{"id":305702,"date":"2019-03-16T08:41:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T15:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=305702"},"modified":"2019-03-16T08:41:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T15:41:33","slug":"conor-mcgregor-offers-words-of-encouragement-to-tony-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-offers-words-of-encouragement-to-tony-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor offers words of encouragement to Tony Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Conor McGregor is showing support for Tony Ferguson, this following a difficult week for the former UFC interim lightweight champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ferguson <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tony-ferguson-hit-with-restraining-order-following-alleged-domestic-violence\/\">was hit with a restraining order from his wife Cristina<\/a> earlier this week, preventing &#8220;El Cucuy&#8221; from seeing her or his son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ferguson&#8217;s wife alleged that the UFC lightweight standout has been displaying troublesome behavior for some time now (see more on that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tony-fergusons-wife-issues-statement-on-restraining-order\/\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the Tony Ferguson situation is still developing, former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor obviously caught wind of the recent events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Irish superstar took to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\">Twitter<\/a> where he offered his support to Tony Ferguson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tony Ferguson is the type of guy that when all the chips are down, can pick them right back up again and come back stronger than ever! <br>Came back from a debilitating injury in record time to give us one of the fights of the year!<br>Let\u2019s go Tony!!<\/p>&mdash; Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/1106804831476428802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cTony Ferguson is the type of guy that when all the chips are down, can pick them right back up again and come back stronger than ever!\u201d McGregor tweeted. \u201cCame back from a debilitating injury in record time to give us one of the fights of the year! Let\u2019s go Tony!!\u201d\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/em>Conor\u00a0McGregor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Mystic Mac&#8221; has also found trouble outside of the octagon in recent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conor McGregor was arrested in Miami on Monday for strong-armed robbery and criminal mischief, this after allegedly <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-footage-of-conor-mcgregor-phone-smashing-incident-released\/\">smashing an individuals cell phone<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to their respective issues outside of the octagon, there is currently no timeline for when we will see either Conor McGregor or Tony Ferguson return to the UFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned to BJPENN.com for all of your UFC news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor is showing support for Tony Ferguson, this following a difficult week for the former UFC interim lightweight champion. 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