Tony Ferguson Responds To ‘Fragile’ Khabib Nurmagomedov
The war of words has continued between UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov. Even though they have been trash talking each other for months, it’s nice to see that they haven’t run out of creativity yet.
If you recall, the UFC has attempted to book these two fighters against each other a few times. They were supposed to meet at UFC 209 earlier this year, but Nurmagomedov had a difficult weight cut that resulted in him being placed in the hospital and had the interim title fight removed from the card.
The UFC interim lightweight champion took to Twitter on Saturday night to respond to a recent Nurmagomedov social media post that questioned why fighters talk about the Russian when he is sidelined but not when he is injury-free and available to fight.
This followed Nurmagomedov’s teammate, Daniel Cormier, and Nurmagomedov both claiming that the UFC offered Nurmagomedov an interim title shot against Ferguson at UFC 219. However, the champion did not accept it. He wrote the following:
“Listen Ya Fragile Fatass, The Last Time We Tried To Fight That Hat Of Yours Collected Cobwebs. How ‘Bout Ya Take A Number… Make Weight, Show Up & Shut Up. Who’s Irrelevant Now?”
.Listen Ya Fragile Fatass, The Last Time We Tried To Fight That Hat Of Yours Collected Cobwebs. How 'Bout Ya Take A Number… Make Weight, Show Up & Shut Up. Who's Irrelevant Now? 🖕🏽😎 -Thee MF'n Champ 🇺🇸🏆🇲🇽 #SnapDownCityBitch SnapJitsu™#TeamTiramisu4L #Towel7 #JustSayNo https://t.co/WDrHDewtZT
— Tony Ferguson (@TonyFergusonXT) November 26, 2017
Nurmagomedov is currently set to face Edson Barboza on the pay-per-view main card of UFC 219, which features a UFC women’s featherweight title fight between champ Cris Cyborg and Holly Holm. Ferguson is expected to fight Conor McGregor for the lightweight title sometime next year.
UFC 219 is set to take place on December 30, 2017, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
