Last night at UFC 216, Tony Ferguson became the first interim lightweight champion in the promotion’s history and left no doubt as to who should challenge Conor McGregor for the official strap.
Ferguson, who extended his win streak to ten, submitted budding prospect Kevin Lee with a triangle choke in the third round. ‘El Cucuy’ started off slow, losing the first round quite decisively, but revealed in the post-fight interview that his gameplan was to tire out his opponent in the early rounds.
Ferguson also called out ‘The Notorious’ for a title unification bout, and UFC president Dana White says it’s the ‘fight that makes sense’.