Media Tony Ferguson reacts on his loss at UFC 262: "I won't tap."

[Gio]

Tony is a strange cat, and that's why people love him. All the best on whatever he plans to do next.



Guess we'll be seeing him again in the near future. Still, war Tony!

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

Sucks to see he wants to keep going, he really needs to call it quits

 

[Yep]

I don’t see a problem with tapping. He should tap. He should’ve tapped. Tapping isn’t a sign of weakness. It’s live to fight another day. Honorable af. In his case he fought and now he gets more days. Walk away, warrior.

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

I don’t see a problem with tapping. He should tap. He should’ve tapped. Tapping isn’t a sign of weakness. It’s live to fight another day. Honorable af. In his case he fought and now he gets more days. Walk away, warrior.

Exactly lol, if he tapped he wouldn't have a fucked knee, his record looks he same regardless

 

[Domitian]

Sucks to see he wants to keep going, he really needs to call it quits

Easy to say when it's not you making 750k to fight.

 

[bosox32]

Tony probably telling himself “yeah i did the right thing. I was so close to winning. Don’t change a thing and I’ll win the next one.”

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

You're an idiot if you don't tap to a leg lock.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

Let him run it back with Cowboy in a 5 rounder for both their goodbye fights.

Easy to say when it's not you making 750k to fight.

He's not making $750K to fight.

$200K sounds right.

 

[Gio]

Him wincing in pain twice and refusing to tap is indeed the highlight of their fight. He looked really focused and psyched in the start compared to his fight with Oliveira, but Beneil is just too good of a grappler and he got overwhelmed. He might be on a slump, but he's losing to the best guys. I'm just looking forward to his next move or match up soon.

 

[Domitian]

Let him run it back with Cowboy in a 5 rounder.


He's not making $750K to fight.

$200K sounds right.

https://www.sportekz.com/mma/ufc-262-salaries-purse-payouts/

This is what I'm looking at. Could be wrong. Remember, Tony did the UFC a favor fighting Gaethje and saving that card.

 

[Yep]

Easy to say when it's not you making 750k to fight.

I don’t even think it’s really the money. It’s just his identity. Jens discusses how hard it was and dark it was to realize he was no longer going to hear the roar of the crowd and have ppl wanting shit signed and so on.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

https://www.sportekz.com/mma/ufc-262-salaries-purse-payouts/

This is what I'm looking at. Could be wrong. Remember, Tony did the UFC a favor fighting Gaethje and saving that card.

Interesting. Tony is out here making millions of dollars a year complaining about pay.

 

[Domitian]

Interesting. Tony is out here making millions of dollars a year complaining about pay.

I just want to know how Chookagian is on a 110/100 contract.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

I just want to know how Chookagian is on a 110/100 contract.

Are you serious? Well she has had like 13 fights in the UFC.

 

[NikLuk]

https://www.sportekz.com/mma/ufc-262-salaries-purse-payouts/

This is what I'm looking at. Could be wrong. Remember, Tony did the UFC a favor fighting Gaethje and saving that card.

Interesting. Tony is out here making millions of dollars a year complaining about pay.

That site is really bad. IIRC that site had Jimmy Crute making ~$200K against Anthony in his last fight. If you look up an event that showed disclosed purses from states that have to report the payouts Jimmy earns about $40-50K (~$22K to show + $22K to win or something like that).

 

[Gamer2k4]

You're an idiot if you don't tap to a leg lock.

AFAIK, those are banned in judo because you get injured well before the pain forces you to tap. With an arm, it's the opposite - it hurts, you tap, you're fine. Not so with the legs.

 

[Domitian]

That site is really bad. IIRC that site had Jimmy Crute making ~$200K against Anthony in his last fight. If you look up an event that showed disclosed purses from states that have to report the payouts Jimmy earns about $40-50K (~$22K to show + $22K to win or something like that).

Looks like you are probably right. There was 2 different websites using those payouts so I thought it might be legit.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

AFAIK, those are banned in judo because you get injured well before the pain forces you to tap. With an arm, it's the opposite - it hurts, you tap, you're fine. Not so with the legs.

I wouldn't be surprised if we hear on Monday Tony has another ruined knee. That was an inside heel hook which to my knowledge is the nasties one of them all. By the time you feel pain the damage is already done.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

AFAIK, those are banned in judo because you get injured well before the pain forces you to tap. With an arm, it's the opposite - it hurts, you tap, you're fine. Not so with the legs.

You are correct but it's more of a tradition thing where they are just considered easy due to the friction from gi's and thus looked down on. I trained them growing up but always at walk through paces. I have no idea what the rules are like training at place like death squad or 10th planet

 

[Dorkman]

That mentality has cost Tony a lot of potential mileage his last 3 fights. The savage beating to the head from Gaethje, the arm wrenching from Oliveira, and the Heel hook that turned his leg into rubber for round 3 against Dariush. Thats a lot of potential permanent damage in a 3 fight span.