{"id":371299,"date":"2020-12-17T07:26:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=371299"},"modified":"2020-12-17T07:26:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:26:48","slug":"tony-ferguson-responds-to-claims-that-hell-but-cut-after-ufc-256-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tony-ferguson-responds-to-claims-that-hell-but-cut-after-ufc-256-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson responds to claims that he’ll but cut after UFC 256 loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tony Ferguson has responded to a recent claim that he’ll be cut from the UFC roster after his unanimous decision loss to Charles Oliveira<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ferguson’s loss to Oliveira pushed him onto a two-fight skid, as he was also defeated by Justin Gaethje by TKO back in May. While losses to Gaethje and Oliveira\u2014two of the best lightweights on earth\u2014are certainly excusable, the UFC is currently downsizing it’s roster, and after the release of fighters like Jussier Formiga and Yoel Romero, it seems that nobody is safe from the chopping block.<\/p>\n

While it definitely seems unlikely that Ferguson will be released from the UFC, former referee John McCarthy thinks it’s in the cards.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they\u2019re going to cut him,\u201d McCarthy\u00a0said on his Weighing In<\/a> <\/em>podcast with co-host Josh “The Punk” Thomson, who Ferguson defeated in 2015 (via The Body Lock<\/a>). \u201cI could be wrong about that but the reason I say it is first off, Tony has always had an adversarial relationship with certain people with the UFC. He\u2019s felt like he\u2019s been held back, cheated in certain things. And so you have that. That\u2019s okay, you can say those things when you\u2019re winning.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut now you take a look at his last two performances \u2014 the Justin Gaethje fight, he fought his ass off but he got beat badly. And now this one, he got beat badly. So you look at your lightweights and you go, \u2018alright, is Tony Ferguson going to be fighting for the title?\u2019 That ain\u2019t going to happen. You would figure he would have to win somewhere between four or five fights in a row against top talent and that\u2019s probably not going to happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, he\u2019s not going to fight for the title. So you\u2019re going to keep him for what reasons now? So he can beat your young talent that\u2019s not smart and wise enough to fight with him at this time? That\u2019s not going to do you any good as a promotion. So I don\u2019t know, I just look and say he might be one of the guys in that 60.\u201d<\/p>\n

It didn’t take Ferguson long to catch wind of this comment from McCarthy, and he unsurprisingly wasn’t pleased with what he heard from the former ref. Speaking during a recent Instagram live broadcast, Ferguson responded to these claims that he’ll be cut from the UFC.<\/p>\n

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Tony Ferguson responds to John McCarthy and Josh Thompson\u2019s rumors that he\u2019s getting cut 😂 pic.twitter.com\/QNOn5aVljc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sasuke \u2790🎄 (@UFC_Sasuke) December 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n