{"id":303159,"date":"2019-02-23T06:41:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T14:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=303159"},"modified":"2019-02-23T07:08:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T15:08:07","slug":"dana-white-says-tony-ferguson-turned-down-interim-lightweight-title-fight-with-max-holloway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-tony-ferguson-turned-down-interim-lightweight-title-fight-with-max-holloway\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson explains why he turned down fight with Max Holloway at UFC 236"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tony Ferguson was offered an interim lightweight title fight with reigning featherweight champion Max Holloway for April’s UFC 236 pay-per-view event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately for fight fans hoping to see a war between “El Cucuy” and “Blessed”<\/a>, Tony Ferguson utlimately turned down the matchup<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after UFC President Dana White broke the news that Ferguson had turned down an interim lightweight fight with Max Holloway at UFC 236, “El Cucuy” took to his official Instagram page<\/a> with the following explanation for his fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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