Bloody Elbow<\/a>). \u201cHow disciplined is Tony Ferguson to get all the way down to the championship weight with nothing to gain? That\u2019s a boss move. I know Tony and I don\u2019t have the best relationship, but that is a boss move.<\/p>\n\u201cTony Ferguson stayed the course,\u201d Cormier continued. \u201cAnd that tells me that come May 9th, that dude is dangerous for anybody, because he\u2019s so disciplined and so in tune with himself right now going into this fight.”<\/p>\n
Cormier continued, conceding that his own training partner Khabib Nurmagomedov \u2014 a chief rival of Ferguson \u2014 wouldn’t undergo a weight cut for a canceled fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore than anything, it speaks to the mental toughness of Tony Ferguson,\u201d Cormier said. \u201cThat\u2019s really what that is. Now, I don\u2019t think anyone should question that, and I believe that if they do, it\u2019s misguided. It\u2019s very misguided, because the dude did something that most fighters won\u2019t do.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m telling you this right now, I love Khabib, but he wouldn\u2019t do that. He wouldn\u2019t make the weight for nothing. He won\u2019t suffer through that for no reason. Conor McGregor, he would not suffer through that for no reason.”<\/p>\n
Ferguson was originally expected to battle Nurmagomedov for undisputed gold on April 18. When Nurmagomedov got stuck in Russia due to travel restrictions associated with the coronavirus pandemic, however, the UFC booked Ferguson for a short-notice interim title fight with Gaethje. That April 18 card ended up falling through, but the Ferguson vs. Gaethje fight has since been relocated to a May 9 event tentatively scheduled for Florida.<\/p>\n
What did you think of Tony Ferguson making weight last Friday? Are you with Daniel Cormier on this one?<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 4\/22\/2020.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson’s scheduled April 18 interim lightweight title fight with Justin Gaethje didn’t end up happening, but the top lightweight contender weighed in at 155 pounds the Friday before anyway. Former two-division UFC champ Daniel Cormier found Ferguson’s display of toughness and professionalism very impressive. \u201cTony Ferguson stepping on the scale at 155, that tells […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":286907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10153,10114,10113,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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