Former interim UFC lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has spoken out about the reasons behind his recent string of defeats in the world's biggest MMA organization.
“For the longest time it would hurt to get out of bed and put my feet on the floor. You’re talking about for around a year-and-a-half my legs were broken. This was during the pandemic, around [the Gaethje fight]. I just did not prepare the same. When I prepared for Khabib we were not conditioning our shins and s—. I was preparing for sambo, I was going to throw this dude right on his f—ing back and embarrass him in his own sport.
So they switch opponents up and my body took a f—ing healing. I wanted to go out there and demonstrate to people how f—ing tough we were as f—ing human beings. There was a lot that went on and a lot of mental weight that I thought I could handle. I put it on myself and it dragged me the f— down. That was my own fault and I did that, it took a lot for me to beat the s— out of myself to be able to snap out of it like how I did.
On the night of December 21, Ferguson competed in a boxing match against Warren Spencer at the Misfits Mania event in Dubai. Tony secured a victory via unanimous decision, capturing the Misfits Boxing middleweight championship. Earlier in August, Ferguson faced Nathaniel "Salt Papi" Bustamante at Misfits Boxing 22, winning that bout by third-round technical knockout.
