{"id":448576,"date":"2022-05-25T01:01:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T08:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=448576"},"modified":"2022-05-25T01:01:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T08:01:05","slug":"tony-ferguson-says-he-would-love-to-fight-dustin-poirier-in-his-next-ufc-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tony-ferguson-says-he-would-love-to-fight-dustin-poirier-in-his-next-ufc-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson says he would \u201clove\u201d to fight Dustin Poirier in his next UFC appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Ferguson has confirmed that he&#8217;d be interested in battling Dustin Poirier in his next UFC appearance.<\/p>\n<p>He hasn&#8217;t had the best of luck inside the Octagon in recent years but Tony Ferguson is still a big fan favourite among mixed martial arts fans. His style, combined with his cardio, makes him a force to be reckoned with &#8211; even if he&#8217;s currently riding a four-fight losing streak.<\/p>\n<p>His most recent outing came against Michael Chandler at UFC 274 and unfortunately for &#8216;El Cucuy&#8217;, he suffered one of the most brutal knockout losses of the year as he fell to another defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Many want to see him take some time off from the sport which seems like something he&#8217;s going to consider. At the same time, there&#8217;s an appetite to see if he can still get back to the top &#8211; which is why so many different fighters are being suggested as potential opponents for him.<\/p>\n<p>One such example of that is Dustin Poirier and in a recent interview, Ferguson admitted that he&#8217;d like to get in there against &#8216;The Diamond&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyFergusonXT\/status\/1528960373310644224<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI would love to be able to fight Dustin Poirier,\u201d Ferguson said. \u201cObviously he likes to go stand-up. A stand-up battle wouldn\u2019t be bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhen I\u2019m ready to fight I will let the UFC know,\u201d Ferguson said. \u201cI guarantee you they\u2019ll let me know, too, \u2018Hey, this is who we have.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/05\/ufc-news-tony-ferguson-dustin-poirier-stand-up-battle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Poirier is coming off the back of a defeat to Charles Oliveira as he failed in his attempt to capture the UFC lightweight championship last December. At the same time, he&#8217;s still viewed as a top contender, opening up the possibility of just one or two more wins being needed in order for him to get back to a title shot.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you want to see <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tony-ferguson-responds-after-dustin-poirier-claims-hes-better-than-these-guys-following-ufc-274\/\">Tony Ferguson vs Dustin Poirier<\/a>?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Ferguson has confirmed that he&#8217;d be interested in battling Dustin Poirier in his next UFC appearance. He hasn&#8217;t had the best of luck inside the Octagon in recent years but Tony Ferguson is still a big fan favourite among mixed martial arts fans. His style, combined with his cardio, makes him a force to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":381959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10297,10113,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tony Ferguson says he would \u201clove\u201d to fight Dustin Poirier in his next UFC appearance | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tony Ferguson has confirmed that he&#039;d be interested in battling Dustin Poirier in his next UFC appearance.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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