{"id":447748,"date":"2022-05-18T00:13:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T07:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=447748"},"modified":"2022-05-18T00:13:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T07:13:49","slug":"tony-ferguson-says-dana-white-is-to-blame-for-delayed-move-to-welterweight-dana-made-me-feel-like-st-for-going-up-a-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tony-ferguson-says-dana-white-is-to-blame-for-delayed-move-to-welterweight-dana-made-me-feel-like-st-for-going-up-a-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson says Dana White is to blame for delayed move to welterweight: \u201cDana made me feel like s**t for going up a weight\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight Tony Ferguson has claimed Dana White made him feel bad for wanting to move back up to welterweight.<\/p>\n<p>While he may have been <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-274-results-michael-chandler-kos-tony-ferguson-video\/\">knocked out<\/a> cold by Michael Chandler at UFC 274, Tony Ferguson seems to have a clear mind for the first time in a long time. Instead of running away from the problems he&#8217;s faced, &#8216;El Cucuy&#8217; is charging headfirst into them as he prepares to try and make one of the greatest career turnarounds in mixed martial arts history.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, that could involve a shift from lightweight to welterweight &#8211; which is something Ferguson has been considering for a while.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tony Ferguson Goes In Depth on Loss to Michael Chandler, Conor McGregor Feud, Future - MMA Fighting\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L-qhPkUhn9s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI have nothing against going up a weight class. For a long time, Dana made me feel like sh*t for going up a weight,\u201d revealed Ferguson. \u201cBut he made me feel like sh*t for a long time, and when you have people making you feel like sh*t like that, essentially you start to almost believe it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m not standing here giving him the finger, but I\u2019m kinda sitting here like, I\u2019m gonna do me for me now, and you\u2019re gonna watch me now. I\u2019m not tryna be unhappy anymore, because I just can\u2019t do that sh*t anymore,\u201d added Ferguson. \u201cI\u2019m not gonna let commentary or people have that fault and throw it in my sh*t. I do that myself, and I do it enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/2022\/05\/ferguson-dana-white-shots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA News<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Who would you like to see Tony Ferguson face at welterweight?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight Tony Ferguson has claimed Dana White made him feel bad for wanting to move back up to welterweight. While he may have been knocked out cold by Michael Chandler at UFC 274, Tony Ferguson seems to have a clear mind for the first time in a long time. 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