The last year or so has been pretty rough on Tony Ferguson. After winning an interim lightweight title over Kevin Lee at UFC 216, he was later stripped of the belt when he was injured ahead of a proposed fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov. After recovering from the knee injury, Ferguson rebounded with a win over Anthony Pettis at UFC 229 and looked poised to finally get his title shot. Instead, personal problems intervened.
Ferguson’s wife filed for a temporary restraining order against him after multiple police calls had to be made to their house.