‘He’s Not Sparring, He Missing His Opponent’

Off the again of his seventh consecutive loss at UFC 296 over the course of final weekend, former interim light-weight champion, Tony Ferguson’s current downfall within the Octagon could also be a direct results of a scarcity of sparring – in line with former title challenger, Chael Sonnen.

Ferguson, a former interim light-weight champion and perennial division contender, featured on the principle card of UFC 296 over the course of final weekend in his second look of the 12 months, dropping a one-sided unanimous resolution loss to Paddy Pimblett.

Tying former two-weight UFC champion, B.J. Penn for the longest concurrent dropping skid within the Octagon along with his seventh consecutive blemish, Ferguson insisted, nonetheless, regardless of encouragement from Dana White, that he wouldn’t think about retiring from blended martial arts competitors. 

“Love my followers & supporters you all are f*ckin’ hearth,” Tony Ferguson posted on his official Instagram. “Met a lot of you tonight, maintain the religion MF’s. One foot in entrance of the opposite b*tches, keep in mind what I mentioned crew – champ.”

Tony Ferguson brushes off requires retirement 

Insisting he wouldn’t be retiring from fight sports activities – Oxnard veteran, Ferguson claimed those who called for him to do so were just “casuals”, nonetheless, a scarcity of sparring and live-action preparation with different fighters for his bouts, might be the explanation for his dropping run, in line with ex-UFC title challenger, Sonnen.

“Tony Ferguson is identical age as (Stephen) ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson,” Chael Sonnen mentioned on his YouTube channel. “Now, when you could have a recent reminiscence in your thoughts since you simply noticed them each struggle, did they give the impression of being something comparable?”

“The rationale it regarded the way in which that it regarded, the explanation he (Tony Ferguson) was having a tough time with vary, he’s lacking his opponent, the explanation: he doesn’t spar,” Sonnen defined. (H/T MMA on Level)

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