Tony Ferguson went on camera to obliterate Nate Diaz, now Diaz has responded, Kinda…
Describing the UFC lightweight division in one word is easy; messy. Currently without an active champion, at least in MMA, the 155-pound category is struggling. Having tried to put on an interim title fight, it’s not like the UFC aren’t trying.
Unfortunately without McGregor as he heads over to boxing, the division can’t catch a break. Pulling out of the UFC 209 card last minute, Khabib Nurmagomedov only added to the confusion.
Left in the middle is Tony Ferguson, now ranked number one at 155 pounds.
Ferguson Goes After Diaz
Over the past month, Ferguson has been firing tons of insults at Nate Diaz. Currently uninterested in fighting anyone but McGregor, Diaz has said he’ll be pursuing triathlons rather than fighting anyone else.
Ferguson is now furious with the younger Diaz brother, and this week appeared on The MMA Hour to vent his frustrations. Taking the angle of Diaz claiming to be a gangster, Ferguson urges his fellow lightweight contender to sign the contract.
Ferguson Goes To Town On Diaz
“Little b*tch,” Ferguson said Monday on The MMA Hour. “I don’t know. I don’t know what his problem is, dude. Like, I understand that you want to say like, ‘McGregor, I’m not going to do your dirty work.’ Dude, I don’t want to go into name-calling, I don’t have to do that, but I’m talking about if you’re a fighter and you’re in this organization and you say that you’d rather go and ride a bicycle, you’ve got better things to do, that’s cute. That’s real cute.
“I might as well Stockton Slap the sh*t outta you. Really? I’m from the 805, man. I don’t have to talk about where I’m from, but I’m tough. I’m a hell of a lot tougher than that dude, because money never made me soft. And sh*t, even if it made me soft, I wouldn’t forget where I came from. Because you know what? You’ve got a place to represent — like you said ‘represent.’ You’ve got a man right here that’s calling you out, and you’re not signing on the dotted line? You’re a clown, dude. You’re fake.”
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“He smokes a lot of good weed, I guess, because he’s got a lot of time on his hands just to do that,” Ferguson said. “The dude’s delusional, man. Obviously I’m not in cahoots with McGregor. If you think that I am, then you’re f*cking high as f*ck. Straight up, he’s smoking that wacky tobacky, because I’m not. I don’t like the dude (McGregor). I don’t like how, obviously, things are playing with my management, but you know what? I’m professional, so this is where we’re at.
“Obviously I already know I’d beat him already, but if he wants to go that route, we want to put it inside that Octagon, let’s make that paper talk. Let’s go. Let’s make that money, dude. You want to go? I’m a hell of a lot better than you. You try to Stockton Slap me — whatever you f*cking call it — dude, I will hit you with my jab so hard you’ll f*cking knock your teeth out.
“I mean, there’s not too much I have to say to pick him apart,” Ferguson added. “The dude is a good easy target, but I think that obviously if he says how interested he is in training for a good fight, let’s go. If he wants to put all that effort towards a triathlon or something like that, put that effort and everything else towards something that you’re actually in, that you’re ranked in, in the world actually. Put in that effort. Act interested. If not, like I said, get the f*ck out.”
“You consider yourself gangster? You’re backing down from a fight. Let’s go, dude. We got a main event that’s open that needs to be filled. So if you want to make some money, you want to impress the fans, you want to get back out there and sell your weed, do your sh*t, that’s fine, man. Put your name back in the crowd. Let’s do this sh*t, man. Sign on the dotted line. Let’s go, kid.”
