Despite all of the smack Tony Ferguson was talking about Top Battling Championship (UFC) president Dana White and the business in the times leading up to UFC 274, White doesn’t appear to hold any ill thoughts towards “El Cucuy.”
In fact, the outspoken president was somewhat complimentary of Ferguson’s functionality versus Michael Chandler up right until he was knocked out by just one of the most vicious front kicks at any time found within the Octagon.
“Everybody was inquiring me this week top up to this fight: Is this a make or split for Tony Ferguson? And I stated no,” White explained during the UFC 274 submit-combat presser (by way of MMA Junkie). “He’s still 1 of the top 10 men in the earth, and he appeared damn good in that initial round, but that was a vicious knockout.
“I assume what requirements to transpire now is Tony needs to get some time off immediately after that knockout, and I do not know. But it is not like, ‘Oh my God, Tony got dominated and seems like he does not even belong here.’ Tony seemed damn fantastic suitable up right up until he received caught, and you know in this match anybody can get caught with everything.”
The loss was Ferguson’s fourth straight defeat — next via knockout — with his previous win coming in mid-2019. Fortunately, “El Cucuy’s” put up-combat health care test results arrived again destructive, which implies a return in 2022 isn’t out of the dilemma.
His modern skid could ship him packing from the Major 10, which usually means those substantial-profile fights could be scarce moving forward. That mentioned, who would you like to see “El Cucuy” facial area off upcoming?
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