Tony Ferguson: Dana White “Keeps Shuffling Me Down The List”
Tony Ferguson has consistently been one of the best fighters in the UFC for the last nine-plus year, but his issues with the promotion and UFC President Dana White persist.
The former interim lightweight champion is currently at a standstill with the UFC and Ferguson wants to be paid what he’s worth.
“I’m not going to bull [expletive] anymore,” Ferguson told MMA Junkie. “(UFC president) Dana (White) is cool. Me and Dana are chill. But when it comes down to it, I want to be paid what I’m worth, and my value has increased. I put out there a lot of energy. I don’t have to talk about it. I don’t have to talk about my contracts and say [expletive] about it, because everybody else does that. I’m past that. I’ve been in this organization for 10-plus years.”
Ferguson last fought in the main event of UFC 249, where he suffered a fifth round TKO loss to Justin Gaethje. One thing that Ferguson wants to know from White is why the promotion keeps shuffling him down the list.
“Chandler? Think about this: How many times are you going to put another (expletive) person in the (expletive) shuffle of the cards?” Ferguson said. “Dana keeps shuffling me down the list. What? Because I’m (expletive) Mexican? What’s up Dana, you don’t like Mexicans? You don’t like brown people? I’m not going to call you a racist, but what the (expletive), man? What’d I do to you? Why do you treat me like (expletive)? My last name is Ferguson. I don’t want to get mad anymore. I don’t. I’m not going to. But that being said, I said my piece. I’m too busy working. I’ve got (my manager) Lloyd (Pierson of VaynerSports) and them to work on my contracts. If they don’t want to get me a fight, then (expletive) it, dude. I’m not going to (expletive) and moan. I’m going to keep working. People won’t buy their (expletive) pay-per-views, and then they’ll let their friends know. Then their friends are going to let somebody else know, because when you don’t have a good time somewhere, they’re going to tell three more people. It’s what I learned in the restaurant business. So listen. If you have a bad time somewhere, you’re going to (expletive) tell everybody.”
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