{"id":382064,"date":"2021-04-14T05:14:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T12:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=382064"},"modified":"2021-04-14T05:14:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T12:14:04","slug":"tony-ferguson-explains-why-he-called-nate-diaz-his-bitch-just-some-light-banter-man-i-got-nothing-against-the-dude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tony-ferguson-explains-why-he-called-nate-diaz-his-bitch-just-some-light-banter-man-i-got-nothing-against-the-dude\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson explains why he called Nate Diaz his bitch: \u201cJust some light banter, man. I got nothing against the dude”"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC lightweight Tony Ferguson explained why he called Nate Diaz his bitch: \u201cJust some light banter, man. I got nothing against the dude.”<\/p>\n

Ferguson recently made a tweet where he said that Diaz was his “b*tch” ahead of UFC 262<\/a>. The card takes place on May 15, and Ferguson faces off against Beneil Dariush on the main card. In the co-main event of the evening, Diaz returns from his layoff to take on Leon Edwards in a No. 1 contender fight. In Ferguson’s tweet, he suggested that it was because of him that the event sold out in minutes. He then used the tweet as an opportunity to take a shot at Diaz, not to mention former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Submission Radio<\/a> this week, Ferguson said that he was just joking about the words he said to Diaz. It was just Ferguson trying to inject a bit of banter ahead of the sold-out card. As far as Ferguson goes, he actually has a lot of respect for Diaz.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, he always has (been my b*tch). It\u2019s just some sh*t talk, just some light banter, man. I got nothing against the dude. He\u2019s a good, solid dude. But when it comes down to the scrap game, it\u2019s like come on, put \u2018em up, put \u2018em up,” Ferguson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got nothing against the kid. He\u2019s Mexican, so I got a lot of love for the dude. We just happen to be in different divisions. But we\u2019re different weight classes, so I shouldn’t f*cking trip too much. Like I said, there\u2019s plenty of piles for everybody, it\u2019s just different, you\u2019ve got to take an open look at it and not be so f*cking greedy going after the same f*cking ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you want to see Tony Ferguson vs. Nate Diaz fight in the Octagon one day?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UFC lightweight Tony Ferguson explained why he called Nate Diaz his bitch: \u201cJust some light banter, man. I got nothing against the dude.” Ferguson recently made a tweet where he said that Diaz was his “b*tch” ahead of UFC 262. The card takes place on May 15, and Ferguson faces off against Beneil Dariush on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54477,"featured_media":371002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10123,10113,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nTony Ferguson explains why he called Nate Diaz his bitch: \u201cJust some light banter, man. I got nothing against the dude" | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC lightweight Tony Ferguson explained why he called Nate Diaz his bitch: \u201cJust some light banter, man. 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