Tony Ferguson was crowned the UFC’s interim lightweight champion following Saturday night’s triangle choke win over Kevin Lee at UFC 216. Afterwards, Ferguson called out Conor McGregor, telling him to “defend or vacate, motherf—ker!”
Things are rarely straightforward when it comes to projecting Conor McGregor’s future. He’s approaching almost a full year since his last UFC fight, a sensational TKO of Eddie Alvarez to win the lightweight title, but he’s a little over a month removed from a 10th round TKO loss in the boxing ring to Floyd Mayweather.