Tony Ferguson is feeling a renewed vigor and fireplace inside him forward of his boxing debut later this week. Ferguson will step into the ring in an interim MFB championship bout towards Salt Papi at Misfits Boxing 22 on August thirtieth.
In a latest interview with Damon Martin of MMA Combating, ‘El Cucuy‘ expressed why he feels this surge of extra motivation inside him as Ferguson prepares to combat below Queensberry Guidelines. The former UFC interim lightweight champion was discussing how complacency affected him in the course of the later phases of his heart-wrenching UFC run, however these points have been subverted for this candy science showdown within the coming days.
Discussing his mindset as in comparison with previous fights as he prepares to step into the ring on Saturday, Tony Ferguson mentioned,
“I don’t give a [expletive]. The curiosity is there proper now and it doesn’t matter who the [expletive] goes to step in entrance of me. You can put anyone in entrance of me come that night time. I’m going to go in there. I’m going to offer the perfect model of myself that I presumably can as a result of I’m uncomfortable in observe proper now. The final 4 to 5 years I’ve been comfy in observe and I’ve been depressing within the combat as a result of I simply didn’t wish to [expletive] do it.”
Tony Ferguson on UFC exit and MMA Future
Tony Ferguson at one level had a double-digit win streak in MMA, however many are uncertain what lies forward for him in blended martial arts after leaving the UFC on the heels of eight consecutive defeats. That being mentioned, Ferguson doesn’t care what any of his detractors need to say about this latest skid he has been on, as evidenced by his feedback within the aforementioned MMA Combating interview.
Ferguson at one level had signed on for an MMA combat towards Dillon Danis in GFL, just for the International Combat League to cancel their kickoff playing cards towards the top of Could with out a lot as a peep from them since. When discussing his imaginative and prescient for his future in fight sports activities, Ferguson said [via MMA Fighting],
“When it goes into MMA, the possibilities current itself, and it does curiosity me, as a result of I don’t need to do it. I don’t need to do it. We walked away, handshakes, and if that presents itself and it is sensible, yeah, we’re going to do it. However proper now the main focus is boxing. After that, if I wish to grapple, yeah. Arman Tsarukyan, after we had been over and I used to be doing the Actual Fights [reality series].”
“I used to be over there in Thailand, and I don’t know in the event you acquired to see it, folks had been attempting to take me down. One particular person tried to take me down, and it wasn’t on movie. I went to go get a Coca-Cola off the mat, and this man tried to take me down; I by chance snapped his arm. He acquired an underhook, and I snapped his arm. Pulled him in and I threw him in an uchi mata, landed on him, and I walked away, and I went and I hosted a match. It was quick. I did it actually fast.”
