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Tony Ferguson

Tony Ferguson is a Mexican-American MMA fighter in the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship).

Born

12 Feb 1984

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last updated:

7 October, 2024

Michael Chandler knocks out Tony Ferguson with a front kick at UFC 274. Photo: USA TODAY Sports

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Ferguson reveals ‘scary’ memory loss, opens up on Chandler KO

Tony Ferguson details effects of devastating knockout at UFC 274, admitting he ‘couldn’t remember anything’ ‘until I walked up to the ambulance’.

12 May 2022 - 5:51PM

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 274: Ferguson out of hospital after ‘most vicious KO ever seen’

8 May 2022 - 10:37PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 274: Chandler knocks Ferguson out cold; McGregor responds to call out

8 May 2022 - 12:21PM

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 262: Ferguson somehow survives heel hook but Dariush gets decision

Beneil Dariush uses his grappling to neutralise Tony Ferguson over three rounds in Texas as ‘El Cucuy’ rides out painful submission attempt.

16 May 2021 - 1:08PM

Beneil Dariush celebrates after his victory over Tony Ferguson. Photo: USA TODAY Sports

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 262: Tony Ferguson decries Michael Chandler’s ‘Dana White privilege’

Tony Ferguson insists Michael Chandler was ‘handed’ fight for vacant lightweight belt at UFC 262 and says ‘these guys are going to try to keep the title away from me’.

14 May 2021 - 4:29PM

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Tony Ferguson continues his Khabib trash-talking

UFC lightweight fighter Tony Ferguson calls Khabib Nurmagomedov a ‘fathead’ and says he should have a loss in his record for not facing him.

22 Mar 2021 - 5:18PMvideocam

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Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Ferguson tells retired ‘fathead’ Khabib ‘see you again’

Tony Ferguson, Max Holloway and Kevin Holland among UFC stars to comment as Khabib Nurmagomedov announces ‘official’ retirement.

19 Mar 2021 - 4:59PM

Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former interim champion Tony Ferguson at the UFC 249 press conference in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada in March of 2020. Photo: Zuffa LLC

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Kevin Lee targets Tony Ferguson rematch in summer

Kevin Lee keen to run it back with Tony Ferguson for UFC comeback, after returning to training from double knee surgery and working on the mental side of his game.

23 Feb 2021 - 11:59AMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Ferguson quotes Stephen Chow film Kung Fu Hustle amid comeback

Tony Ferguson recalls legendary fight scene between main characters and ‘The Beast’, played by Bruce Leung Siu-lung, and says he is still ‘in that space where people tap’.

16 Jan 2021 - 7:45PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Ferguson explains how he didn’t tap to Oliveira armbar

Tony Ferguson says ‘my mental capacity to endure pain got me through it’ after Charles Oliveira sunk a first-round armbar in deep and bent his limb backwards.

15 Dec 2020 - 5:03PMvideocam

Tony Ferguson shows off his arm while receiving cupping therapy treatment after his UFC 256 defeat by Charles Oliveira. Photo: Instagram

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Khabib says ‘stupid’ Tony Ferguson is ‘finished’

UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov doubts he will ever fight Tony Ferguson – ‘someone gonna beat him again, when you take damage like this you never be the same’.

14 Oct 2020 - 11:30AMvideocam

Dana White separates Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Fgeruson during the UFC 249 press conference at T-Mobile Arena on March 6, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Ferguson threatens 170 move – ‘Nick Diaz needs competition’

Tony Ferguson says ‘I gotta bump up’ to welterweight if UFC don’t keep him busy at 155 pounds, after turning down Michael Chandler because ‘you can’t call me a gatekeeper’.

8 Oct 2020 - 3:15PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Khabib coach says Conor toughest fight but GSP, Tony better for legacy

Javier Mendez thinks hardest match-up for UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov is still Conor McGregor but Georges St-Pierre, Tony Ferguson more ‘enticing’ to go 30-0.

7 Aug 2020 - 7:17PMvideocam

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Ferguson says ‘no animosity’ with Khabib; wants Poirier or Conor

Tony Ferguson insists he ‘squashed a lot of the potatoes’ with Khabib Nurmagomedov after losing to Justin Gaethje a UFC 249, but is as hell-bent as ever on fighting him.

30 Jul 2020 - 2:18PMvideocam

Dana White separates Khabib Nurmgomedov (left) and Tony Ferguson during the UFC 249 press conference at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Photo” Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Ferguson wants Gaethje rematch as suspension clears

Tony Ferguson says he will be ‘back to business’ after his medical suspension from the Justin Gaethje fight runs out; lightweight Dan Hooker offers to fight him on return.

3 Jul 2020 - 9:00PMvideocam

Justin Gaethje punches Tony Ferguson in their UFC interim lightweight title fight at UFC 249 in the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida in May. Photo: AFP

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Poirier should avoid Ferguson ‘train wreck’ – Cormier

Daniel Cormier says fellow Louisianan Dustin Poirier should avenge Conor McGregor 2014 loss rather than fight contender Tony Ferguson.

30 Jun 2020 - 9:05PMvideocam

Masvidal says he would fight Khabib for the right money

The ‘BMF’ belt holder Jorge Masvidal says he would drop weight to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov as his feud with the UFC over fighters’ pay continues.

29 Jun 2020 - 6:00PMvideocam

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UFC: White says McGregor rejected title fight – ‘Gaethje did it’

UFC president Dana White says Conor McGregor ‘had the opportunity to slide in’ as the replacement fighter for Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Tony Ferguson but turned it down.

10 Jun 2020 - 7:18PMvideocam

Conor McGregor is restrained by UFC president Dana White during a press conference before his fight against Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in Madison Square Garden, New York in 2016. Photo: AP

The Takedown | Why Justin Gaethje will break Khabib’s undefeated streak

Justin Gaethje has emerged as a complete fighter after picking apart Tony Ferguson, and he’s primed to capitalise against what will undeniably be a rusty Khabib Nurmagomedov.

23 May 2020 - 11:17AMvideocam

UFC: Ferguson’s coach wants him to fight McGregor next

Eddie Bravo says Tony Ferguson fighting Conor McGregor ‘makes most sense’, and reveals ‘El Cucuy’ is already training again after brutal UFC 249 war with Justin Gaethje.

19 May 2020 - 3:36PMvideocam

UFC: Ferguson’s coach Bravo says it was ‘mistake to go in there’

Eddie Bravo reveals he ‘froze’ when entering the Octagon to give Tony Ferguson advice before fifth round against Justin Gaethje, and says throwing in towel ‘crossed my mind’.

22 May 2020 - 5:33PMvideocam

A bruised Tony Ferguson looks on after his devastating defeat by Justin Gaethje. Photo: AFP

UFC: Gaethje channelled Bruce Lee in Ferguson win – ‘be water’

Justin Gaethje took inspiration from Bruce Lee’s famous ‘be water’ motto as he tried to stay emotionless at UFC 249 against Tony Ferguson – ‘you can’t be swayed by anything’.

1 Jun 2020 - 4:19PMvideocam

Justin Gaethje throws a left hook at Tony Ferguson. Photo: USA TODAY Sports

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC: Ferguson tells Khabib ‘see you soon’ after classy gesture

Tony Ferguson tells Khabib Nurmagomedov to ‘keep training for the real finale’ as he returns show of respect to UFC lightweight champion after shock loss to Justin Gaethje.

16 May 2020 - 1:09PMvideocam

UFC: McGregor hits back after Tony tells him ‘put down the bottle’

Conor McGregor says Paradigm Sports Management would be ‘embarrassed’ to represent Tony Ferguson after he was ‘fumbling over his feet like a buffoon’ in Justin Gaethje loss.

13 May 2020 - 3:19PMvideocam

The Takedown | Get Conor McGregor back in the UFC Octagon right now

UFC delivers the first major sporting event during the Covid-19 era, but now Dana White should put his star moneymaker back in the Octagon and book him vs Justin Gaethje.

13 May 2020 - 11:32AMvideocam

It’s time to get Conor McGregor back in the Octagon. Photo: AP

The Takedown | Tony Ferguson saved the day for UFC – so give him Khabib anyway

After stepping up and risking it all at UFC 249, Tony Ferguson is the type of guy who deserves to have his loyalty repaid with a shot at Khabib Nurmagomedov down the line.

12 May 2020 - 7:39PMvideocam

A bloodied Tony Ferguson at the end of his interim lightweight title fight against Justin Gaethje at UFC 249. Photo: AFP

UFC: Khabib fires back at McGregor – ‘are you typing drunk?’

Khabib Nurmagomedov and manager Ali Abdelaziz return fire on social media after Conor McGregor calls the UFC lightweight champion ‘an embarrassment to real fighting’.

12 May 2020 - 2:54PM

UFC 249: McGregor says Ferguson ‘is not the level perceived’

Conor McGregor taunts Tony Ferguson after TKO loss to Justin Gaethje, saying his preparation for fight was ‘embarrassing’ and Dustin Poirier would do the same to him.

12 May 2020 - 1:57PMvideocam

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