Former interim UFC light-weight champion Tony Ferguson hopes to announce battle information quickly.
‘El Cucuy’ hasn’t been seen within the cage since an August conflict towards Michael Chiesa. Previous to the bout, Dana White acknowledged that the battle can be Tony Ferguson’s final within the UFC. Win, lose, or draw, the promoter appeared completed seeing the 40-year-old contained in the cage. Given his seven-fight dropping streak coming into the occasion, the feedback made sense.
Sadly, Tony Ferguson was handed yet one more lopsided loss by ‘The Maverick’ in Abu Dhabi. Chiesa took down the previous champion in spherical one and shortly scored a submission win by rear-naked choke. With White and firm wanting on, Ferguson seemingly introduced his retirement, leaving one glove within the cage.
Nonetheless, he immediately u-turned on the thought. Simply hours following his loss to Chiesa, Tony Ferguson introduced plans to maintain on preventing. Since then, the 40-year-old has largely saved a low profile. Nonetheless, evidently Ferguson is completed sitting on the sidelines, and is able to leap again into motion.
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Former interim UFC light-weight champion Tony Ferguson teases return
Taking to Instagram earlier immediately, Tony Ferguson made a publish about teasing a return. Within the caption of the publish, ‘El Cucuy’ wrote that he has some enjoyable battle information on the way in which. Whereas Ferguson didn’t reveal who, or when, or the place he will probably be preventing, it’s probably that it received’t be underneath the UFC banner.
Then once more, there are different promoters on the market for the 40-year-old former champion. In latest weeks, the newly based International Combat League has signed dozens of high-profile free brokers. Their present roster consists of a number of former UFC stars, together with Tyron Woodley, Luke Rockhold, and Paige VanZant.
It’s doable that Tony Ferguson may very well be the most recent signing for the rising GFL. Nonetheless, different promotions resembling PFL and ONE Championship might have an curiosity in ‘El Cucuy’ as effectively.
What do you make of those feedback from the previous UFC light-weight? Do you wish to see Tony Ferguson battle once more?
