Ask Tony Ferguson about UFC 249 in May, and he’s got one word to describe his experience.
“Awesome.”
That probably wasn’t in the top 10 of expected answers, but “El Cucuy” has made a career of going left when most people would go right. So even though he lost his shot at the interim UFC title in a punishing fight against Justin Gaethje, saw a bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov scrapped for the umpteenth time and had a 12-fight winning streak snapped, the 36-year-old was just happy to be part of the first major live sporting event to return after the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.