Charles Oliveira hopes that UFC matchmakers change their method in the case of reserving Tony Ferguson fights if the veteran decides to enter the octagon sooner or later.
Oliveira, who dealt with Ferguson the second lack of his present eight-fight skid again in 2020, and has a very good relationship with “El Cucuy”, stated in an interview with MMA Combating that it was exhausting to look at Ferguson undergo one other setback this previous August in Abu Dhabi, a first-round submission defeat to Michael Chiesa.
Ferguson, a former interim light-weight champion, appeared to point his retirement instantly after the bout, however modified the tone on the post-fight press convention, saying “no, I nonetheless wanna struggle.”
“He deserves all of the respect on this planet simply to be combating nonetheless, he deserves a standing ovation for the whole lot he’s completed within the UFC,” Oliveira stated. “However I believe the UFC also needs to give him some assist and put him in opposition to somebody [around his age] to allow them to placed on a present and we applaud them.”
Ferguson was stopped in 5 of these eight losses, additionally completed by Justin Gaethje, Michael Chandler, Nate Diaz, Bobby Inexperienced, with further resolution defeats to “do Bronx”, Beneil Dariush and Paddy Pimblett.
The final time Ferguson fought somebody who was older than him was June of 2019, when he scored a win over Donald Cerrone. For Oliveira, who earned a shot on the UFC belt along with his victory over Ferguson, the UFC ought to ebook “El Cucuy” in opposition to veterans on the tail finish of their profession as a substitute of up and comers like Pimblett.
“The man doesn’t wish to retire, he’s there, so why not get somebody with the identical vibe to placed on an enormous struggle? That may be nice,” Oliveira stated. “However to place these younger children, children coming in hungry for consideration over an enormous title like him, that’s a bit sophisticated. It sucks. The man has a sure age, and you set him in opposition to younger children to struggle him? That hurts him somewhat bit.”
