{"id":315806,"date":"2019-06-06T10:57:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T17:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=315806"},"modified":"2019-06-06T10:58:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T17:58:58","slug":"tony-ferguson-scolds-former-management-dana-white-for-protecting-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tony-ferguson-scolds-former-management-dana-white-for-protecting-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson scolds former management, Dana White for protecting Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Until recently, top UFC lightweights Tony Ferguson and Conor McGregor were both managed by Paradigm Sports. In April, however, Ferguson parted ways with Paradigm and signed with Ballengee Group.<\/p>\n

Speaking to ESPN<\/a>, Ferguson opened on his departure from Paradigm, claiming he left because the company did everything they could to keep him from a fight with fellow client McGregor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I asked them, I said straight up, \u2018I want Conor next,\u2019 they basically told me no,\u201d Ferguson said, per\u00a0Low Kick MMA.<\/a> \u201cThey\u2019re defending him the same way [UFC President] Dana [White] is defending him. Any person that\u2019s got their hands in Conor\u2019s pockets, they\u2019re kissing their a**. I\u2019m not going to say anything else about that but literally man, the kid don\u2019t run the show. He don\u2019t run me man. You never heard this dude speak my name, you never heard this dude talk sh*t about me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was pretty damn sure he was going to stay at 145,” Ferguson added. “Apparently, he runs the show over there at Paradigm. I\u2019m not going to talk bad about Paradigm. \u2026But I have some people that are really looking after me now, there are a bunch of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tony Ferguson continued, sneaking in another dig at the UFC boss Dana White, who he claims is determined to protect Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s a fathead too,\u201d Ferguson said when asked about the UFC boss’s recent interest in a Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor rematch. \u201cI\u2019m going to tell you straight up, he\u2019s a fathead too. I\u2019m not talking down on Dana but Dana\u2019s pissed on me more than once or twice man. He said anybody that wore glasses inside should have that sh*t done to them. Remember when I tripped? I wasn\u2019t wearing sunglasses. I was wearing prescription glasses.<\/p>\n

\u201d I\u2019m going to get p*ssed on either way man. They want to keep a brown man down. They don\u2019t want to see me with money. Why? Because I might help myself, my family? Give a kid a chance. You want to book McGregor, Khabib, and make your own pockets fat? Cut me out a check and I\u2019ll sit on the sidelines. But I\u2019m not your backup no more. You like me, you don\u2019t. I\u2019m the people\u2019s champ. I\u2019ve had my belt before Dustin and I\u2019ve had it before even Khabib. And these dudes want to act like they don\u2019t even know me? I would too if they were scared as f*ck of me.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think of these comments from Tony Ferguson?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 6\/6\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Until recently, top UFC lightweights Tony Ferguson and Conor McGregor were both managed by Paradigm Sports. In April, however, Ferguson parted ways with Paradigm and signed with Ballengee Group. 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