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Tony Ferguson has had plenty to say<\/a> about UFC President Dana White over the last few days \u2014 and none of it has been good.<\/p>\n

From the sounds of it, Ferguson’s growing disdain for White stems from the comments the UFC boss made after Ferguson was forced out of a 2018 fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a lot of emotional damage,\u201d Ferguson said at a\u00a0UFC 238\u00a0media scrum on Thursday (via MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cI mean, just more than anything else, coming from Dana\u2019s mouth, saying that \u2018Anybody that wears (sun)glasses inside deserves to have that happen to them.\u2019 Oof, what the (expletive) is that? Dude, I was wearing prescription glasses. I wear them all the time, because obviously I have a couple different things with branding.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you guys like Daft Punk, you\u2019d obviously understand why they\u2019d do that. People can dog my style all they want, but it\u2019s my own (expletive). It\u2019s blades and shades all day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Dana White has made negative comments about Tony Ferguson on more than one occasion. These comments have only served to widen the divide between them.<\/p>\n

At present, Ferguson seems to want as little to do with the UFC boss as possible.<\/p>\n

“He kind of made another joke about it,\u201d Ferguson said. \u201cThat\u2019s why our relationship is dissed \u2013 I don\u2019t really like trying to get too close to him. He\u2019s not my boss. I work for the company. Literally, I\u2019m not trying to be his best friend.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat\u2019s the quote? He\u2019s talked about Conor (McGregor). He said, \u2018Can\u2019t you (expletive) love him?\u2019 And then he\u2019s like, \u2018No, we\u2019re not best friends.\u2019 It\u2019s wishy-washy. I don\u2019t want to be close with anyone who\u2019s wishy-washy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tony Ferguson is set to return to the Octagon opposite Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone this weekend. If he wins, he’s more than likely to get the next crack at the winner of Nurmagomedov’s UFC 242 fight with Dustin Poirier. Unfortunately for him, participating in a fight of that scale probably means lots of face time with Dana White.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 6\/7\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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