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[Helico-pterFunk]

Side note ... one of my fave fights of all-time is Tony Ferguson vs. Edson Barboza.


Call that one up on Youtube for those who haven't seen it, or want something fun to watch.


Great scrap.

 

[nawlinsn931]

Loser goes home and is a family man

 

[Madrox]

Fergy lookin like a viejo

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Loser goes home and is a family man

I think Chiesa still co-hosts one of the UFC's podcasts with Paul Felder, and also does a little bit of panel work for their in-studio stuff with Karyn Bryant, Din Thomas, Alan Jouban, etc.

 

[Deezz]

This Ferguson fight

Shows how farChiesa's skills have fallen to even take this fight.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Side note ... one of my fave fights of all-time is Tony Ferguson vs. Edson Barboza.


Call that one up on Youtube for those who haven't seen it, or want something fun to watch.


Great scrap.

 

[DragonXJC]

This Ferguson fight

Shows how farChiesa's skills have fallen to even take this fight.

Quick Abu Dhabi check, minimal damage.

 

[nawlinsn931]

Leave the gloves in the octagon Tony

 

[CurtDawg]

Time to hang it up Ferguson

 

[therealjondoe]

Leave the gloves in the octagon Tony

Its been time

 

[nawlinsn931]

HOF

 

[nawlinsn931]

I mean who else could he fight?

 

[therealjondoe]

I mean who else could he fight?

His wife

 

[nawlinsn931]

I hope Izzy head is on straight if not, it's going be embarrassing

 

[Deezz]

The one glove thing is Ferguson all the way!

Dana needs to close the door on his UFC career.

 

[nawlinsn931]

His wife

That's enough outta you sir

 

[nawlinsn931]

The one glove thing is Ferguson all the way!

Dana needs to close the door on his UFC career.

PFL

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

PFL

for a few more years of head trauma and losses.

Man ... in a perfect world he would have retired a few years back & focused on coaching / training.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Do like Mike Brown over at ATT. Get involved with a big gym & coach a bunch of athletes & still stay around the sport all the while, without taking all the damage.

Mike played his cards right.

 

[God-Of-War-420]

What does Tony have left in the tank though?

Sadly Nothing

It's a good thing he didn't fight Khabib let's be honest

Totally agree.


His style is so funky and unorthodox, and he accumulates so much damage. Khabib was a technician in there - dominant.


And we've seen the damage guys like Gaethje (TKO) and Chandler (headkick KO) have doled out to Tony in the years since.

Idk, it's easy to say this now but I'm not convinced he wouldn't have had a real chance in there before the mental breakdown and subsequent loses. He had a great ground game, insane strikes from bottom, slick BJJ and crazy powerful unorthodox boxing. It would have been one for the ages and unfortunately we'll never know for sure.

 

[God-Of-War-420]

His wife

To be fair he never hit his wife...he beat up the fireplace lol

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Idk, it's easy to say this now but I'm not convinced he wouldn't have had a real chance in there before the mental breakdown and subsequent loses. He had a great ground game, insane strikes from bottom, slick BJJ and crazy powerful unorthodox boxing. It would have been one for the ages and unfortunately we'll never know for sure.

Agreed - and similar to a guy like Marlon Vera ... Tony has always been durable / tough as nails.

He would have weathered Khabib's offence and gotten his own strikes in too. Enough of a wildman to stay in there.

It was one of MMA's great "what ifs" ... damn near everyone wanted to see it and the fight fell through something like 4 - 5 times.

 

[God-Of-War-420]

Agreed - and similar to a guy like Marlon Vera ... Tony has always been durable / tough as nails.

He would have weathered Khabib's offence and gotten his own strikes in too. Enough of a wildman to stay in there.

It was one of MMA's great "what ifs" ... damn near everyone wanted to see it and the fight fell through something like 4 - 5 times.

One of the most cursed fights in history, the last cancellation damn near made me cry lol it was brutal. Especially the fact that the let Tony go so long without a title shot in the first place all while Conor played double champ while never defending a single belt, another reason I will always hate Dana White.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

One of the most cursed fights in history, the last cancellation damn near made me cry lol it was brutal. Especially the fact that the let Tony go so long without a title shot in the first place all while Conor played double champ while never defending a single belt, another reason I will always hate Dana White.

Exactly. Tony was basically Belal Muhammad with the big win streak.

As for the last cancellation ... was that the one (or the one after) Tony tripped in the studio on the television cables and tore his ACL, etc?

 

[nawlinsn931]

Do like Mike Brown over at ATT. Get involved with a big gym & coach a bunch of athletes & still stay around the sport all the while, without taking all the damage.

Mike played his cards right.

I think he’s too close to it now give him a few

 

[God-Of-War-420]

Chito is a gun shy bitch

 

[DragonXJC]

Chito is a gun shy bitch

He was fighting like he was stoned, he's been hanging out too much with Action Bronson.

 

[God-Of-War-420]

He was fighting like he was stoned, he's been hanging out too much with Action Bronson.

He did the same against Sean, talked shit for like 5 years after that fluke win and then stated at Sean while he lit him up like a Christmas tree. He's an embarrassment to Latino fighters.(Ecuadorians ain't about that life anyway)

 

[God-Of-War-420]

 

[therealjondoe]

Russian mountian man Hills have eyes looking ass

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

I think he’s too close to it now give him a few

He needs to do a P90x program. Do some hardcore MMA training videos for newbies pushing them to their VO2 max(es), lol.

 

[DragonXJC]

Matchmakers picked a southpaw against one-eyed Willie on purpose.
An orthodox fighter would've circled left to his blind side kept him readjusting.

 

[nawlinsn931]

He needs to do a P90x program. Do some hardcore MMA training videos for newbies pushing them to their VO2 max(es), lol.

All this for nothing

 

[Deezz]

 

[God-Of-War-420]

Russian fighter time! Been needing a nap so this works for me.