{"id":211440,"date":"2016-11-28T16:27:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T00:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=211440"},"modified":"2016-11-29T09:59:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T17:59:03","slug":"tony-ferguson-conor-mcgregor-not-want-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tony-ferguson\/tony-ferguson-conor-mcgregor-not-want-part\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson: Conor McGregor does not want any part of me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, lightweight contender Tony Ferguson extended his win-streak to nine with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-tony-ferguson-defeats-rafael-dos-anjos-highlights\/\">a win over the division&#8217;s former champion, Rafael Dos Anjos<\/a>. One week later, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-205-results-khabib-nurmagomedov-vs-michael-johnson\/\">Khabib Nurmagomedov scored a similarly impressive win over Michael Johnson<\/a>, extending his record to a ridiculous 24-0 in the process. Given their current streaks, either man could easily be awarded the next crack at UFC lightweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a>. Because <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-makes-his-big-announcement-post-fight-at-ufc-205\/\">McGregor is currently enjoying some time off<\/a>, however, it&#8217;s likely that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/khabib-nurmagomedov-open-interim-title-fight-tony-ferguson\/\">they&#8217;ll wind up fighting each other for an interim lightweight title<\/a>\u00a0in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever wins this potential interim title bout would almost certainly fight McGregor to unify the lightweight title when he returns from his hiatus. Tony Ferguson, however, is confident that McGregor wants no part of him, and will do <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/tyron-woodley-conor-mcgregor-wants-fight-can-sign-right-now\/\">whatever he can<\/a> to avoid this prospective showdown.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson explained this feeling on Monday&#8217;s edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/mma-hour\" target=\"_blank\">The MMA Hour<\/a> with host Ariel Helwani.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThat dude does not want any part of me,&#8221; Ferguson said of McGregor. &#8220;That dude got beat by number five in the world, Nate Diaz, and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/video-chael-sonnen-conor-mcgregor-needs-recognized-greatest-fighter-ever-done\/\">everyone\u2019s talking about him being the best, the best, the best<\/a>. I\u2019m like, \u2018dude, you got beat by number five, I\u2019m number three or number two.\u2019 I\u2019m the only name that he hasn\u2019t thrown out there in the wind.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t want any part of this,\u201d Ferguson continued. \u201cGo ahead, you have a little pass from me. Go enjoy your family time. Do your thing, enjoy your life. You have <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/conor-mcgregor-nate-diaz-earn-estimated-15-million-13-million-respectively-ufc-202\/\">some money<\/a>, go ahead and go spend it. Do your thing, relax. Enjoy your time trying to find you. And while you\u2019re doing that I\u2019m going to be over here wrecking this sh*t, me and my crew, and we\u2019re going to go onto the next stage \u2013 which is when you come back, we\u2019re going to wreck your ass. I\u2019m going to stay here, I\u2019m going to be ready.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you agree that Conor McGregor is avoiding a matchup with Tony Ferguson? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, lightweight contender Tony Ferguson extended his win-streak to nine with a win over the division&#8217;s former champion, Rafael Dos Anjos. One week later, Khabib Nurmagomedov scored a similarly impressive win over Michael Johnson, extending his record to a ridiculous 24-0 in the process. 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