This video might sicken you, but it's the reason Tony Ferguson needs SOME kind of intervention.

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One of the most brutal, and frankly heartbreaking, fights was captured in a setting that's almost NEVER possible in major combat sports.

Thanks to Covid, the audio of Ferguson's loss to Gaethje was caught ringside, and the results are terrifying. Ferguson took full power shots from Gaethje and just WOULD NOT GO DOWN. The damn thing only ended when the fighters' corners implored Herb Dean to step in and save Tony from himself.

If you've never been to a Boxing or MMA fight, hearing those 'thuds' live catches you off-guard at first, but you get used to it eventually.

This? This is something else entirely. This is a man slowly dying on his feet.

 
Yeah the towel should've been thrown in at the end of the 3rd. Just not how MMA culture works sadly though.

And he's definitely had worrying signs when it comes to his mental health, and I wonder how he'll hold up when not fighting. Id say give the man a cushion desk job at the UFC but Tony's too much of a character for that.

Hope he retires and finds peace, cause if things go south for him it's gonna make all those memes look pretty dark.
 
Tony says he has something to offer to the up and coming generation of fighters that will need to meet certain requirements to receive his wisdom. Tony has always been a lunatic going all the way back to his appearance on TUF. He didn't get any smarter in fact he got worse. I forsee tragedy in Tony's future. Fighting was his way of exercising his demons. Without that hes going to end up hurting himself or others.
 
Did Dana lock him up with a new 8 fight contract before this last fight?

If he did, I think that's for the best. Control him somewhat so that he can't go fight elsewhere, and not give him another fight in the UFC either. I hope so.
 
Disgusting how we let this happen. Tony is too tough. Noone stopped this beatdown. Justin ended Tony athletically. This is bad brain damage. Absolutely disgusting. He rocked him hard 30 X.
 
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WE let this happen?
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The ref, his corner. Society ;). Nobody complained. Toni himself let it happen. Fight was spectacular but DC hit the nail on the head, said exactly what I though. We´ve never seen someone take so many KO shots in one fight. Something along those words. Like there´s probably 15 shots in that fight that can end regular fighters. Whatever I guess. But too tough for his own good.
 
the thing with tony though is watch his 12 fight win streak- he could have lost so many of those he took so many flush shots over and over. the dude is an absolute savage. from the accumulated damage and intense weight cutting tony seemingly shot his nervous system and mental health and just never fully recovered his movement. stopped being fluid and flowy just became slow ridged stiff and delayed. it made those last losses pretty brutal i'm glad to see the final one was a gentle way out. at least he was given 8 pay checks to finish it all out and retire
 
Carrotman23 said:
Yeah the towel should've been thrown in at the end of the 3rd. Just not how MMA culture works sadly though.

And he's definitely had worrying signs when it comes to his mental health, and I wonder how he'll hold up when not fighting. Id say give the man a cushion desk job at the UFC but Tony's too much of a character for that.

Hope he retires and finds peace, cause if things go south for him it's gonna make all those memes look pretty dark.
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He shouldn't need a job from them. They should make sure he's taken care of and offer him access to the best doctors and mental health professionals that exist. If he refuses that's on him. Tony may be an asshole but I don't think anyone wants to see him end up like Delonte West. It's really the least the UFC can do, and they should. As much as I hate Dana I think he'll do right by Tony. At least I hope he does.
 
BullyKutta said:
One of the most brutal, and frankly heartbreaking, fights was captured in a setting that's almost NEVER possible in major combat sports.

Thanks to Covid, the audio of Ferguson's loss to Gaethje was caught ringside, and the results are terrifying. Ferguson took full power shots from Gaethje and just WOULD NOT GO DOWN. The damn thing only ended when the fighters' corners implored Herb Dean to step in and save Tony from himself.

If you've never been to a Boxing or MMA fight, hearing those 'thuds' live catches you off-guard at first, but you get used to it eventually.

This? This is something else entirely. This is a man slowly dying on his feet.

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He only has himself to blame....

He cut weight twice in a very short space of time and basically went into the Gaethje fight completely depleted and dehydrated.

All because he wanted to get some moral victory by making weight for a Khabib fight that had been called off.

Deserves what came after.
 
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