Tony Ferguson has again placed the blame on the door of Conor McGregor about a failed confrontation in the UFC
Former UFC star Tony Ferguson will make his professional boxing debut at Misfits -Boxing, the ring will step into the ring against YouTube star Salt Papi in his return to action since his Octagon -Exit.
But during his memorable stay at the UFC, Ferguson enjoyed a long feud with former two -way champion Conor McGregor.
Ferguson did not put in the Octagon with McGregor and held the interim light weight crown during the interruption of the Dubliner 2016.
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Thinking about their failed super fight in time since then Ferguson claimed that McGregor and his team were under his thumb.
Tony Ferguson reveals insight into the training regime of Conor McGregor
Notorious to call on McGregor after his interim title victory, the duo shared the Dubliner return card in 2017; However, they never confronted in the fight against each other.
And for a long time to be praised as the Kryptonite of the striking of the veteran when they fought, Ferguson claimed that he had so much Intel about how the Megastar trained in the past that McGregor and his entire team were 'afraid' to hire him.
“If it flourishes [a fight against McGregor]Yes, I will drive it up and I will hire everyone I used to have when we returned because I received the entire file, “Ferguson told Dublin Live.
“I got paperwork on paperwork about how these boys came, what they did and at that moment why they did it,” Ferguson added. “And it scared the F – of them. They didn't want anything to do with me.”
And while a fight with the former Dual Division Kingpin would never happen, McGregor was at a certain point in the Oxnard veteran in his return to the Octagon.
Conor McGregor planned a fight from 2017 with Tony Ferguson
To return to mixed martial arts to hire veteran rival Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2017, McGregor initially had another fight in mind for his comeback to the Octagon.
On the back of his lucrative pro -box debut against Floyd Mayweather, McGregor was strongly connected to a title Unification Clash against Ferguson.
So much so that McGregor was locked up in the same year in the negotiations to face the ultimate hunting winner.
“What interests me is a UFC fight,” said McGregor in 2017 during an interview with Entertainment..ie. “There is a hunter [Ferguson] With the interim light weight belt – I feel so [fight] Will be the next. “
“We will see how negotiations are going,” explained McGregor.
In the end, however, the duo never regulated their long -term differences in the octagon.