While the deal has been signed and the moves have been made for Tony Ferguson to finally get a crack at Khabib Nurmagomedov, the process to make it possible wasn’t the smoothest.
After signing a fight contract, Nurmagomedov and company shared a photo of their bout agreement on social media. It seemed like everything was a go to make this fight happen.
The only problem? This wasn’t finalized on Ferguson’s part.
Ferguson explained the ordeal on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show this week (transcription via MMA Junkie):
“The manner that they did it really wasn’t the way I wanted to go, so it made the week kind of unpleasant.