Tony Ferguson is raring to understand new alternatives now that his run within the UFC has come to a detailed.
‘El Cucuy’ was thought to be probably the most thrilling lightweights within the sport amid a run between 2013 and 2019 which noticed him win 12 straight fights within the UFC’s 155-pound division and claimed an interim world title. Nonetheless, repeated accidents blighted his profession together with a knee illness that induced the removing of the interim light-weight championship from his grasp.
In January, it was confirmed that Ferguson’s run with the UFC had come to an finish some months after a submission loss to Michael Chiesa in August in what was his eighth defeat in a row — a document within the organisation.
Ferguson joined the ranks of the International Combat League (GFL) in January and is predicted to battle Dillon Danis in Might. And forward of this new chapter, he’s eager to attract a line via the final one.
“I’ve to let you know, I packed up all my UFC stuff, I put it into baggage, and it was the toughest f*cking factor I needed to do,” he instructed Ariel Helwani this week, as reported by MMA Junkie.
“It was a few days the place it took time for me to have the ability to regulate. I put every thing in huge storage baggage, and I used to be prepared to maneuver on. I went into ‘The Final Fighter’ with the aim of successful a fats examine so I may also help my household out, my grandma and every thing, and I ended up getting a contract. So, this complete total course of has by no means been a disappointment.
He added: “However what it has been is a studying expertise of how, one, about how I am going about my enterprise. Two, about how I deal with my shut circle. Three, about how I need to plan for the longer term. Proper now the place we’re at on this stage, it’s so superb that there’s a possibility for lots of different individuals to show their issues and new garments and a brand new jersey and a brand new identify on the shirt. It’s such an important feeling to have and a reduction to maneuver on.
“No dangerous blood wherever, I believe that is nice.”
