“Bet the house on Tony” – Fans get excited as Tony Ferguson posts ‘El Cucuy’ workout ahead of Paddy Pimblett fight

Tony Ferguson's new training video in Wing Chun draws in supportive sentiments towards the fighter.

“Bet the house on Tony” – Fans get excited as Tony Ferguson posts ‘El Cucuy’ workout ahead of Paddy Pimblett fight

Tony Ferguson training in Wing Chun ahead of UFC 296 (Source: Twitter)

English fighter and former featherweight champion (Full Contact Contender) Paddy Pimblett faces Tony Ferguson at UFC 296. The lightweight bout takes place on Dec. 16 at the T-Mobile Arena. Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett recently mocked Ferguson’s Hell Week training with David Goggins ahead of the matchup. Now another training video of the latter has surfaced.

At 26-9-0, Ferguson looks forward to rectifying a six-fight loss streak against Pimblett. He last suffered submission losses to Bobby Green (UFC 291) and Nate Diaz (UFC 279) respectively. The lightweight veteran had a long streak of victories before that. His latest video practicing Wing Chun has garnered much fan sentiment. One reaction read, “If “bet the house on Tony” was a video.”

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Pimblett on the other hand has not fought for over a year. He last fought and won against Jared Gordon in his first PPV co-main event slot, at UFC 282. Recently, the fighter out of Liverpool has divulged to ESPN’s Marc Raimondi (and on his YouTube channel) on considering Ferguson as ‘a lose-lose’ prospect given his losing streak.

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‘El Cucuy,’ along with Anderson Silva and Sean Strickland, is one the few fighters who incorporates Wing Chun into his training. Fans of the sport have thus correspondingly commended the course of the training.

Fans react to Tony Ferguson’s recent Wing Chun training video

Tony Ferguson is to square it off with Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett at UFC 296. The fighter aspires to snap out of his six-loss streak. Before that, he had a 12-fight win streak that the opponent himself praised, calling Ferguson the biggest possible fight in his life. Recently, a video of him training in Wing Chun techniques has surfaced on social media. The same has instigated many hopeful fan reactions.

Fans react to Tony Ferguson's training video, ahead of facing Paddy Pimblett
Fans react to Tony Ferguson’s training video, ahead of facing Paddy Pimblett (Source: IMAGO)

The video shows the fighter skillfully striking the Mook Yan Jong (wooden training dummy), with great acumen and aptness. The fans have lauded this largely. Check out what they have said:

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While some have critiqued that a wooden dummy does not hit back, most have been very supportive of the skill-showcasing. Accordingly, a few fans have also indulged in the possibility of Wing Chun being in the future of MMA usage. Recently, Pimblett, as well as Sean O’Malley commented on the matchup being a lose-lose situation for the former. However, Ferguson wholeheartedly aims to rectify that.

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