{"id":232969,"date":"2017-04-11T13:05:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T20:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=232969"},"modified":"2017-04-11T13:06:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T20:06:03","slug":"video-tony-ferguson-tells-nate-diaz-fight-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-tony-ferguson-tells-nate-diaz-fight-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Tony Ferguson thinks it might be time for Nate Diaz to retire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC&#039;s Tony Ferguson to Nate Diaz: Fight or retire\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ti1pI4rzvy4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If things had gone Tony Ferguson&#8217;s way, he would have fought \u2013 and with a little luck, defeated \u2013 Khabib Nurmagomedov to win the UFC interim lightweight title at March&#8217;s UFC 209. Regrettably, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/khabib-nurmagomedov-vs-tony-ferguson-canceled\/\">Nurmagomedov was forced out of this contest on the eve of battle<\/a>, and Ferguson was deprived of his shot at interim gold.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the streaking lightweight contender has been campaigning for a bout with fan favorite <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/nate-diaz\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a>. Unfortunately, Diaz has been very difficult for him to lock down.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, which can be viewed in full at the top of this post, Ferguson discusses this potential scrap with Diaz, and tells the Stockton, California-based fighter to accept the fight or retire.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m down for the battle of California [with Nate Diaz,]&#8221; he said. &#8220;He wants to represent [area code] 209, I&#8217;m from 805 in the Oxnard area. I think obviously my hands are a lot better. I think this game is about the glory, not all about the money. Obviously you have to make your peace in this industry, but sh*t Nate, if you don&#8217;t want to fight man, move on, retire. Go do something else man, cause we&#8217;re here to fight in this industry. But everyone else is taken, so yeah, Nate would be the next one up.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ferguson also commented on undisputed lightweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a>, who is currently flirting with a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather. In Ferguson&#8217;s opinion, the UFC will have to implement an interim lightweight title to keep the division moving in the Irishman&#8217;s stead.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;If Conor doesn&#8217;t step up, they&#8217;ll make an interim belt,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think they&#8217;ll make an interim belt either way. I just think interim is a word that they throw around a lot, and it&#8217;s going to be thrown my way. I don&#8217;t think anything else is going to change right now. Conor is obviously the favorite at my weight class, but I don&#8217;t play favorites. I knock &#8217;em all out. I finish them, D&#8217;Arce or knockout, so it doesn&#8217;t matter man.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Who do you want to see Tony Ferguson fight next? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 4\/11\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If things had gone Tony Ferguson&#8217;s way, he would have fought \u2013 and with a little luck, defeated \u2013 Khabib Nurmagomedov to win the UFC interim lightweight title at March&#8217;s UFC 209. 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