Tony Ferguson Exclusive

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🗓️ 17 April 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Tony Ferguson speaks with Ariel moments after making weight on Friday for a fight that isn't happening. The former interim UFC lightweight champion talks about why he's decided to make weight, if he's fighting on May 9 against Justin Gaethje, the crazy past month, Conor McGregor's Twitter comments about him and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ariel Hawani's MMA show was presented by Maudello,
0:03.4	rude for those with a fighting spirit.
0:06.0	Today's episode of Ariel Hawani's MMA show contains explicit language that may not be suitable for all audiences.
0:12.2	Listener discretion is advised.
0:14.0	Back in your life on this Friday, April 17, 2020,
0:18.7	Hello, everyone, I'm Ariel Hawani on a Friday afternoon,
0:21.9	but you didn't expect to hear from me.
0:23.6	Well, guess what? We got a breaking news pod,
0:26.6	as you may have heard, Tony Ferguson, this morning made weight.
0:30.1	Yes, he made 155.
0:31.9	He's not fighting tomorrow, but he was supposed to fight tomorrow, April 18,
0:35.7	first against Rabid Nirmagamid, up then, just in GHA UFC 249.
0:39.1	You've been following this story. We've been talking about it all month long.
0:43.0	Fight doesn't come to fruition.
0:44.7	Get postponed to May 9, at least for now against just a GHA,
0:47.6	but he wanted to make weight.
0:49.8	And moments after he made weight, I got a chance to speak to him.
0:53.9	And the interview actually starts kind of funny because he sings the song a little bit,
0:57.5	the intro song that you know and love by now.
0:59.5	Anyhow, here's my conversation with Tony Ferguson about why he wanted to make weight.
1:04.8	If the fight is happening on May 9, this crazy month and a heck of a lot more. Enjoy.
1:10.2	Tony, are you there?
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