Teasing a return to motion as quickly as later this annum, former interim light-weight champion, Tony Ferguson has as soon as extra hit put at bitter enemy, Khabib Nurmagomedov — claiming the Russian continues to be his “b*tch” after their litany of failed clashes throughout their respective runs within the UFC.
Ferguson, a former interim light-weight champion, set an undesirable document in his most up-to-date outing at UFC Struggle Night time Abu Dhabi again in the summertime, dropping a one-sided opening spherical rear-naked choke submission loss to Final Fighter winner, Michael Chiesa.
And with the defeat, Oxnard veteran, Ferguson suffered his eighth consecutive loss within the final 4 years, seeing him overtake former two-weight champion, B.J. Penn for essentially the most successive defeats within the historical past of the promotion.
Tony Ferguson rekindles historic rivalry with Khabib Nurmagomedov
Revealing plans to make one other return to the Octagon in a possible last bid to finish his prolonged shedding skid, Ferguson as soon as extra take goal at long-time Russian enemy, Nurmagomedov — labelling him a “eunic” and calling him his “b*tch”.
“Shut Up Fathead Eure Nonetheless My B*tch,” Tony Ferguson posted to Khabib Nurmagomedov on his official X account. “You fought 2 spherical “professional” padded fights main as much as the @ufc Straightforward to speak while you’re not competing ya Eunic As soon as a coward at all times a coward – Champ -CSO- # 29-1 okay possibly 2.”
Slated to combat a staggering 5 occasions throughout their respective runs within the promotion, most lately, Ferguson was set to headline UFC 249 in opposition to Nurmagomedov in an overdue title combat, nonetheless, amid the pandemic, the pairing was scratched in favor of an interim title combat between Ferguson and Justin Gaethje, the place he dropped his first defeat following a record-setting 12-fight unbeaten run at light-weight.
