After four months of rehabilitation for a torn LCL, Tony Ferguson is set to make his homecoming, with the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s most eccentric lightweight confirming earlier this week on Twitter that he has been “Clear[ed] For Combat.”
In any other division, at any other point in time in MMA’s short history, Ferguson’s return would be cause for celebration. Most recently seen sporting UFC gold, riding a ten-fight win streak and having never participated in a dull fight, he has a better claim than most to a championship fight on his return.