Tony Ferguson still has an ax to grind with long -term rival Khabib Nurmagomedov, this time aimed at his management team.
Forever, tied to the Russian icon, Tony Ferguson will have made his first outing in combat sports outside the UFC since 2011, because he is competing in pro -boxing for the first time.
And failing to make a resentment fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov for his notorious retirement from 2021, Ferguson has long held the faith that he was the one who defeated the undefeated Russian star.
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Ferguson thinks about their multiple failed meetings in the past and claims that it was probably a good thing that he never had the chance to fight against the Hall of Fame star during their respective Octagon home.
Tony Ferguson claims that Ali Abdelaziz was 'smart' to love Khabib Nurmagomedov
By sharing a clear rivalry with a prominent sports manager Ali Abdelaziz, Ferguson also left the promotion in the midst of a UFC-Slechtste Acht-Vecht lossstreak.
And not sharing the octagon with Nurmagomedov-EVEN EVEN AND another old enemy, Conor McGregor, at the time Ferguson believes that the happiness is for them that he did not do.
“Khabib (Nurmagomedov) is too busy stopping his face with Tiramisu and S -“, Tony Ferguson told Dublin Live.
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“So I mean, as their boys and their family and their managers were smart enough to be like:” You don't want to fight this guy. “
But despite the newest tirade from Ferguson against Nurmagomedov, the Dagestan star believes that he would have been in danger if they actually fought.
Khabib Nurmagomedov reveals how Tony Ferguson could have beaten him
Increasingly, Nurmagomedov and former interim light weight champion Ferguson were planned to fight five separate occasions during their respective Octagon runs.
But due to injury, illness and even travel restrictions, the duo never fought.
And while he thinks about their notorious rivalry, Nurmagomedov claimed that there was only one possible scenario in which the valued Ferguson could have beat him – albeit unlikely.
“He (Ferguson) has no struggle. He has no struggle,” Nurmagomedov told the Inspire Me Podcast last year.
“What is he going to do to me? How is he going to stop me? Only a chance of how he can stop me, it was just a happy blow.