“Haven’t sparred in 3 years”- Tony Ferguson opens up about the repercussions of not having a solid team around him
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Tony Ferguson had an intense sit-down with the media where he expressed his long standing displeasures with the UFC
Tony Ferguson’s fight with Michael Chandler at UFC 274 was supposed to be Ferguson’s opportunity to make his comeback after consecutive losses. But it didn’t turn out the way Ferguson might have predicted.
Ferguson won the first round of the fight on the scorecards and was looking good. But in the second round, ‘ El Cucuy’ was knocked out by Chandler with a brutal leg kick to the chin. It was a shocking moment for the fans to see Ferguson get knocked out like that despite having an iron chin.
Ferguson has confirmed that he is not thinking about retiring and will come back to fight soon. But it will be harder considering the age and his progress with Ferguson in his last few bouts. After the fight, the fighter is looking forward to new training opportunities in order to continue fighting.
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Tony Ferguson comments on his lack of sparring
Ferguson was recently interviewed by MMA reporter, Ariel Helwani on The YouTube show ‘The MMA Hour.
In the interview, Helwani and Ferguson discussed what happened during the fight with Chandler and what led to that result. Ferguson revealed that he has done any quality sparring for three long years now which is affecting his game. Ferguson explained that current fighters have great teams and they are doing world-class sparring which helps them during the fight. The fighter showed interest in having a new efficient team and starting over again in order to win.
” I haven’t get some sparring. I haven’t sparred in over three years. Probably a little bit more than that. Like I’m talking about good sparring like good team sparring. These guys are out there with, they’re finding like world-class sparring they have a team. They have all this stuff. I don’t really need to have that but I want to have that,” said Ferguson.
Although lack of sparring can indeed affect the performance during the fight, it might not be the only reason for Ferguson’s poor performance. Ferguson has been fighting for a long time now there are many other reasons like top-level competition and the impact of accumulated damage which might have been ruining his overall performance.
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