{"id":316289,"date":"2019-06-13T06:24:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T13:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=316289"},"modified":"2019-06-13T06:24:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T13:24:14","slug":"justin-gaethje-shares-interest-in-tony-ferguson-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/justin-gaethje-shares-interest-in-tony-ferguson-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Gaethje shares interest in Tony Ferguson fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are always plenty of of exciting matchups to be made in the stacked UFC lightweight division. Of all the matchups available in this weight class, however, its arguable that none can rival a potential showdown between streaking contender Tony Ferguson and former World Series of Fighting champ Justin Gaethje in terms of pure excitement.<\/p>\n<p>Neither man is ever in a boring fight, and it&#8217;s hard to imagine their potential pairing resulting in anything other than Fight of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Justin_Gaethje\/status\/1138333415038521344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Twitter<\/a>, Justin Gaethje shared his interest in this potential bout, suggesting he&#8217;d love to visit Tony Ferguson&#8217;s &#8220;dark place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Justin_Gaethje\/status\/1138333415038521344<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Take me to that dark place of yours [Tony Ferguson]&#8221; Gaethje wrote after the potential matchup was mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>While this matchup is fun to think about, it&#8217;s hard to imagine Tony Ferguson accepting anything other than a title fight with the winner of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier&#8217;s UFC 242 fight, or a lucrative money fight with Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p id=\"xgbhHH\">\u201dIt\u2019s kinda funny, I don\u2019t know what else I have to do in this division to keep \u2026 to keep after it,&#8221; Ferguson said after beating Donald Cerrone at UFC 238. &#8220;It\u2019s a round robin tournament, but I\u2019m tired of it. I\u2019m here to stay. I am the f**king champ. I don\u2019t have to go on and refurbish a lot of that stuff. You guys know what I\u2019m about. I\u2019m about the business, you guys know I\u2019m about learning and growing and \u2026 f**k, man. If Dustin Poirier doesn\u2019t do it, I\u2019m going to do it. \u2018Tiramisu\u2019 needs an ass whooping; he needs two to the stomach from me.<\/p>\n<p id=\"SXsHK4\">\u201cAnd if it\u2019s \u2018McNuggets\u2019 for a money fight, literally?\u201d Ferguson continued, referencing Conor McGregor. \u201cHe\u2019s an athlete, too. I know the division misses him. I\u2019m pretty sure he misses the fight game, too. We need to see these fighters keep coming out and represent the sport, because that\u2019s why you got into it. You\u2019re an athlete. Keep coming back and when it\u2019s your turn to retire, go and f**king retire, man. 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