{"id":207299,"date":"2016-10-14T08:20:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T15:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=207299"},"modified":"2016-10-14T08:20:09","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T15:20:09","slug":"tony-ferguson-accuses-conor-mcgregor-stealing-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/tony-ferguson-accuses-conor-mcgregor-stealing-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson Accuses Conor McGregor of Stealing his Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"

On November 5, in the main event of the UFC’s latest trip to Mexico, streaking lightweight contender Tony Ferguson will take on former champion Rafael Dos Anjos in a bout that could well earn the winner a shot at the lightweight title. One week later, in the main event of UFC 205<\/a>, Irish superstar Conor McGregor will challenge Eddie Alvarez for that UFC lightweight titl<\/a>e. This latter bout is the far more talked about of the two.<\/p>\n

This, of course, is because McGregor is the most popular fighter in the sport. Over the course of his 9-fight UFC career, the Irishman has blended his fan friendly fighting style with some absolutely\u00a0stinging trash talk<\/a> to become a downright MMA mega star<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to Ferguson, however, the trash talk aspect of McGregor’s game is inauthentic. In fact, the streaking lightweight says McGregor stole some of his best lines from him.<\/p>\n

\"Conor<\/a><\/p>\n

Ferguson discussed McGregor’s alleged trash talk theft on the latest episode of Chael Sonnen’s\u00a0You’re Welcome\u00a0<\/em>podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat dude stole all my quotes, bro!\u201d Ferguson told Sonnen on the show. \u201cMy direct quote that I said when I fought Abel Trujillo, before McNuggets even stepped into the picture, was \u2018I don\u2019t look past my opponents, I look through them.\u2019 Look at the timeline, check that shit out, and get back to me.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

McGregor, of course, did utter a close variation on this line in the buildup to his early 2015 bout with Dennis Siver<\/a>. Whether he stole that line from Ferguson, however, is difficult to verify.<\/p>\n

\"McGregor<\/a><\/p>\n

On Sonnen’s show, Ferguson also took credit another big part of McGregor’s persona: his uncanny ability to predict the outcome of his own fights, a skill that earned him the nickname ‘Mystic Mac.’<\/p>\n

Ferguson claims it was his idea to begin predicting his own fights, and that his management team, who also represents McGregor, suggested the Irishman do the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said that I was gonna call my shots, even via D\u2019Arce against Mike Rio,” Ferguson said in the show. “My management went and told Conor, \u2018hey, in the next interview, I\u2019ll tell you what, why don\u2019t you predict your fights, and that way it\u2019ll come back towards you and it’ll be great.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Quite the accusation from Ferguson! Do you believe him?\u00a0Sound off, PENN nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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