{"id":238698,"date":"2017-05-24T06:46:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T13:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=238698"},"modified":"2017-05-24T06:47:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T13:47:06","slug":"tony-ferguson-wants-slap-btch-nate-diaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tony-ferguson\/tony-ferguson-wants-slap-btch-nate-diaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson wants to slap &#8220;b*tch&#8221; Nate Diaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Khabib Nurmagomedov on the shelf <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/khabib-nurmagomedov-gives-timetable-return-expects-interim-title-fight-ferguson\/\">until the fall<\/a>, streaking lightweight contender Tony Ferguson has been angling hard for a fight with fan favorite <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/nate-diaz\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a>. On Monday&#8217;s edition of The MMA Hour, Ferguson&#8217;s callouts of Diaz continued.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to host Ariel Helwani, Ferguson poked fun at Diaz&#8217;s biking hobby, and urged\u00a0the Stockton based fighter to get back in the cage.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"AItBV2\"><em>\u201cHe wants to talk about doing this biking thing, you don\u2019t even own a Harley, you got a Schwinn bike,\u201d said Ferguson (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2017\/5\/24\/15681718\/ufc-tony-ferguson-threatens-nate-diaz-stockton-slap-bailing-ufc-213-mma\" target=\"_blank\">MMAMania.com<\/a>). \u201cYou have got no heart. You call yourself gangster? You\u2019re backing out from a fight. Let\u2019s go dude. We\u2019ve got <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/yoel-romero\/two-huge-announcements-just-made-ufc-213\/\">a main event that\u2019s open that needs to be filled<\/a>. So if you want to make some money and impress the fans, want to get back out there and sell your weed, that\u2019s great. Sign on the dotted line and put your name back out in the crowd. Let\u2019s go kid.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"PhBaQI\"><em>\u201cYou\u2019re a bitch,&#8221; Ferguson continued. &#8220;I don\u2019t know what his problem is. I understand you said McGregor, I\u2019m not going to do your dirty work for you. I don\u2019t want to have to go into name calling, I don\u2019t want to do that, but if you\u2019re a fighter in this organization, and you said you\u2019d rather go ride a bicycle, you got better things to do? That\u2019s cute. That\u2019s real cute.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"VoFteW\"><em>\u201cI might as well Stockton slap the shit out of you. I\u2019m from the 805, I\u2019m tough. And I don\u2019t have to talk about how tough I am, but I am a hell of a lot tougher than that dude.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you want to see Tony Ferguson and Nate Diaz fight? What do you think it will take to get Diaz back in the cage? Make your opinions heard in the comments section!<\/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 5\/24\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Khabib Nurmagomedov on the shelf until the fall, streaking lightweight contender Tony Ferguson has been angling hard for a fight with fan favorite Nate Diaz. On Monday&#8217;s edition of The MMA Hour, Ferguson&#8217;s callouts of Diaz continued. 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