{"id":227038,"date":"2017-03-09T12:02:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T20:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=227038"},"modified":"2017-04-14T14:00:52","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T21:00:52","slug":"tony-ferguson-unhappy-ufc-snubbed-full-ufc-209-pay2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tony-ferguson\/tony-ferguson-unhappy-ufc-snubbed-full-ufc-209-pay2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson unhappy with UFC after being snubbed of full UFC 209 pay"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC lightweight Tony Ferguson was set to fight undefeated #1 contender Khabib Nurmagomedov<\/a> for the interim lightweight championship at UFC 209. Unfortunately, the day of weigh-ins, reports began to emerge that Nurmagomedov had been hospitalized prior to the weigh-in, and given IV fluids. Ultimately, Nurmagomedov was pulled from the fight<\/a>, and the fight was scrapped. <\/p>\n

Now, Tony Ferguson is speaking out against the UFC for allegedly paying him “less than half” of his reported $250,000 show money. He spoke to MMAJunkie<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Tony<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they should take care of their fighters a little bit more, the ones that really put in their time and effort and really grind for them, because I\u2019m one of those dudes, man,\u201d he told MMAjunkie on Tuesday. \u201cI\u2019m one of those grinders, and I\u2019ve never bashed my company.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was like a slap to the face,\u201d Ferguson said. \u201cMy training expenses were a lot larger than any other fight I\u2019ve ever done because this was supposed to be the biggest fight of my career. So now I\u2019m sitting here, and it\u2019s like, what is my worth to the UFC? Like, do I not fight enough? Do I not bleed enough for them? It\u2019s going through my head right now, because I didn\u2019t lose.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did everything in my power that I could to show up on that scale, and that\u2019s what I thought we were going to do. That\u2019s why you call it show money. And to every fan that\u2019s out there in the world, (UFC President) Dana (White), he said they cut me out a check, and I didn\u2019t get a check, and then this morning I got my wire, and I\u2019m looking at it and I\u2019m like, \u2018What the frick, man?\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Seriously?’\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Tony<\/p>\n

A UFC official was contacted by MMAJunkie<\/a> regarding the situation. The source stated that despite not being legally obligated to, the UFC paid Ferguson a figure which he was aware of beforehand.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 3\/9\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UFC lightweight Tony Ferguson was set to fight undefeated #1 contender Khabib Nurmagomedov for the interim lightweight championship at UFC 209. Unfortunately, the day of weigh-ins, reports began to emerge that Nurmagomedov had been hospitalized prior to the weigh-in, and given IV fluids. Ultimately, Nurmagomedov was pulled from the fight, and the fight was scrapped. 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