UFC: Tony Ferguson says he ‘owes’ Khabib Nurmagomedov over hotel altercations with team
- ‘These dudes are just a bunch of bullies,’ Ferguson says of Russian’s camp
- ‘Him and his team circled my family at the hotel once … I owe him a couple shots to the stomach’
Tony Ferguson has said he “owes” Khabib Nurmagomedov after several hotel altercations with the UFC lightweight champion’s team.
After submitting Dustin Poirier in Abu Dhabi, Khabib admitted Ferguson is next in line for a crack at his title.
A proposed bout between the two has fallen apart four times in the past because of injuries, but both are on 12-fight win streaks in the UFC – and there seems to be a bit of bad blood between them.
“Well, he p***** me off a couple times, when him and his team circled my family over at the hotel once, I owe him one for that,” Ferguson told Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on ESPN.
“We’re checking into the hotel right, him and his team, a bunch of little goons or whatever, and we’re checking in, my wife and I.
“I looked and there was three of four of his teammates circling us. Later on my team and I, we had another run in with them. These dudes are just a bunch of f****** bullies.”