Last week, Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, shut down any talk of a potential Tony Ferguson fight after claiming that ‘The Eagle’ is only interested in a big ‘money’ fight at the moment.
“So [we want] the biggest money fight he can make. Boxing, MMA, whatever. I love Tony Ferguson— he’s not that, I can tell you that,” he said. “One-hundred percent, Tony Ferguson is not the next fight, because Tony Ferguson — I need somebody who can sell pay-per-views.”
Abdelaziz’ comments didn’t go down well with the MMA community, as Khabib vs. Ferguson is a fight that has been years in the making and both men seem to destined to face each other.