Former interim UFC light-weight titleholder Tony Ferguson’s first post-UFC MMA struggle is ready.
Regardless of calls to retire from MMA after an eight-fight dropping streak, Tony Ferguson will return to the cage in a brand new promotion towards one in all fight sports activities’ most polarizing personalities.
The 41-year-old Ferguson teased a return to MMA on New Yr’s Day, towards the needs of many followers on social media. After his most up-to-date defeat to Michael Chiesa at UFC Saudi Arabia in August, Ferguson left his gloves within the Octagon and appeared on his method out of the promotion.
UFC CEO Dana White repeatedly pleaded with Ferguson to retire throughout his ongoing dropping streak. After parting methods with the UFC, Ferguson won’t obey these orders and isn’t completed but in his preventing profession.
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Tony Ferguson is ready for his first non-UFC MMA struggle since 2010
The World Battle League (GFL) introduced Ferguson’s MMA return for a to-be-determined date and site towards former Bellator standout Dillon Danis. The lightweight clash was teased in recent weeks after Danis pitched the matchup on his social media accounts.
Danis, a former sparring associate of Conor McGregor, will even make his MMA return simultaneous to his upcoming boxing comeback. Danis is scheduled to face KSI in a boxing match at Misfits Boxing / X Collection 21 on March twenty ninth in Manchester.
Ferguson vs. Danis provides to a rising listing of intriguing matchups the GFL has introduced in latest weeks. Former UFC middleweight champions Chris Weidman and Luke Rockhold will run again their UFC 194 title struggle at a to-be-announced GFL event.
Tony Ferguson books preventing comeback towards the behest of UFC followers
This can be Danis’s first MMA look since a win over Max Humphrey at Bellator 222 in 2019. Danis is 2-0 in his MMA profession with wins in Bellator over Humphrey and Kyle Walker.
After an extended absence in Bellator, Danis parted methods with the promotion forward of his boxing match with Logan Paul in 2023. He lost to Paul by disqualification after making an attempt to place Paul in a chokehold throughout their boxing struggle.
Ferguson is trying to find his first MMA victory since a physician’s stoppage win over Donald Cerrone at UFC 238. The win over Cerrone capped off a 12-fight profitable streak, together with wins over Rafael dos Anjos and Kevin Lee.
The GFL is predicted to announce extra high-profile matchups for its occasion slate within the coming weeks.
