{"id":211431,"date":"2016-11-28T12:39:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T20:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=211431"},"modified":"2016-11-28T12:39:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T20:39:16","slug":"tony-ferguson-khabib-nurmagomedov-guys-whiny-btch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tony-ferguson\/tony-ferguson-khabib-nurmagomedov-guys-whiny-btch\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson on Khabib Nurmagomedov: “The guy’s a whiny b*tch”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month, in the main event of the UFC’s latest trip to Mexico, Tony Ferguson outpointed former lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos<\/a>. It was the biggest win of his career, and it thrust him into the uppermost echelon of the lightweight division. In his post-fight interview, however, Ferguson neglected to call out the champion, or even another top-ranked fighter.<\/p>\n

During an appearance on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour<\/a>, Ferguson explained this strange silence to host Ariel Helwani.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat else is there to say?\u201d He said. \u201cThese dude’s [ranked above me] are not going absolutely anywhere. I\u2019ve cornered them in a spot. They\u2019ve got nowhere to go. You\u2019ve got Conor taking a leave of absence<\/a> and you\u2019ve got Khabib Nurmagomedov right in front of me. I don\u2019t think [Eddie] Alvarez is in the picture, and I don\u2019t see [Michael Johnson] or anybody else posing a threat. So that\u2019s why I kept kinda quiet, man. For me, I don\u2019t have anything to say, because I didn\u2019t talk my way to where I was at, [it was] through actions. My actions proved more than anything else. I spent twenty odd minutes inside that cage. The one thing I wanted to do was grab a pizza and a beer.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

While Ferguson elected to be relatively silent in his post-fight interview, Khabib Nurmagomedov, who beat Michael Johnson the following weekend<\/a>, did not. The Dagestan native put UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor on blast in his post fight interview,<\/a> and generated ample interest in their potential showdown as a result. While Nurmagomedov’s callout generated some substantial buzz, however, it didn’t really worry Ferguson. In fact, Ferguson considered it little more than whining.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll bullsh*t aside, the guy\u2019s a whiny b*tch. He can whine as much as he wants to,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople want a real fighter out there fighting for the real championship, and that\u2019s me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI just see him trying to be big, bad and tough, man, and I see him doing that when there\u2019s a bunch of people around. I don\u2019t see too many people doing that when there\u2019s only just me and them inside that Octagon.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Finally, Ferguson expressed his belief that, despite his claims to the contrary<\/a>, Nurmagomedov has no interest in fighting him.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Khabib is] calling Conor a chicken, and Khabib is running from me, and I\u2019m calling him a chicken,” he said. “It\u2019s a trickle-down effect, but everybody\u2019s scared of the boogeyman. Everybody doesn\u2019t go out in the dark without a flashlight, and I can see in the dark just fine. Khabib, it\u2019s gonna be lights out for him no matter what, guaranteed.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Who do you think wins a fight between Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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