Ferguson might never compete for the true, real UFC Lightweight World Championship. I hope that I'm wrong.
I always imagine Dana White and everyone else in WME/UFC that actually make decisions are constantly rubbing their hands together (like comic book supercriminals) planning on ways to give more INTERIM UFC title shots to Ferguson but never the actual title shot.
No, I'm not saying that Dana White his coworkers created Coronavirus.
Nurmagomedov is 1-0 against McGregor. Khabib Nurmagomedov could go 10-0 against Conor McGregor and the UFC would still find ways to promote all of those wars.
Nurmagomedov could go 2-1 against McGregor and the UFC would still find ways to promote all of those wars.
McGregor could go 2-1 against Nurmagomedov and the UFC would definitely find ways to promote all of those wars (especially considering the fact that the UFC actually want McGregor to keep winning more wars and to keep capturing more titles).
However, the case with Ferguson is way more precarious. Even someone like Joe "The Hype Machine" Rogan would find it difficult to promote Ferguson as THE UFC LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION or THE NUMBER ONE CONTENDER FOR THE UFC LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP because Ferguson is considered to be so damn bizarre.
My instincts tell me that Dana White and his coworkers really, REALLY want Ferguson to go to other organizations. In many ways, Ferguson reminds me of Jake Shields, Demetrious Johnson, Jon Fitch, and other MMA fighters.
When Jake Shields, Demetrious Johnson, and Jon Fitch all went to other organizations, it seemed like Dana White and his coworkers in the UFC all breathed a collective sigh of relief. Even after competing for the UFC Welterweight World Championship, Jake Shields showed that he was still a powerful assassin. After all, Jake Shields is 1-0 against Tyron Woodley.
Demetrious Johnson and Jon Fitch are still doing somewhat well in other organizations.
Ferguson could go to Professional Fighters League and capture titles there.
Ferguson could go to Bellator MMA and capture titles there.
Ferguson could go to ONE Championship and capture titles there.
Ferguson could go to Rizin and capture titles there.