Tony Ferguson hasn’t gained a battle in over 5 years.
Returning to the Octagon in Abu Dhabi, ‘El Cucuy’ made UFC historical past after dropping his eighth straight, eclipsing a file beforehand held by former two-division titleholder BJ Penn. Following his first-round submission loss in opposition to Michael Chiesa, Ferguson eliminated his gloves and was seemingly able to name it quits.
As an alternative, he solely left one glove contained in the Octagon, leaving the door cracked open for a return whether or not that be below 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, particularly, 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 have been merely fiction. However they have been regarding to me,” Sonnen stated. “I took him at his phrase, and his world was flat scary. His phrases have been, ‘Hey, if all these hundreds of followers are going to return out right here and spend all this cash to help me, they’ll observe me some other place” (h/t MMA Weekly).
Chael Sonnen reveals greatest concern about Tony Ferguson’s loss to Michael Chiesa
Whereas it’s onerous for ‘The American Gangster’ to consider anybody made a visit to Abu Dhabi particularly to see Ferguson in motion, Sonnen’s greatest WTF second of the evening was seeing ‘El Cucuy’ succumb to a rear-naked choke with out ever trying to defend himself in opposition to the day-one maneuver.
“Zero individuals booked a ticket, flew over there, did no matter you needed to do to return over there and help Tony,” Sonnen stated. “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 anyone referred to as it a day and never gotten a standing ovation.”
“A nationwide champion wrestler with a black belt below Eddie Bravo simply acquired jobbed out within the first spherical by a transfer that you just study in your first day. My downside is there wasn’t a hand battle. That’s my downside.
“If I have been to take anyone that was not a educated fighter… Only a man, and I used to be to place him in that approach, 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 downside.”
Sonnen additionally expressed “worry and concern” that Ferguson might be able to land a battle outdoors of the UFC.