Faltering former interim UFC light-weight kingpin, Tony Ferguson has as soon as extra shut down quite a few requires a retirement from fight sports activities, claiming within the new yr, he plans to convey a complete new method which followers have by no means seen from him earlier than.
Ferguson, who set the document for many consecutive Octagon defeats again in the summertime, dropped a staggering eighth successive loss in a rear-naked choke defeat to Michael Chiesa in a rescheduled welterweight conflict on the principle card of UFC Abu Dhabi.
The defeat noticed Oxnard veteran, Ferguson surpass former duel-weight champion, B.J. Penn for probably the most straight losses within the historical past of the promotion — throughout his final faltering run, including to losses in opposition to Paddy Pimblett, King Inexperienced, Nate Diaz, Michael Chandler, Beneil Dariush, Charles Oliveira, and Justin Gaethje.
Nonetheless, sustaining he had no plans to retire from fight sports activities regardless of encouragement from the likes of UFC CEO, Dana White and former two-weight champion, Daniel Cormier, Ferguson burdened he had no concept what he would flip his hand to if he stopped competing in fight sports activities.
“I left half a f*cking glove in there, and I got it back, so that just tells me I got both pairs of gloves,” Tony Ferguson instructed Demetrious Johnson on his YouTube channel. “We’re going to probably take the rest of this season [off], figure some things out, and we’re coming back hard either January or February, so stay tuned. F*ck no, I’m not retiring. I’m too old to retire.”
“I’m 40 years old, I’m halfway to 80,” Tony Ferguson defined. “I’ve been competing since I was 5 years old in multiple sports. I’ve wrestled in college. I’ve done all the other stuff, and it’s not like I don’t know anything else. I’m still able to compete. When somebody can run a sprint faster than me, then maybe I’ll start to consider it.”
Tony Ferguson reveals he could have information on his subsequent battle “soon”
And on social media following the coronation of the brand new yr, Ferguson, who received The Final Fighter 13 again in 2011, claimed he had a complete new plan for his return to fight sports activities within the close to future.
