Tony Ferguson Teases Move To Welterweight After Khabib Fight
Former interim UFC lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has been due for a 155-pound title opportunity for quite some time now.
He could very well face the winner of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Dustin Poirier next. “”The Eagle” and Poirier will headline UFC 242 from Abu Dhabi in September. After the pair unify their 155-pound titles, “El Cucuy” might finally get his crack at becoming the top dog at lightweight in the UFC.
However, Ferguson has pretty much cleaned house at 155 pounds, aside from the champions in Khabib and Poirier. Once that job is done, Ferguson teased to MMA Junkie last week at the UFC Hall Of Fame ceremony that he could be jumping up to welterweight:
“We’re fighting for a title either way,” Ferguson said. “Superfights and all that would be interesting as far as (Conor McGregor) and all that good stuff, but Khabib and Poirier, (I’ll take the) winner of that obviously or if someone falls out for the title, for the belt.
“Later on I can knock out everybody at 170, but literally the most important thing right now is Khabib. Give me that belt.”
Ferguson comes off a second-round TKO victory over Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at UFC 238. “Cowboy” was unable to continue after swelling up his eye following an attempt to blow his nose. Now, Ferguson awaits his next Octagon bid, which will hopefully be against a champion.
However, Ferguson reminded that he started his UFC journey on “The Ultimate Fighter” at welterweight, and is ready to return to his roots once his title aspirations at lightweight are fulfilled:
“Yeah, absolutely. I’m getting bored,” Ferguson said. “I beat everybody (expletive). They send me up to 170 (pounds), I’m going to tell them that I’m up there to collect rent.
“I get to boot their (expletive) to 155 (pounds) now. It’s funny how that happens. I started at 170, I moved to 155, and I might have to go back up, but it’s part of the program. It’s part of the game.”
What do you think about Ferguson possibly moving up to welterweight? Do you think he’ll have the same success as he did at lightweight?
