{"id":392879,"date":"2022-06-18T05:15:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T05:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=392879"},"modified":"2022-06-18T05:15:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T05:15:45","slug":"thats-a-lot-of-time-for-it-to-get-personal-former-ufc-champion-details-how-a-season-of-tuf-can-lead-to-a-fight-between-khabib-nurmagomedov-and-tony-fergus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/thats-a-lot-of-time-for-it-to-get-personal-former-ufc-champion-details-how-a-season-of-tuf-can-lead-to-a-fight-between-khabib-nurmagomedov-and-tony-fergus\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThat\u2019s a Lot of Time for It to Get Personal\u201d- Former UFC Champion Details How a Season of \u2018TUF\u2019 Can Lead to a Fight Between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tony Ferguson vs Khabib Nurmagomedov is one fight that <a href=\"https:\/\/ufc.com\/\">UFC<\/a> fans will forever lament over. The fight between \u2018The Eagle\u2019 and \u2018El Cucuy\u2019 was poised to be a fight for the ages between two of the best and most dominant lightweights the promotion had ever seen. However, a host of freakish injuries and circumstances meant that the fight between the two never took place despite being scheduled five times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, after his loss against Michael Chandler, Ferguson stated that he would like to coach a season of The Ultimate Fighter against Khabib Nurmagomedov. This idea was well-received by \u2018The Eagle\u2019 as well. In a recent video on his YouTube channel, former middleweight champion Michael Bisping explained why a season of \u2018TUF\u2019 between the two could lead to a fight down the line.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;You&#8217;re around these people a lot. These opponents, your foes, your enemies, your rivals. You&#8217;re around them all the time, almost 24-7 for six to eight weeks. That&#8217;s a lot of time for it to get personal, that&#8217;s a lot of times for things to brew, to fester.\u201d<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N792Uij9ceM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018The Count\u2019 continued, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTo make you want to beat the living s**t out of him and then when the fight offer comes through&#8230; the one that got away might just come back&#8230;Khabib &#8216;The Eagle&#8217; Nurmagomedov. Tony Ferguson &#8216;El Cucuy&#8217;, looks like they are gonna coach a season of the Ultimate Fighter&#8230; if they coach The Ultimate Fighter then there is a very good chance that they&#8217;re gonna fight.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:-<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/aljamain-sterling-suggests-fight-with-tj-dillashaw-is-not-a-done-deal-reveals-his-fight-purse-for-his-fight-against-petr-yan\/\">Aljamain Sterling Suggests Fight With TJ Dillashaw Is Not a Done Deal; Reveals His Fight Purse for His Fight Against Petr Yan<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Michael Bisping spot on in his assessment of the situation between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khabib Nurmagomedov has been adamant that he will not return to action once again. His reasons for the same are extremely personal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-387569 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-5.jpeg\" alt=\"Tony Ferguson\" width=\"1200\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-5.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-5-300x210.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-5-1024x717.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/image02-5-768x538.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, unlike most fighters who retire and comeback to fight, \u2018The Eagle\u2019 is not hurting for money and will not make a comeback even if he was offered a ludicrous amount of money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you make of Michael Bisping\u2019s assessment of the situation? Let us know in the comments below!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Ferguson vs Khabib Nurmagomedov is one fight that UFC fans will forever lament over. The fight between \u2018The Eagle\u2019 and \u2018El Cucuy\u2019 was poised to be a fight for the ages between two of the best and most dominant lightweights the promotion had ever seen. However, a host of freakish injuries and circumstances meant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":392880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}