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Tony Ferguson responds to Khabib Nurmagomedov’s latest jibe: ‘Coward like chicken, keep hiding’

Off the back of his record-setting eight fight losing skid, former interim lightweight champion, Tony Ferguson has once more hit out in response to long-time UFC enemy, Khabib Nurmagomedov — who claimed the Oxnard natie would only stand a chance of beating him in any failed former fight if he landed a “lucky” shot.

Ferguson, a former interim lightweight titleholder, most recently featured at UFC Fight Night Abu Dhabi at the beginning of this month, dropping a first round rear-naked choke submission loss to fellow Ultimate Fighter winner, Michael Chiesea.

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The loss came as Ferguson’s eighth on the trot, which saw him overtake former two-weight titleholder, B.