{"id":261661,"date":"2017-10-15T10:15:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T17:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=261661"},"modified":"2017-10-15T10:22:16","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T17:22:16","slug":"exclusive-eddie-bravo-breaks-possible-tony-ferguson-vs-conor-mcgregor-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-eddie-bravo-breaks-possible-tony-ferguson-vs-conor-mcgregor-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE | Eddie Bravo breaks down possible Tony Ferguson vs. Conor McGregor fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the undisputed UFC lightweight champion and interim UFC lightweight champion respectively, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a> and Tony Ferguson seem destined to fight. At this point, it really just seems to be a question of\u00a0<em>when<\/em> they actually collide.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever the fight happens, fans are bound to be divided in their predictions for it. The fight&#8217;s early odds reflect this reality. Even Eddie Bravo, Ferguson&#8217;s long-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach, has a hard time predicting what might happen when the cage door closes on McGregor and Ferguson.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIf you don\u2019t have respect for Conor and his abilities, then you haven\u2019t been paying attention,\u201d Bravo said of this fight on the latest episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/bjpenn-com-radio-ep-53-eddie-bravo-mark-godbeer-duane-ludwig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BJ Penn Radio<\/a>. \u201cIn this game, at the top, anything can happen. I never guaranteed a [Tony Ferguson] victory over Kevin Lee \u2013 I never guarantee victories. The only time I guarantee a victory is if your opponent is a duck and it\u2019s a mismatch. You just never know. Conor has great power; he has great striking technique. So does Tony. On the feet, man, anything can happen, it\u2019s like Russian Roulette, you never know. You can\u2019t predict that fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMaybe Tony takes him down and strangles him,\u201d Bravo continued, discussing possible outcomes of the fight. \u201cHey, maybe Tony can knock McGregor down. He can just stay on the outside, pop him with jabs, wear him down, and do what Nate Diaz did to him. That\u2019s a possibility. Tony\u2019s got a great chin. He\u2019s got great striking. He\u2019s just as unorthodox as Conor McGregor, if not more, so Conor McGregor might get knocked out, you just never know. But I think the best strategy would be to take Conor down and strangle him.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What&#8217;s your prediction for a possible title fight between Conor McGregor and Tony Ferguson?<\/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 10\/15\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the undisputed UFC lightweight champion and interim UFC lightweight champion respectively, Conor McGregor and Tony Ferguson seem destined to fight. At this point, it really just seems to be a question of\u00a0when they actually collide. Whenever the fight happens, fans are bound to be divided in their predictions for it. 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