Former UFC interim champion Tony Ferguson would ideally like to fight undisputed champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. But if that isn’t happening – and with Nurmagomedov booked at UFC 254, the event Ferguson was supposed to co-headline, it won’t – then give him another opponent.
And bring the checkbook.
“I hear that they’re needing a main event,” Ferguson said on Wednesday during “The Ariel Helwani Show.” “There’s one in November and one in December. My agent said we’re fine to fight, but we want to discuss pay because of the opponent change. I always told the UFC I’m in.