Dustin Poirier, Derek Brunson, Justin Gaethje, and other UFC stars jaw drop over Tony Ferguson despite Beneil Dariush’s win at UFC 262

Dustin Poirier, Derek Brunson, Justin Gaethje, and other UFC stars jaw drop over Tony Ferguson despite Beneil Dariush’s win at UFC 262

Tony Ferguson vs. Beneil Dariush UFC 262

UFC 262 co-main event just went down and what a dominant performance by UFC’s second-highest winning streak in the lightweight division, Beneil Dariush. The UFC #7 ranked lightweight absolutely put on a stunning show of grappling against former lightweight interim champ Tony Ferguson. UFC 262 went down at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Beneil Dariush won the bout via unanimous decision after a dominant display of wrestling.

Despite his win, Beneil Dariush was absolutely hated by the crowd as he was booed while he beat up the fan’s favorite El Cucuy. Tony Ferguson despite losing stole the show. There was a moment when Tony popped his heel or leg but never gave up. Beneil himself said it after the fight. We all know how tough Tony Ferguson is. UFC stars and fans were in absolute awe of El Cucuy’s toughness at UFC 262 co-main event. Read ahead to know how your favorite fighters reacted.

UFC Twitter is in shock how Tony escaped the submission at UFC 262

UFC 262 co main event
Beneil Dariush at UFC 262 co-main event

UFC’s biggest lightweight fighter, Dustin Poirier could not believe what he saw when Beneil Dariush popped Tony with a heel lock and Ferguson still continued. The Louisiana fighter wrote, “Tony is a wild man!!” on Twitter.

UFC middleweight contender Derek Brunson is confident that Tony is not a human. “Tony Ferguson is built different!” wrote Derek on Twitter after UFC 262. Meanwhile, Tony’s former opponent Justin Gaethje was pretty sure that this fight would be the “Fight Of The Night”. “This is a lock for fight of the night. Let’s go,” wrote Justin on Twitter.

American commentator Teddy Atlas was also in awe after the fight, “Webster’s Dictionary should just put a picture of Ferguson for the definition of toughness,” wrote Teddy Atlas.

Edman Shahbazyan was surprisingly complimenting Beneil on his successful bout. “Dominance performance!! Congrats Beneil Dariush,” he wrote.

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Also read: UFC 262: Early Prelims and Preliminary card results