Your opinion on Tony Ferguson at his best

[HHJ]

He's pretty much done for, but at his best what was your thinking??

 

[Ludwig von Mises]

Overrated but good. I hespect of heem.

 

[TheBulge]

A wild card. Could have potentially beaten anybody. He had accurate KO power, could finish with various submissions, cardio for days, iron chin and heart/toughness.

 

[Corrado Soprano]

If CTE were gold rings, Tony is Sonic The Hedgehog

 

[KevinTheCar]

Khabib smashes, but beats everyone else

 

[J'Ghasta]

Top 3-5 in the world at 155 during his peak. Loses to Khabib. Lost to Gaethje. Prime Marinovich Penn also beats him.

 

[m249viking]

I think the poll is missing options between Khabib and overrated. If Tony retired before Gaethe he would be near legendary

 

[HHJ]

If Tony retired before Gaethe he would be near legendary

No reason for that.

What would be in between?

 

[AldoStillGoat]

CSO for life!!

 

[Reach4theSky]

Pocket sand and ankle picks..

 

[Preston broadus]

He was good. He let the memes get to his head. Then Justin's fist got to his head. He was never the same after that. That was a hard fight to watch from the 2nd round on. Its like Tony was in a bad dream and nothing he could do to stop the beating.

 

[IronGolem007]

Top 3-5 in the world at 155 during his peak. Loses to Khabib. Lost to Gaethje. Prime Marinovich Penn also beats him.

Yes.

Tony basically beat perennial contenders, has-beens, etc.

His epic struggle with Gaethje (a non-Champion, who constantly failed to become Champion) didn't age well.

I voted Tony was Overrated.

Tough, but had life-and-death battles with scrubs.

Was never elite.

 

[chinarice]

If he would have got his chance to unify vs Conor, he would have beat Conor's ass and been the undisputed champ.

No question in my mind.

 

[IronGolem007]

An 80-year-old Khabib, would never (get submitted) by Bobby Green or Michael Chiasa.

Even if shot twice before the opening bell.

 

[nostradumbass]

He was good, but people took good and overrated him like he could beat Khabib or was the best. Even his long win streak wasn't outclassing anybody, and was taking a lot of damage and getting dropped or wobbled a bunch of times, had some eye pokes and illegal upkicks that swayed momentum. The only guy he outclassed was Josh Thompson, who was pretty old and on a losing streak in his last UFC fight.

 

[FriskyRandy]

People are acting like Tony was in his prime when he fought Justin. He had a ton of injuries and milage on him before that fight.

When he was in his prime, he was a clear #2 and a lot of us thought he could beat khabib.

If they fought in their prime (was scheduled what, 4 or 5 times?) I still think Tony was the guy that had a pretty good chance.

 

[Uber_Noober]

Can he gain enough weight to go into pro wrasslin’? He’s crazy enough to cut good promos and he has enough moves to do good there. Maybe AEW, they have some of the smaller guys in their promotion.

 

[chinarice]

An 80-year-old Khabib, would never (get submitted) by Bobby Green or Michael Chiasa.

Even if shot twice before the opening bell.

Khabib would never (get submitted) by Quemuel Ottoni either lol

 

[IronGolem007]

Khabib would never (get submitted) by Quemuel Ottoni either lol

 

[UppercutFromHades]

Tony was very good. Smooth, all angles, cardio, heart. Just had enough holes in his game to be short of the absolute elite.