UFC lightweight fighters Tony Ferguson and Conor McGregor have been at loggerheads, and ‘El Cucuy’ called the latter a bit*h while reacting to his video
There was once a time when UFC lightweight contenders Tony Ferguson and Conor McGregor were respectful and cordial toward each other. Both fighters were managed by the same management company Paradigm Sports, until Ferguson left the agency and the relationship turned sour.
After seven years of doing business with Paradigm, Tony pulled the plug on their deal when they refused to advocate a fight between the ‘El Cucuy’ and the ‘Notorious’. Tony felt like his growth is being hampered, and was miffed that McGregor was given a shot at Khabib Nurmagomedov before him. He also claimed once that the company owes him about half million dollars.
Following Ferguson’s devastating loss at UFC 274, words of encouragement and appreciation started to pout toward him, along with some jeering and jibing. Conor McGregor was among the first to react to the loss in his own deriding manner. The pair have gone back and forth on several occasions in the past, even resorting to distasteful and insulting remarks.
A video of Conor Mcgregor at a party was posted on the Instagram handle of Combattalk. The video shows an indignant Conor Mcgregor stomping a hat, that was thrown towards him by a fan. Tony Ferguson reacted to the video on the comments section by labeling Mcgegor his ‘Bit.h’. He wrote, ‘There’s My Bitch 🍗-Champ 🥇 -CSO- 🇺🇸🏆🇲🇽 # SeeYouSoonMcnuggets’
“Talking sh** about Khabib, huh?”- Tony Ferguson met Sean O’Malley at UFC 276, and clarified the latter’s comments on Khabib Nurmagomedov
Although Sean O’Malley’s fight against Pedro Munhoz at UFC 276 did not have the desired outcome that the fighter must have preferred. But his star power cannot be denied, as his stocks continue to soar high. The same was evident in a vlog that he posted on his YouTube channel that recapped UFC 276 fight week. The video which has been viewed by over 30k people by now, had a fun interaction between octagon legend Tony Ferguson and ‘Suga’ Sean.
Leading up to UFC 276, during media interaction, Sean O’Malley said that people will continue to doubt him, no matter how tough competition he faces. He even went out of limb to say that even if he submitted Khabib, people would still doubt him. This statement was taken out of context, recycled, and published by media houses everywhere.
Tony Ferguson’s rivalry with Khabib is one of the greatest in UFC history, even though the fighters have never fought each other. They were scheduled to fight each other five times, but the fight fell apart each time.
Tony Freguson met Sean ahead of UFC 276, and while greeting him raised the question, “So you were talkin’ sh*t about Khabib, huh?”
Sean O’Malley reacted to it and clarified his statement by saying, “Well, I said that even if I subbed Khabib, the fans would still say ‘what if?’ They took it out of context like I was saying I could sub him.”
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