Video: KO of the Week: Tony Ferguson vs Katsunori Kikuno

[Arm Barbarian]

I suspect we will be seeing a lot of free fight video releases in the build-up towards Khabib / Cucuy.

This was a nasty, 1 punch KO by Tony. Perfect straight right, on the button. Ouch.

 

[Rvd Slmr]

I don't think I can name a fighter that trusts his chin as much as Kikuno, dude doesn't even bother to defend and just leaves his chin up there. No shit his three UFC losses have all been by (t)KO.

 

[Chad W]

HEAD MOVEMENT

 

[AJ Garcia]

People think khabib will walk through ferg but ferg isn’t the type of guy to just roll over. Even if he’s getting worked the first 4 rounds, he’s gonna come out in the 5th and go for broke.

I think khabib will start strong, but tony picks up the pace in the 4th and 5th and wins it.

 

[AndrewGolota48]

It's strange to think back and remember that Ferguson was once perceived as primarily a fast hands boxer with KO power.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

People think khabib will walk through ferg but ferg isn’t the type of guy to just roll over. Even if he’s getting worked the first 4 rounds, he’s gonna come out in the 5th and go for broke.

I think khabib will start strong, but tony picks up the pace in the 4th and 5th and wins it.

That's been my exact take on this :

http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/k...-gets-it-done-and-how.3693633/#post-137657443

I think Khabib will come out aggressively and probably control the fight early.

Cucuy NEVER sits still though, and I think how wild he is with scrambles and strikes from the bottom will keep Nurmagomedov honest, and force him to expend a little more energy than he is used to.

I see it being a close fight overall, but I think Tony may out-hustle and take thru a war of attrition. He is tough as fuck.

 

[SimonNova]

Kikuno = best striking defense EVER

 

[EndlessCritic]

don't talk shit about kikuno. dude is fuckin people up in virtua fighter style shit right now.

 

[JfPuffNStuff]

I hope so badly that’s what he does to Khabib. It’s just very hard for me to go against Khabib, he’s a mauling bear.