Kevin Iole interviews Tony Ferguson ahead of UFC 223 [WITH CLIFFS]

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CLIFFS:

-Knows he is in Khabib's head, his body language changes whenever Tony or Conor are mentioned.

-Everybody can get a belt, not everyone can get an ultimate fighter trophy.

-Doesn't think McGregor will come back after making so much money. Conor and Khabib are both under pressure to fight when they don't really want to.

-Khabib is a very strong individual, there is no animosity between them.

-Tony is very witty, doesn't allow people to get in his head.

-Started training MMA when he got given a 7 day free trial at a bar.

-Never saw an episode of TUF before he went on the show.

-Khabib beat a broken Edson Barboza and Michael Johnson.

-Tony's toughest fight was Edson Barboza.

-Used to be team mates with RDA, refused to help him prepare for Pettis as he knew they would end up fighting.

-Wants Khabib to close the distance, says everybody is the same size on the ground.

-Chose to pull guard against Kevin Lee in order to get his black belt from Eddie Bravo.

-Gonna embrace Khabib's game, he’s a full back, Tony's a quarter back.

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Ugh, cringy as always.

But i disagree with Barboza being broken since he was coming from kneeing Dariush into oblivion and with the guard pull that's bullshit and Khabib is a very different type of top game. Khabib and his coaches expect the fight to go to the ground with Tony being on his guard.
 
Kevin's drugs seem to have worn off since the media call.

Good interview actually.
 
Who is this motherfucker. He looks like an owl. Seen his interviews a few times now in my suggestions. Seems like he has some connections to agents and is hopping on the newest hypetrain, which is the UFC.
 
I believe him.

Tony is Khabib’s head deeper than Black Beast was in Ronda. You could clearly see it during the press conference after which Khabib pulled out.

He knows Tony is gonna break him, not even Allah can stop El Cucuy beating Khabib down. Entire Dagestan is gonna have to go on an express Ramadan holiday to grieve this one out.
 
ColombianFist said:
Ugh, cringy as always.

But i disagree with Barboza being broken since he was coming from kneeing Dariush into oblivion and with the guard pull that's bullshit and Khabib is a very different type of top game. Khabib and his coaches expect the fight to go to the ground with Tony being on his guard.
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Dariush lit him up in round 1 tho. And Dariush is barely top 15 at this point
 
Tony is the type of guy who wants to fight fire with fire.

He seems to want to wrestle a wrestler and strike with a striker, rather than exploit someone’s weaknesses.

He’s either gonna lose being on his back like everyone predicts, or he’s gonna prove a point that it isn’t safe to grapple with him, and Khabib will have to pick his poison.
 
No fighter exemplifies a wider gap in my taste. I love watching Tony fight but there’s nothing in this sport that bothers me more than his personality. Dude fights very smart but talks like he’s just a brain stem. He’s akin to a 14yr old meth-addict who just won the lottery when speaking.
 
Raksas said:
Who is this motherfucker. He looks like an owl. Seen his interviews a few times now in my suggestions. Seems like he has some connections to agents and is hopping on the newest hypetrain, which is the UFC.
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He's a MMA journalist that started on yahoo like 10 years ago. I hate him btw.
 
NoAbsolutes said:
No fighter exemplifies a wider gap in my taste. I love watching Tony fight but there’s nothing in this sport that bothers me more than his personality. Dude fights very smart but talks like he’s just a brain stem. He’s akin to a 14yr old meth-addict who just won the lottery when speaking.
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He reminds me of those types you'll see on a street corner or train station that'll just spout out random shit. First they'll start off about needing money but end up talking about organic fruit and how tooth fillings is way that our government controls us.
 
bolly32 said:
-Everybody can get a belt, not everyone can get an ultimate fighter trophy.
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OMFG. HOF quote right there. Only tony could say something like that with a straight face

To be fair he did have arguably the greatest TUF run in the history of the show (4 fights, 4 great finishes). He was a mean mother $#$#$^&

 
ColombianFist said:
but who ended up unconscious? Dariush.
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Yeah, Edson landed the one huge knee late in the fight. But he was straight up getting tooled by Dariush prior to that. I mean, to the point where I was stunned.

I had $ on Edson in that fight too, and was writing it off as a loss. that knee saved my bet. I've never thought too much about Edson maybe being a bit broken by the Tony fight, but now in thinking back to it...it's possible there were still effects from it that have lingered. Maybe not, but it's possible.
 
KazDibiase said:
He reminds me of those types you'll see on a street corner or train station that'll just spout out random shit. First they'll start off about needing money but end up talking about organic fruit and how tooth fillings is way that our government controls us.
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Kinda nailed it haha!
 
Tony, where are your fantastic sunglasses at?
 
I just hope the fight actually happens. This is the only fight that I'd wait for, after it being cancelled 3 different times.
 
disagree on johnson and barboza thing.
johnson came out from a good ko win against poirier and barboza was fcn shredded as hell.
 
I call B.S. on pulling guard against Kevin. Tony was actively scrambling and sprawling in the first two round. He never fell straight back into guard.

It just sounds like hype talk for the most part. Trying to under sell Khabib while hyping himself up. Nothing unusual there.
 
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