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Tony Ferguson on UFC 209: ‘My wrestling is far superior’ than Khabib Nurmagomedov’s

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#1 ·
When people talk about distinct advantages on the interim lightweight championship bout at UFC 209, the talking points on the match up normally focus on Tony Ferguson’s striking, and Khabib Nurmagomedov’s wrestling.

While that seems like the obvious take, Ferguson says that’s not the case at all.

“I’ve got respect for where he came from, but my wrestling is far superior,” Ferguson claimed during the UFC 209 conference call. “and my style is just completely different than his. My freestyle background — I’m going to run circles around this guy.”

Both lightweights got in an extended and heated argument during the call. While both men threw threats, Ferguson promised to toss Khabib on his head.

“I’m going to throw you, from your head to your toes. I’ll flip you upside down and everyone is going to see it. Nobody will be able to save your ass this time.”

“I’m going to break your spirit,” Ferguson told Khabib. “You didn’t do sh-t. Your padded record ain’t nothing.”

While the 10th Planet brown belt prefers to predominantly throw strikes or cause scrambles from his unorthodox style, Ferguson does have a good wrestling background as a Division II national champion.

Nurmagomedov on the other hand, is a Combat ***** world champion with a black belt in Judo and an extensive background in wrestling.
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#4 ·
Tony's wrestling is certainly underrated for a Div II champ but going by in octagon success Khabib's is easily better. Also lol at "padded record", Khabib just smashed the guy that last beat Tony.

That said, this is actually the most exciting UFC fight in a long time for me. Both these guys are absolute beasts and have enormous momentum, rushing towards each other for one huge crash.

I don't see anyone at LW beating either of these two right now except the other, it's time to find out who is the better one. I'm going with Khabib but this is a pick 'em.
 
#6 ·
That said, this is actually the most exciting UFC fight in a long time for me. Both these guys are absolute beasts and have enormous momentum, rushing towards each other for one huge crash.

I don't see anyone at LW beating either of these two right now except the other, it's time to find out who is the better one. I'm going with Khabib but this is a pick 'em.
This is why this fight should be for the real belt. As it is right now, it's the UFC's way to eliminate at least one, with injury through the fight even two, of the biggest threats to their cash cow McGregor. This way McGregor can keep the belt a bit longer without actually defending it.
 
#15 ·
As far as wrestling goes, I certainly favor Khabib, and not by a little bit, however, 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu sort of specializes off working from the bottom, so it'll be interesting to see what happens when Khabib takes Tony down. I don't foresee Tony controlling Khabib with any kind of rubber guard tricks, but Tony's bottom quarter guard could be interesting.
 
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