I've been training for f-ing six-to-seven months,' Ferguson said. And if you're wondering whether the short-notice nature of this fight or the constant drama of whether UFC would legally be able to pull it off might affect Ferguson, he's here to tell you to stop. Should Ferguson and Gaethje combine to author the instant classic they have threatened to, knowing full well UFC is the only game in town this weekend for televised sports, a victory may end up being bigger than a full title shot. Should that be part of White's thinking, Ferguson's decision to go all-in on himself and make his own luck happen on Saturday looks far less reckless and more entrepreneurial. There may be a part of Ferguson that wonders whether he will be passed over a second time by UFC in favor of McGregor considering the first Nurmagomedov-McGregor fight shattered pay-per-view records. One year earlier, a third attempt at Nurmagomedov-Ferguson fell apart one day before UFC 209 when Nurmagomedov was hospitalized due to a difficult weight cut (which Ferguson still blames on the tiramisu dessert Nurmagomedov was eating during a fight week picture that went viral). It's the same location of UFC's failed fourth attempt to pair them together for the full title in 2018 when a freak knee injury sidelined Ferguson the week of the fight.Īlthough he would make a miraculous comeback and return just six months after tearing the fibular collateral ligament of his knee, Ferguson was passed over by UFC to allow McGregor a shot at Nurmagomedov. The only two who signed on the dotted line are real f-ing men.'įerguson and Nurmagomedov were originally scheduled to meet at UFC 249's original date of April 18 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

'That dude fell off the face of the f-ing earth along with McNuggets. 'I'm going to be real, Khabib doesn't f-ing even exist to me right now,' Ferguson said during Tuesday's UFC 249 teleconference.

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