{"id":315787,"date":"2019-06-06T07:45:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T14:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=315787"},"modified":"2019-06-06T11:13:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T18:13:12","slug":"tony-ferguson-on-dana-white-we-need-to-check-his-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tony-ferguson-on-dana-white-we-need-to-check-his-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson on Dana White: &#8216;We need to check his head&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Ferguson is scheduled to return to the cage opposite Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone at UFC 238 this Saturday. Before this bout was announced, however, the former interim lightweight champion was dealing with some <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tony-fergusons-wife-issues-statement-on-restraining-order\/\">personal issues<\/a> that cast uncertainty on his fighting future.<\/p>\n<p>Amid Ferguson&#8217;s struggles outside the cage, UFC President Dana White claimed that the fighter would need to be evaluated before returning to the cage.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media in Chicago ahead of UFC 238, Tony Ferguson turned the tables on Dana White, saying it&#8217;s the UFC boss who needs to get his head checked.<\/p>\n<p id=\"GP8BG9\">\u201cI think he needs to be evaluated,\u201d Ferguson said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/6\/5\/18654734\/tony-ferguson-talks-dana-whites-matchmaking-having-zero-privacy-and-ali-abdelaziz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cWe need to check his head, I don\u2019t know how many interim title fights he can try to make me f*ckin\u2019 fight. Straight up, I did everything I needed to do to get back to where I\u2019m at. I\u2019m happy to be here, this ain\u2019t no <em>30 for 30<\/em>, this ain\u2019t my time for that shit. I\u2019m outrunning the 20 year olds and I\u2019m out-sprinting the other guys, and as long as I keep doing that shit, don\u2019t feel bad. Don\u2019t ask those dumb questions and let\u2019s keep f*cking moving forward, baby.<\/p>\n<p id=\"xA2dys\">\u201cLet\u2019s keep doing this shit and keep singing some good songs and making that barbecue. Cowboy, I\u2019m coming after you, baby, you better be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tony Ferguson also discussed a previously rumored interim lightweight title fight with Max Holloway, which White claimed he turned down. Ferguson said he was coached to so.<\/p>\n<p id=\"OfbNpK\">\u201cI was coached to say \u2018no.\u2019 I\u2019ll be real with you guys, when have you guys ever known me to say \u2018no\u2019 to a fight,\u201d Ferguson said. \u201cLiterally, this is a round robin tournament. It\u2019s not one of those bracket final four ones anymore. \u2026 Seriously, straight up, you can try your best to win the title. I won the title. It got taken from me, a guy like\u00a0Robert Whittaker\u00a0got hurt, same f*ckin\u2019 way. There\u2019s politics in that shit. I got an\u00a0<em>Ultimate Fighter<\/em>\u00a0trophy, which hardly any of these dudes that are holding a belt have. I\u2019ve got a title belt.<\/p>\n<p id=\"DRpz5w\">\u201cIf I have a roof over my head and if I\u2019m cashing checks and choking some necks I\u2019m always happy. The trophy don\u2019t mean shit to me, they\u2019re going to do what they\u2019re gonna have to do to protect their guys and their pockets, so f*ck \u2018em. They don\u2019t like me, f*ck \u2018em if they can\u2019t take a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Tony Ferguson will make a successful return to action this Saturday?<\/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 6\/6\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Ferguson is scheduled to return to the cage opposite Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone at UFC 238 this Saturday. Before this bout was announced, however, the former interim lightweight champion was dealing with some personal issues that cast uncertainty on his fighting future. 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