Tony Ferguson reiterates that he has no intentions of retiring.
Ferguson (25-10 MMA, 15-8 UFC) suffered his seventh straight loss to Paddy Pimblett this previous December at UFC 296. Regardless of the skid, the previous interim light-weight champion, who as soon as was on a 12-fight profitable streak, nonetheless has the need to compete.
The likes of UFC CEO Dana White and Daniel Cormier have urged him to hold up his gloves, however Ferguson refuses to provide in.
“I’m already a Corridor of Famer, man,” Ferguson stated on the “JAXXON PODCAST.” “They already f*cking realize it, and you recognize what? I’m not retiring. Anytime I get damage, I come again with a f*cking vengeance as a result of, like I stated, you want a slap in that face with a view to do it as a result of the one individual that’s going to do it’s ourselves. No person goes to inform us what the f*ck to do. I’m going to combat till the wheels fall off. F*ck retiring.”
Ferguson sought assist from former Navy SEAL David Goggins, who put him by a rigorous coaching camp. The 39-year-old defined how the 2 related.
“He despatched me a message by my agent, who despatched it to me, and we simply saved involved,” Ferguson stated. “He despatched me one other one from time to time. Then he lastly reached out to me and he was like, ‘Tony, I wish to assist you to.’ I used to be like, ‘Yeah, the place you at?’ I assumed he was on the East Coast, ‘No, I’m in Vegas. I’ve a compound out right here.’
“And each morning, each evening, he would textual content me and examine in on me. Like, he was only a guardian, and it was cool as f*ck. He was like, ‘I have to be actually sincere with you. I must get in your head, Tony. We will get you there, however you’re going to need to undergo the sh*t.’”
After a loss to Michael Johnson in 2012, it was eight years till Ferguson’s subsequent setback in Could 2020. In his present skid, he’s misplaced to Justin Geathje, Charles Oliveira, Beneil Dariush, Michael Chandler, Nate Diaz, Bobby Inexperienced and Pimblett.
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