Tony Ferguson may be the third fight on the UFC 238 pay-per-view broadcast, but in his mind he’s the real main event as the defending lightweight champion.
The logic behind that statement requires some explanation after the rollercoaster ride he’s been on for the past 14 months.
Last April while holding the interim lightweight title, Ferguson was scheduled to face Khabib Nurmagomedov to crown an undisputed champion but a freak knee injury occurred just days before the fight as he was promoting the event. Nurmagomedov went onto claim the lightweight belt while Ferguson had to have surgery on his injured knee and he was subsequently stripped of his interim champion status.