With Conor McGregor absent from the MMA world as of late, the top UFC lightweights are rallying for a spotlight of their own.
None so much though as Tony Ferguson, who’s itching to get in the cage for his long awaited title shot.
At the top of Ferguson’s hit list is a man who can hang his hat on the fact that he’s one of the biggest stars in the sport today, Nate Diaz.
Nate hasn’t responded to a single call-out from Ferguson, and don’t expect him to. Nate has amassed enough popularity at this point to call his own shots, and if Ferguson isn’t on his agenda, no one will convince Nate otherwise.
Obviously frustrated with the situation, Ferguson took to a new interview with the 5 Rounds podcast, and made more demands of Nate.
Check it:
“He’s all on McGregor’s [expletive]. He’s like a f—king bad ex-girlfriend. Literally, a bad taste in somebody’s mouth if you win or you lose, you’ve gotta move on, dude. If you really want that money fight then you’re probably hurting for money. Literally, if you have that money fight, you should pay your taxes and then move on. This is a fighter sport. You’re ranked number what, eight? Ninth? Don’t you want to be better than that? S—t, dude you beat is ranked higher than you. Don’t you want an opportunity at the belt? Come on. I’m skipping a couple names but I’m giving you an opportunity. I’m doing you a favor, I’m not doing myself a f—king favor. I’m giving you a chance but if you don’t want it, that’s cool. I’ll give somebody else a chance.”
“Nate, you’re not the last option. If you don’t want to fight, go hide in a hole. But you’ve got to admit on Twitter that you don’t want to fight me. You’re f—king scared homie. All that s—t’s gotta go out the f—king window. ‘Don’t be scared homie.’ People are gonna start throwing that s—t away and it’s gonna be crazy.
“You can wait for McNuggets but we all know if you wait for that fool, if he fights Mayweather and he doesn’t fight again, you might not get another chance for a big money fight besides this guy. So I’m giving you a shot. If you want it, it’s perfect. If you like it, sign on the dotted line.”
