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Tony Ferguson believes Conor McGregor should be fighting celebrities, and leaving the real action to the top dogs in the lightweight division.<\/p>\n

During the latest episode of Ariel Helwani\u2019s MMA Show,<\/a> Ferguson discussed a potential fight with McGregor. He doubts anybody would be interested.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo way, man, the fans wouldn\u2019t have it,” he said. “They\u2019d put up too much of a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been fighting old men lately, he\u2019s trying to fight Mark Wahlberg,” Ferguson continued (transcript via MMA Mania<\/a>). “Maybe that\u2019s the fight for him. The dude\u2019s got a couple of things, making his money, doing his thing. I don\u2019t know if he wants to fight anymore, but he is not my concern.”<\/p>\n

The Showman needs to put on a show according to Tony Ferguson. He feels McGregor is no longer relevant due to his inactivity and his troubles outside the cage.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is like one of those ex-girlfriends,” he said. “I stopped worrying about that dude. At first he was in line trying to go for the title, and once he became irrelevant I stopped caring about him. Now he\u2019s mentioning my name? Get the f*** out of here dude, come on.”<\/p>\n

If not a fight with Conor McGregor, what is Ferguson’s next move? He says is focused on a title shot and not busting up an American movie star. He is currently riding a 12-fight winning streak and is waiting for the opportunity to fight the UFC 242 main event winner.<\/p>\n

UFC 242, scheduled for Saturday in Abu Dhabi, will be topped by a lightweight title unification match between undisputed champ Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champ Dustin Poirier. If all goes ahead, Ferguson plans to fight the winner at UFC 245 \u2014 the end of year pay-per-view event on December 14 in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 9\/4\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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