Tony Ferguson hasn’t gained a struggle in over 5 years.
Returning to the Octagon in Abu Dhabi, ‘El Cucuy’ made UFC historical past after shedding his eighth straight, eclipsing a file beforehand held by former two-division titleholder BJ Penn. Following his first-round submission loss towards Michael Chiesa, Ferguson eliminated his gloves and was seemingly able to name it quits.
As a substitute, he solely left one glove contained in the Octagon, leaving the door cracked open for a return whether or not that be underneath the UFC banner or elsewhere.
Taking to his YouTube channel, three-time title challenger Chael Sonnen expressed some considerations over Ferguson’s feedback contained in the cage and, specifically, what he needed to say on the post-fight press convention following his newest defeat.
“When Tony will get to the post-fight press convention, he stands up, takes the mic and he made some statements that had been merely fiction. However they had been regarding to me,” Sonnen mentioned. “I took him at his phrase, and his world was flat horrifying. His phrases had been, ‘Hey, if all these 1000’s of followers are going to return out right here and spend all this cash to help me, they’ll comply with me some place else” (h/t MMA Weekly).
Chael Sonnen reveals largest concern about Tony Ferguson’s loss to Michael Chiesa
Whereas it’s laborious for ‘The American Gangster’ to imagine anybody made a visit to Abu Dhabi particularly to see Ferguson in motion, Sonnen’s largest WTF second of the night time was seeing ‘El Cucuy’ succumb to a rear-naked choke with out ever trying to defend himself towards the day-one maneuver.
“Zero folks booked a ticket, flew over there, did no matter you needed to do to return over there and help Tony,” Sonnen mentioned. “When a man takes his gloves off and it’s a retirement, you cheer for him. It’s referred to as etiquette. By no means within the historical past of any sport has any individual referred to as it a day and never gotten a standing ovation.”
“A nationwide champion wrestler with a black belt underneath Eddie Bravo simply acquired jobbed out within the first spherical by a transfer that you simply be taught in your first day. My drawback is there wasn’t a hand struggle. That’s my drawback.
“If I had been to take any individual that was not a educated fighter… Only a man, and I used to be to place him in that method, he naturally, with no coaching, he naturally goes to return to the issue which is the arm round his neck. That didn’t occur. That’s my drawback.”
Sonnen additionally expressed “concern and concern” that Ferguson could possibly land a struggle exterior of the UFC.
