UFC Corridor of Fame inductee, Daniel Cormier has inspired former interim light-weight titleholder, Tony Ferguson to significantly think about calling time on his storied combined martial arts profession, after the Oxnard native dropped his seventh consecutive loss at UFC 296 final weekend.
Ferguson, a former interim light-weight champion underneath the banner of the UFC, featured on the principle card of the promotion’s last flagship occasion of the yr final weekend, dropping a one-sided unanimous resolution loss to Paddy Pimblett.
The defeat got here as Ferguson’s seventh consecutively – as The Final Fighter victor joined former two-weight champion, B.J. Penn on the longest concurrent shedding streak within the historical past of the group.
Urged by UFC CEO, Dana White to name time on his combined martial arts profession and grasp up his gloves following his judging loss to Liverpool up-and-comer, Pimblett, Ferguson claimed, however, that he had no intention of ending his time in the sport.
Tony Ferguson urged to retire by Daniel Cormier
Including his ideas to Ferguson’s scenario, former undisputed mild heavyweight and heavyweight gold holder, Cormier claimed the time has now firmly arrived for the previous to cease preventing professionally.
“Tony Ferguson would appear to be carried out,” Daniel Cormier mentioned on an episode of DC & RC. “Name it what it’s. I imagine that Tony Ferguson ought to retire. I actually attempt to restrict attempting to point out a person the door as a result of no one is aware of when somebody’s carried out till they know that they’re carried out.”
“Solely Tony is aware of when it’s time,” Cormier defined. “But it surely appears as if he’s the one one left that isn’t certain. Everyone else feels fairly sure that that point has come for Tony Ferguson.”
Earlier this yr, Oxnard veteran, Ferguson dropped a one-sided eventual third spherical arm-triangle submission loss to Bobby Inexperienced on the principle card of UFC 291 again in July.
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