Tony Ferguson has ruled out a possible fight with Islam Makhachev following the latest call-up by the Russians after his win over Drew Dober at UFC 259.
‘El Cucuy’ is currently on a bad run in the UFC as he suffered two back losses. The first was against Justin Gaethje for the interim lightweight and the other against Charles Oliveira at UFC 256.
Dakestan-born Makhachev, just like his mentor and light-hearted champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, easily defeated Dober to boost his seventh direct win in the promotion.
After the shop, he challenged Tony Ferguson as his next enemy, saying it made sense. Khabib Nurmagomedov was supposed to fight El Cucuy but the fight did not come to fruition.
Now, Makhachev, a Khabib scholar, seems to think that the fight with Tony Ferguson is a natural legacy for his career. However, the American fighter agrees.
Ranked 5th in the UFC Lightweight ranking, Tony Ferguson took to social media to express his displeasure with the proposal. In a text that is difficult to read, El Cucuy explained what he thinks of fighting Makhachev.
The “Just For Kicks” team, today #TiramisuTuesday resumes manana [tomorrow in Spanish]. Primo math ol’e fathead [he is probably calling Makhachev ‘primo,’ which means cousin in Spanish, ‘fathead’ is how he refers to Khabib] wanting to fight to fight for it. DagiFighter’s usual conversation “We have to fight !!! … No, not right now. Soon! We have to fight !!! But not right now … Maybe next year.” No honor but, get the f * ck out of here !!! Isee can eat a big or two * mack * Nyuck Nyuck Nyuck # BeGon’Thot #WhyIOutta #FightNewsSoon !!! And no, he’s not that dude. Champ Sh * t only, ”wrote Tony Ferguson.
He also used the hashtag ‘news fight soon,’ suggesting that his next fight could be in the works. In addition to Makhachev, Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler were two other names who expressed the desire to fight against Tony Ferguson.
The latest adaptation of Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov
Tony Ferguson never forgave Khabib Nurmagomedov for pulling out of their title fight in 2017. According to grapler Dagestani, he felt sick during the weight-cutting process.
In a recent interview, the Eagle criticized Tony Ferguson because he said he never thought El Cucuy was an elite fighter in the lightweight division.
“Every close person of mine would confirm this – I swear, I never considered him a light-hearted person. He’s very good; he was very good; but he never was You can’t belong to the elite at the age of 37. No one has ever done this, and even Khabib can’t.Heavy is a different story.But at 155 pounds, a Nobody could change my mind about this, that’s the first place. Second, from 2016, he said [Tony Ferguson] on fighting Kevin Lee, [Edson] Barboza, [Anthony] Pettis, and [Donald] Cerrone. All four have lost 20 together for the past four years. So, since 2016, he hadn’t fought hard competition. But now he’s confronted by young, sad majors – Charles Oliveira and Justin Gaethje. And they both chose him as a schoolboy, “Khabib Nurmagomedov said.
“Throw it back” ♟ #UFCOneOfEm #KhabibiTheTypeOfGuyToGoBOGOOnTiramisuThursday 👊😂 🇺🇸🏆🇲🇽 -CSO- # herewegoagain 🤦♂️ pic.twitter.com/frfDW3S7y4
– Tony Fearghasdan (@TonyFergusonXT) September 13, 2019