At UFC 209, Tony Ferguson was supposed to face Khabib Nurmagomedov for the UFC interim lightweight championship. Unfortunately, one of the most anticipated fights of the year was upended when Nurmagomedov failed to make the weigh-ins, having been transported to the hospital instead. Now, Ferguson is bereft of both opponent and title shot and left to figure out a new plan in a division where most of the top contenders are already booked.
“There’s a few things we’re trying to get in order,” Ferguson told The Las Vegas Review-Journal recently.