, and he hung the gold over his shoulder for face-offs this afternoon during a UFC media event.
Ferguson’s interim lightweight title was declared null and void following Khabib Nurmagomedov won the undisputed belt at UFC 223, a situation Tony has expressed a decent amount of frustration over. He’s promised to take that out on Pettis, but for now they’re being pretty civil.
Take a look:
Tony Ferguson and Anthony Pettis get into their staredown at the UFC 229 media day in Las Vegas, Nevada. pic.twitter.com/Rdta75Fnl6
— TheMacLife (@Maclifeofficial) October 4, 2018
Past that, Ferguson and Pettis were both perfect gentlemen, shaking hands and keeping things pretty relaxed for the staredown.
Here’s the other staredowns from UFC 229:
Lewis-Volkov. pic.twitter.com/5BmawbrSyd
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) October 4, 2018
OSP-Reyes. pic.twitter.com/o7RXURyc3a
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) October 4, 2018
Felice vs Michelle #UFC229 pic.twitter.com/6Rp9YDlZZ4
— FloCombat (@FloCombat) October 4, 2018
Pettis-Formiga. pic.twitter.com/Noo4ERhB5u
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) October 4, 2018
Vets. Nik Lentz and Gray Maynard are ready, y’all. #UFC229 pic.twitter.com/CMwoLMUIfT
— FloCombat (@FloCombat) October 4, 2018
Aspen Ladd vs Tonya Evinger #UFC229 pic.twitter.com/vIs9Bak4sv
— FloCombat (@FloCombat) October 4, 2018
Ryan LaFlare and Tony Martin had some heated words. #UFC229 pic.twitter.com/ahZB0XSPDO
— FloCombat (@FloCombat) October 4, 2018
Yana Kunitskaya vs Lina Lansberg #UFC229 pic.twitter.com/UAUxJL3Rav
— FloCombat (@FloCombat) October 4, 2018
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