In a bold and new move, last Thursday Dana White did not strip Conor McGregor from his UFC lightweight world title, but insisted that the upcoming UFC 223 main event between Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov was for the undisputed belt.
If you missed this insane proclamation, we have the brief replay in the video above, to catch you up.
Now, in a new interview with The MMA Hour, Tony Ferguson exposes Dana White, revealing that Dana told him that his fight against Khabib was for Conor’s belt, not the interim title. Ferguson says that Dana is telling them one thing behind the curtain, and telling the world another thing on the other side.
Taking things a step further, in a profanity laced reaction to the events, Ferguson lets the UFC boss have it.
Here’s Tony’s statement:
“Yea it bothers me. It bothers the shit out of me. Straight up. Wouldn’t you? I’m the fucking champ and we don’t know if we’re fighting for the real belt or not.”
“What the fuck is that. Dana White is telling us one thing on one part of the curtain, and on the other side he’s saying, ‘No, Conor McGregor is the champion.’
“I love Dana, but what the fuck dude? Am in not the champ or am I the champ. Do you want to hype me up or do you not want to hype me up for this fight.”
It’s an interesting turn of events, one that may bite the UFC boss in the butt, if he’s backed the wrong horse, yet again…
Thoughts?
