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Conor McGregor, Dana White and Khabib Nurmagomedov Become Recent Targets of Tony Ferguson’s Jibes

Afnan Chougle
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With his amazing mixed martial arts career, Tony Ferguson is known for his entertaining persona in the UFC. The 39-year-old has been a fans entertainer for many years now. However, sometimes, ‘El Cucuy’ takes things too far on social media. Since his last loss against Nate Diaz in 2021, Ferguson has been inactive in the promotion. However, the same cannot be said about his social media accounts. Ferguson regularly posts and also takes a dig at his fellow UFC fighters. This time, he did the same.

‘El Cucuy’ is already known for his hatred towards the UFC Hall of Famer and former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. However, this time around, he took a dig at Conor McGregor and UFC president Dana White as well.

Tony Ferguson trolls Dana White and Conor McGregor

Initially, it was said the former interim lightweight champion Ferguson would coach against Conor McGregor in the upcoming TUF 31 season. However, later the UFC announced Michael Chandler as McGregor’s opponent coach.

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This didn’t settle well with Ferguson. He has already several times expressed his disappointment over UFC’s choice for TUF 31. But recently he continued the insults. ‘El Cucuy’ posted a picture of McGregor’s lookalike on Twitter. And in the caption, he berated the Irishman and also stated that Chandler has more class than him.

https://twitter.com/TonyFergusonXT/status/1629424389946220545?s=20

Following that in another tweet, Ferguson targeted the UFC president Dana White. The former interim champion brought up the old incident where White slapped his wife during a party. He also questioned White’s treatment of his fighters over the slapping incident.

https://twitter.com/TonyFergusonXT/status/1629462069216153603?s=20

However, Ferguson’s resentment of White isn’t new, as he has had his differences with the UFC president. It seemed like the ‘El Cucuy’ wasn’t going to stop soon, as in another tweet, he targeted his rival Khabib Nurmagomedov and his manager Ali Abdelaziz.

Ferguson says Khabib Nurmagomedov owes him half a million

Now, the Ferguson and Nurmagomedov saga isn’t new to the MMA community. Despite being fierce rivals, the two lightweights never saw the light of the octagon, as often their fights got canceled for various reasons.

Later, Nurmagomedov retired from the competition. This upset ‘El Cucuy’ and he has been taking a dig at him on social media. However, in a recent tweet, Ferguson accused Nurmagomedov and his manager of not paying him money.

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In the tweet, Ferguson said that the duo owes him over half a million dollars. However, the UFC legend didn’t specify the exact story behind the money. Later, Abdelaziz responded to Ferguson by stating he was respectful to him in person. But is acting ‘hard’ on Twitter.

What money do you guys think Ferguson is talking about? What are your thoughts on his tweets?

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Afnan Chougle

Afnan Chougle

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Afnan Chougle is a UFC author and content manager at The SportsRush. Afnan has written over 900 articles about combat sports before joining The SportsRush. He has now worked in the industry for over two years. He uses his expertise and enthusiasm to advance his professional career and offers insightful commentary on anything related to combat sports. Since UFC 229, Khabib Nurmagomedov fan Afnan has faithfully followed MMA. Besides "The Eagle," Muhammad Ali is his favorite athlete. Apart from his professional exploits as a UFC journalist, Afnan enjoys honing his skills as an amateur actor/boxer and loves going on occasional treks.

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