Former interim lightweight champion, Tony Ferguson has once more claimed he has no intentions of calling time on his combat sports career, despite calls for him to hang up his gloves after suffering a sixth consecutive defeat at UFC 291 back in July against fellow veteran, Bobby Green.
Ferguson, a former interim lightweight titleholder, returned to the lightweight limit back in July at UFC 291 in Salt Lake City, Utah, suffering a buzzer-beating third round submission loss to the above-mentioned, Green, with the San Bernardino native landing a late D’Arce choke submission win.
The defeat came as Oxnard veteran, Ferguson’s sixth on the trot, following prior one-sided losses to Nate Diaz, Michael Chandler, Beneil Dariush, Charles Oliveira, and Justin Gaethje – the last of which in his second interim title fight under the banner of the UFC.