“This would be sad,” Michael Bisping speaks on possibility of Tony Ferguson losing Michael Chandler fight at UFC 274
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UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping has given his verdict on UFC lightweight Tony Ferguson’s future as a professional fighter and like many fans, he thinks Ferguson’s golden days have officially sailed a long ago. Ferguson, who was known for his illustrious 12-fight winning streak in the UFC at one point in time, has been going through a three-fight skid. All those fights went to distance- with Gaethje fight being stopped only by the near end of the fight- but Ferguson got heavily dominated in each one of them.
Ferguson is going to fight former title challenger Michael Chandler next weekend at UFC 274, which is headlined by the current lightweight champion Charles Oliveira looking forward to the second title defence against Justin Gaethje. Ferguson in his prime has secured wins over the likes of Donald Cerrone, Anthony Pettis, Kevin Lee, Rafael Dos Anjos, Josh Thomson, Edson Barboza, Lando Vannata, and Gleison Tibau, and many more.
Michael Bisping thinks ‘undefeated father time’ has caught Tony Ferguson as well
On his Youtube channel, Michael Chandler assesses Ferguson’s future as a fighter on his podcast Believe You Me. The podcast is usually co-hosted alongside UFC light heavyweight Anthony Smith but for some reason, Bisping brought his crew on board to discuss everything going around in MMA.
“If he [Ferguson] loses four in a row, which he’s got a very good chance of doing, let’s be honest, he has got a chance of losing to Michael Chandler,” says Bisping “But if he loses four in a row and he loses badly then a lot of people are gonna ask for him to start thinking about retirement… which would be sad because it would be such a huge fall from grace.”
“At 38, he’s getting on, that’s old, 38, for a lightweight as well, right, and I think that’s probably got to do with the number of fights, the wear and tear on the body, the damage that he’s taken, the fan-pleasing style. And then of course combined with undefeated father time, he’s f*****g 38, [and] you can’t go on forever you know,” he concludes. [h/t SportsKeeda]
Who do you think will win next weekend between Ferguson and his UFC 274 opponent Michael Chandler? A legit veteran of the sport and the former interim lightweight champion of the world, many people once believed that Ferguson in his prime was the antidote to the problem of wrestling UFC Hall of Famer Khabib Nurmagomedov was putting in his time of dominance as the lightweight champion. Do you agree with Bisping’s assessment?
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