Tony Ferguson believes he’s already in Khabib Nurmagomedov’s head, but is it possible for ‘The Eagle’ to get inside ‘El Cucuy’s’ head once the cage door closes on April 18?
According to former referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy, no.
Speaking on a recent episode of Weighing In, co-podcast host McCarthy said it will be impossible for Nurmagomedov to break Ferguson at UFC 249.
“Khabib needs to fight a specific fight to beat Tony Ferguson,” McCarthy said, per The Body Lock MMA’s Abhinav Kini. “And he needs to be in that mindset of ‘I will put myself in these positions that you say you’re comfortable with and I’m going to make you uncomfortable with what you think you’re comfortable with.