{"id":222065,"date":"2017-02-10T05:56:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T13:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=222065"},"modified":"2017-02-10T05:57:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T13:57:11","slug":"tony-ferguson-blasts-conor-mcgregor-money-made-soft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tony-ferguson\/tony-ferguson-blasts-conor-mcgregor-money-made-soft\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson blasts Conor McGregor: money made him soft"},"content":{"rendered":"

On March 4, in the co-main event of UFC 209, Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov will battle for the UFC interim lightweight title<\/a>. The winner of this fight is then likely to challenge undisputed champion Conor McGregor<\/a> sometime down the road.<\/p>\n

According to Ferguson, however, the winner of his bout with Nurmagomedov should be considered the toughest man in the division, as he doesn’t believe McGregor is interesting in defending the title.<\/p>\n

He explained this belief on the latest episode of Submission Radio<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“Either way, [Nurmagomedov and I are] the toughest sons of b**ches in the division right now, because money made McNugget soft and we all know that\u201d he said. \u201cThat dude, he wants to call himself the ghost, but he\u2019s gonna fade like a ghost cause he\u2019s a f**king buster. Straight up, dude. That dude\u2019s fake as f**k. So regardless of what he decides to do, it\u2019s what myself or Khabib decide to do with the belt.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c[McGregor], he\u2019s trying to quit. He\u2019s trying to look for excuses on his way out. He doesn\u2019t want to f**king be in a man\u2019s division. He might as well try to cut to 145 and lose that belt. Now he\u2019s got a bulls**t and try to make excuses for the 155-pound belt. But when one of us has that belt – which is gonna be me – then he\u2019s gonna a hard as f**k time trying to go on his way to victory. Because when you\u2019re facing the boogeyman, you\u2019re facing something kind of different. And both these guys don\u2019t f**king get it. I don\u2019t care who you have around you or who\u2019s holding you back from throwing chairs and water bottles, when you\u2019re locked inside that octagon with me, ain\u2019t nothing gonna hold me back from getting you besides that referee. So I don\u2019t care what belt he\u2019s got. Straight up, I don\u2019t care what belt is in my hands, that will be the real belt no matter what.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Do you agree with Tony Ferguson’s statements on Conor McGregor? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 2\/10\/2017.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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