Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson (MMA Fighting)
UFC President Dana White has warmed up the idea of TUF series between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson, transpired by the ‘El Cucuy’
During a recent interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, Ferguson proposed the idea of an Ultimate Fighter season with arch-nemesis Khabib Nurmagomedov, stating that his late father Abdulmanap always wanted to see a fight between the two.
Speaking about the most cursed fight in UFC history, Ferguson said this particular matchup against the Dagestani still excited him, and said, “I believe that when his dad [Khabib’s] said we were supposed to compete, I believe that. I would love to be able to coach against him in The Ultimate Fighter, how about that? You know, best man wins on the team. I guarantee my coaching is a lot better than yours, Khabib. Not a lot of people understand that.”
He continued by saying, “I built a team for a 12-fight win streak, and I can definitely build a team again. I have nothing personal against him, besides him running away for the pandemic and being a scared dude, but I gotta respect that family [comes] first.”
Khabib was receptive of the idea, however he proposed that Tony sign with his promotion the Eagle FC. He wrote on Twitter by saying, ‘
Tony I like the idea about TUF, call your bosses and let them make an offer, but if they don’t have ideas, I myself will offer you a deal on the
@EagleFightClub
platform, we doing some business here you know.’
UFC President Dana White spoke to Fox and his co-hosts from Spinning Backfist leading up to UFC 275 . They spoke o variuos topics, one being Nurmagomedov’s suggestion that he and Tony Ferguson coach the next season of The Ultimate Fighter.
White replied to this by saying, “Do you like it? So you’re telling me, you guys as fans, media, whatever it might be, like the idea of two guys possibly coaching that wouldn’t fight each other? I’ll consider it. Congratulations. Okay. I will absolutely entertain that idea. Hopefully they’ll get so pissed off at each other that they’ll actually want to fight. I’m in, you sold me.”
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