Tony Ferguson has no love misplaced for Khabib Nurmagomedov and not too long ago threw barbs at his long-time rival as Ferguson prepares for his boxing debut this weekend. Ferguson will conflict with Salt Papi for the MFB interim middleweight title at Misfits Boxing 22 on August thirtieth, with the Saturday card being headlined by an MFB bridgerweight title bout between Luke Rockhold and Darren Until.
Throughout an interview on Ringside with Abbas, Ferguson addressed a number of topics forward of his candy science showdown this Saturday, together with his remaining points with ‘The Eagle’. Ferguson intimated that Nurmagomedov would have had a tough night time if any of the a number of bout bookings that have been locked in between them ever got here to fruition, and in addition referenced a controversial video that has popped up over time with Khabib.
Unleashing his most up-to-date spherical of verbal volleys in the direction of the unbeaten skilled combined martial artist, Ferguson mentioned,
“Khabib’s dad was the one which saved him from some actual ass whoopings, getting bloody and stitched up and stuff. He did some silly issues in New York, made some homeless do push-ups and threw cash at them like they have been strippers, which is ridiculous. Him and his cousin rock, when it goes into it, I like to have the ability to take care of individuals that may’t take care of themselves, and I’ve at all times executed that.”
Tony Ferguson claims Conor McGregor price him TUF teaching alternative in opposition to Khabib Nurmagomedov
Tony Ferguson needed to teach on a season of The Final Fighter in opposition to Khabib Nurmagomedov after a handful of battle bookings fell by the wayside. However Conor McGregor was mentioned to have gotten in the way in which of that. Ferguson claimed this occurred in 2023 for The Final Fighter 31 till ‘The Infamous’ was mentioned to have gotten in the way in which of that.
The previous UFC interim light-weight champion not too long ago described this case to MMA Preventing, as Tony Ferguson acknowledged [via Bloody Elbow],
“I used to be making an attempt to get Khabib [Nurmagomedov]. I mentioned to my spouse, we’re going to take these fights, and what we’re going to do is put some movie on the market in order that means, Khabib takes the bait. He’s going to need to take the bait. That was when Conor McNuggets [McGregor] and [Michael] Chandler ended up teaching in opposition to one another.”
“As a result of I put that feeler on the market for me and Khabib to go and coach on The Final Fighter. We had signed agreements with the UFC, we had signed with Ali [Abdelaziz] and all people else, and that was the time he didn’t go and nook his cousin. So he had quite a lot of further s*** that was occurring. Aside from that, the curiosity has by no means been there.”
