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Last weekend, in the main event of UFC 216, Tony Ferguson defeated Kevin Lee to capture the UFC interim lightweight title. In the wake of this title win, Ferguson quickly set his sights on a title unification battle with undisputed champion Conor McGregor<\/a>, and according to UFC President Dana White, this is indeed the direction things are headed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour<\/a>, the new champ Tony Ferguson discussed his desired bout with McGregor. Apparently, he’s taking White’s word, and believes the UFC will attempt to book this fight.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI believe so,\u201d Ferguson said. \u201cI mean, if Dana says it, then we\u2019re going to hold it to him. The UFC is pretty good with that, right? They don\u2019t want to be called liars, and I don\u2019t want to make them a liar, so this sh*t needs to happen.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That said, Ferguson does see one major issue blocking the fruition of this fight: he thinks McGregor is scared.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLook, Conor watches the fights,” he said. “This dude didn\u2019t say sh*t. He didn\u2019t say sh*t on Twitter. He didn\u2019t even comment saying \u2018good fight.\u2019 He said he was looking forward to watching this fight \u2014 he hasn\u2019t said nothing. The boy is scared. He\u2019s running. I told him, just set the belt down and walk away and nobody will get hurt. That\u2019s all you\u2019ve got to do: just set it down and you won\u2019t get ass kicked, I swear, by another Mexican. This is a tough fight for him, man, and I don\u2019t think that he\u2019s got enough cornermen in the world to try to help him on this one.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But really, it doesn’t matter, because Ferguson is prepared to follow his nemesis to the ends of the earth. The new interim champion issued a grim threat to this end on the show:<\/p>\n

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\u201cConor needs his ass kicked and we need to unify that belt. Otherwise he needs to vacate, set it down, walk away, and never f*cking come back,” Ferguson said. “Because if you go to 170, if you go to 185, or even if you drop to 145, I will f*cking follow you, Conor, and I will haunt your f*cking dreams, kid, and I will come after you. And one day, no matter whether we have the same management or not, you will f*cking see me again. And I will put some pain on you, bro.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Do you think Tony Ferguson and Conor McGregor will fight?<\/p>\n

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

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