Tony Ferguson’s time has definitely come after 8-loss skid

Tony Ferguson's time has definitely come after 8-loss skid 1It’s hard not to love Tony Ferguson for everything he’s given to mixed martial arts – but at the same time, you have to wonder what’s keeping the 40-year-old going.

He has now lost eight on the bounce in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and at this stage, it’s gone beyond being a joke amongst hardcore fans. Tony Ferguson has clearly declined pretty dramatically in the last five years, dating back to when he was on the wrong end of an absolute beating courtesy of Justin Gaethje.

That was the fight that shifted his momentum in an incredibly negative way. At the time, it was easy to assume that his career was going to be altered based…