What Really Happened To Tony Ferguson?
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- Опубліковано 25 кві 2024
- What Really Happened To Tony Ferguson?
Once a formidable force in the UFC lightweight division, Tony Ferguson, known as El Cucuy, rose from a tumultuous upbringing to become a terrifying presence in the octagon. He soared through the ranks with unmatched intensity and dedication, captivating fans with his unorthodox style and relentless pursuit of victory. Despite setbacks, including multiple failed attempts to face Khabib Nurmagomedov, Ferguson's resilience seemed unbreakable. However, a series of unfortunate events, including a freak injury and struggles with mental health, marked the beginning of his downfall. Despite his valiant efforts, Ferguson's losing streak and declining performance signalled a tragic end to his once-dominant career. Yet, amidst the turmoil, his legacy as a fearless competitor and fan favourite endures, reminding us of the highs and lows that come with pursuing greatness in the unforgiving world of mixed martial arts.
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That head shake when Gaejche lands that final jab... That's when El Cucey left Tony Ferguson 😔
Well said man! That and the fact that fight was fought in a apex style venue with no crowd you could hear every one of those shots. Some times there are horrible match ups for fighters and Justin couldn’t of been any worse of a matchup for Tony.
Tony the type of guy that needed a true friend in his life
God i miss prime Tony Ferguson
Give me sand
Tony the type of guy who deserves to be in the UFC Hall of Fame.
If he doesn’t go in there it will be a disgrace
No doubt tony will be in hall of fame
No doubt tony will be in hall of fame
Took too much damage, caught up to him as he got older, nothing really to it
Max stepped in and got revenge for El CuCuy on Gaethje though… I enjoyed that KO a little too much
Met Tony at a UFC event I was working. He actually came up and spoke with me. He was extremely pleasant and friendly.
He actually said hi I’m Tony about 5 minutes into conversation. I laughed and said I know who you are.
He’s naturally talkative and I felt a really nice guy.
Geez we all have our issues and problems don’t we?
I wish him the very best in the future. I found him to be a real good guy. We ended up talking awhile that day.
I really liked the guy. Tough and talks straight up. Hope to run into him again.
Schizophrenia is no joke... i feel for him, but MMA basically signed his death certificate
Mental illness combined with brain damage is the short version
And toxic ufc fans
Regardless of belts and championships, this guy is loved by the people. If you see all his fights people are always on his side. That I think is worth more than any MMA belt.
Well said. He was the undisputed people's champ during his prime LW run.
except it really isnt... do the fans leave a million dollars to his son? do they pay for his family after he dies? nope... but if he was champ he could provide for the future of his family...
@@William-Morey-Baker
You think a belt instantly gives you millions $? Plenty of people were champs and are now living normal, if not sub par, lives.
#truth
he beat his wife..
Sad; Fighters have a short shelf life. They rise for a few years, they shine for a few more, and then the cage is full of lions that are as young as they once were.
It's a brutal game
This is THE man ... The original BMF no doubt the one guy in his division no one wanted to sign the contract for including McGregor himself in Tony's prime... His style is hard to maintain success much like early geatchie
it breaks my heart to watch tony get old ,losing a lot and doesn't want to quit
2013-2019 Tony Ferguson was the king of clutch. One of the craziest runs I’ve ever seen.
Tony 2008-2018
GOATED
2019-now
Sad just sad
Not going to lie, i wish you would have actually explained the *specific* reasons behind Tonys decline, rather than just summarizing the history of his career. Because nobody seems to understand why he fell off so quickly after Justin Gathje. For those of you interested, allow me to save 13 minutes of your life since this AI narrated clickbait doesnt explain sh!t:
The reasons why Tony fell off faster than BJ Penn is a biproduct of his declining mental health and poor career mismanagement. Tony has been engaging in loads of self sabotaging behavior since hes been stripped of the interim belt. He tore his ACL tripping on a cable and came back way too quickly before he was fully recovered. He cut weight twice in a row because...reasons. both these issues compounded together massively handicapped him against Gaethje, as his speed and power was diminished. Plus he did not have a sound game plan going into that fight. Tony spent 6 months getting ready to fight a grappler in Khabib, so instead of putting his grappling to use, he decides to stand and trade punches with him?
During the fight, Gaethje exposed a huge hole in Tonys game: that Tony get hit a LOT. He doesnt have good striking defense, and against a heavy handed Gaethje, he took a mountain of unnecessary punishment. Many believe this to be what marked the beginning of the end for Tony, but i disagree. In his next 3 fights, Tony looked like Tony, but he let Olivera and Dariush crank submissions on his limbs and refused to tap because again...reasons. He got flatlin KOd by Chandler. And since then he has looked slower and less athletic over time and his fight IQ has diminished significantly.
It also doesnt help that he doesnt listen to his peers, hes constantly changing camps, his skillset is out of date, he basically doesnt spar anymore...like at all. He spent the whole camp against Paddy training for a marathon rather than training for a fight. And so his fight IQ has deteriorated as well as a result. On top of all of that, because the losses keep piling, he has grown increasingly jaded, bitter, and stubborn. Unwilling to take feedback from anyone, unwilling to listen, unable to adapt, and as long as the UFC doesnt cut him, hes just going to keep fighting because its all he knows.
It also doesnt help that hes getting older, but thats not the main reason that hes declined. Its all the other stuff mentioned thus far.
Khabib : i respect him as a fighter but his mind alil bit crazy 🤣
Tony has way more love then he thinks
He was always a wreck waiting to happen though, no boxing skills ,hands down chin up, Weird overtraining regime,
anybody who knows fighting was just sitting back waiting to see what eventually happened to him, although he was an unusually tough durable guy it was inevitable that he would suffer from his style of taking damage.
Tony Ferguson is a testament of his era. He was a jiujitsu guy that could rely purely on his innate speed, cardio, pressure, and pace to physically break his opponents. When Gaethje came along, he exposed Tonys weaknesses on the feet: that being Tony gets hit alot. He could get away with it in the past because none of his previous opponents had hands like Justin, but he had never been up against a guy that could keep up with his pace, with viscious leg kicks, and that could crack as hard as Justin could.
It also didn't help that Tony cut weight twice before he fought Gaethje.
The reason he's fallen off so badly now is primarily because of career mismanagement. He puts himself through so much strenuous work and needlessly taxes his body in ways that won't help him be a better fighter (see the David Goggins camp), he basically never spars anymore, he's constantly switching camps, he never let his knee recover properly when he tore his ACL. And on top of all of that, the game passed him by.
The El cucuy era was a unique moment in time. One that will never come back.
That’s his unique style it’s called snap jitsu he’s very unorthodox and freestyle why do you think he lands spinning elbows and spinning back fist out of no where and his endurance is crazy he conditioned his shins and elbows his cardio is insane
@@castillollc2366 sure OK I agree he's tough and he has lots of endurance but technically he's always been garbage hands down chin way up in the air just trying to march through opponent strikes taking damage if you want to call that a unique style OK
Bad luck is what happened.
tony the man!
never forget this guy
It’s crazy and sad how everyone just disregarding his schizophrenia episodes
That blood and guts style can only last so long. It's sad to see Tony like this.
We love Tony. We just want him to win.
Real fans of mma don't stop liking and respecting fighters because they reached that point that every fighter reaches if they keep fighting. That's not real life. Maybe people who watch because they have a gambling addiction or something, but not real fans.
For real I really wish he’d just start a podcast and stop fighting. I hate seeing great fighters keep fighting past the point when they should have quit years ago. I totally understand though when it’s been your entire life it’s hard to stop and do something else.
Banger for sure Brother! I don’t watch the videos like this but you killed it! RESPECT ✊
Glad you enjoyed the video Will. Much respect!🙏👊💪
I hope Ferguson break his losing streak against Michael chiesa
Very sad story ..
I hope the guy can go on to a nice middle and old age ..
Great video!!
Glad you enjoyed the video Kxxers! 🙏👊
Poor tony. We love him, we want the best for him -- he can still fight at that level, but he needs a break to let his body recover. Goggins walking through pain on a tredmill is not the same as getting knee'd in the face. idgaf if he's a Navy Seal, that doesn't stop brain damage and Tony has taken more damage than Goggins ever has.
Tony needs to retire. It's BJ Penn and Chuck Liddell all over again.
Great video ! New watcher !
Welcome Bakingcards, glad you enjoyed the video! 👊🙏
Tony’s problems are not from alcohol. Those are all tell tale signs of meth use.
5:17 I love how Dana just picked Connor up lmfao...
Also, Tony Fergeson will ALWAYS be the embodiment of El Cucuy. We love you, Tony!
I wonder if that time before the gaethje fight and he thought somebody was in his walls he got medicated if that had an effect on him, he's lost every fight since.
From what i read that was just one in a long line of incidents. This was a thing before that particular one that became famous
Tony is definitely gonna be Uncle Rico from napoleon dynamite. “If i could of just fought khabib we wouldn’t be in this single wide Sarah”. “Then that chandler kicks me in the face and now look… We are three months behind on our lot rent”
Time will forever be victories.
The truth is Tony was never that good... or rather that skilled he counted a lot on his chin, reflexes and freakish superhuman cardio. Would get into brawls most of the times where he would take 2 to give 1. Where a more skilled fighter would not get hit and still manage to create openings .. Tho that same style is what made him so fun to watch if Tony was on the card you knew it was gonna be a fun fight...
Anybody that ever ask me bout this Fighter..I say he's one tough sun of a bitch..I've seen him take one hell of a beating and never giving up..then absolutely beating the shit outta the fighters he faced..1 of the greats
i was happy to see the beating justin gave him, i never liked his attitude. he also would never have beaten Khabib
My dad was a paranoid schizophrenic. A lot of what they said about Tony’s paranoia was an instant reminder of how horrible that mental disorder can be when not treated properly. Very sad
I owned hostility mma. I signed his first contract. He’s one of a kind for sure
I hope he gets okay! I don’t want this to be a too little to late ⏰
[2:47] Ahh, I had damn near forgotten about that sketchy ass confrontation in the TUF crib. We literally almost lost Tony forever because he came alarmingly close to smashing his head straight through that glass table and bleeding out on the fighter house floor.
Tony did a double weight cut and fought terribly against Justin but the quick turn around to fight chandler getting head kicked like he did was the final nail in the coffin. Tony will have terrible cte worry for him and his family it’s very sad
Tony is schizophrenic. It’s sad. In the goggins video you can see the knee injured. Sad. Give him a win and let him retire. But I think they are gonna have to force him like Liddell
Give him a win how? They already been lowering his level of competition.
I mean i guess they could bring back cm punk or something... 🤔
@@procow2274 more like give him a winnable fight which they do for someone about every card. Or they eliminate someone with a killer. Strickland is next they just need to find the killer.
At this point, with how shot his knees are and how clearly deranged that Tony is, the ethical thing for the UFC to do would be to cut Tony and then offer him a job as a media ambassador or something.
Unfortunately the UFC isn't known for giving a shit about its fighters. They'll let Tony go on a 12 fight losing skid before they cut him.
@@fellowtraveler2251 I agree. If you watch the goggins training you can see his knee fighting for stability.
The stubborn loser will just go fight somewhere else.. he ca t accept he is done
I think you got things mixed up at 7:28 you say khabib won the title against mcgregor then you say he defended his title at 10:28 against mcgregor but they only fought once I believe
Yeah Conor and Khabib fought once. Khabib won against Al Laquinta to win Conor’s vacant belt because Conor had left the division then later defended that belt against Conor once he returned to the division
Tony VS CM Punk is a fight that Tony could probably win
An untrained disabled 8 year old girl would win against cm Punk
Him vs Nick Diaz or Clay Quida
nah succubus got him like George, only this one wasnt from the jungle, but from the mts of Dagestan 😂
There is no Sad truth about Tony. He got hyped due to Eddie Bravo saying he would be able to beat Khabib. Tony hype came from fans wanting to believe there was a fighter out there that could beat Khabib. Once that was gone Tony just dropped. He know longer had someone to go for. He used the i can beat Khabib narrative to fuel himself
Tony could beat khabib when he was in his prime had a iron chin and good conditioning and is black belt and two time all American wrestler
@@castillollc2366 Tony wouldn't have beaten Khbaib. Nothing to do with his chin. Khbaib would have take him down and dominated him. Of course Tony fans will always say otherwise as there will never be a fight between them.
My man missed the fact khabib missed weight then was hospitalised 😂😂
Love Tony but he is 100% washed up, officially tied with BJ Penn at the highest loss streak in UFC history (7 losses)
More like 9 now
SKIP
The majority of the video has absolutely nothing to do with the title. Click Bait. Save your time and next it.
11:00 is when he finally gets to the Gaethje fight. Told you it was click bait why didn't you believe me?
Tony isn't El Cucuy anymore sad😢
Don’t know why people say he’s a fan fav he’s an arsenal fan
If he doesn’t retire which he should I can’t see him winning another fight in the UFC
No way. He’s like Roy jones jr at this point. Fighters that didn’t deserve to be in there with him before will own him now. I he never fights again. If he does, I wont watch it.
The real ones remember prime tony. I’d have to tell my gf to stay out of the room when Tony fought 😂 she couldn’t stomach the site of blood
Tony Ferguson vs Connor.
What happened to him? Gaethje happened to him. Weren’t you watching? Fighters with the age and experience that Ferguson had going into that fight cannot catch that many significant blows, and bounce back like it never happened. He wasnt in peak shape going is,g after the double weight cut. That could have possibly magnified the damage taken. Aside from him losing some of his chin tolerance, he had just gotten beat. Badly. Once a fighter gets figured out, it’s usually down hill from there. Future opponents will all know his vulnerabilities. They have seen the strategy used that has been proven to work.
10:49. Actually, Khabib was in the states before lockdown and quickly left to get back to Russia. Then Ali had Tony fight Justin and the double weight cut (that was Tony’s fault) was the beginning of the end. Khabib did run though
Khabib ran? lolol. Shit just didn't go the right way for them to fight. Problems on both ends. Why would Khabib run from a fighter that never beat a single contender in his entire career? Kevin Lee, Anthony Pettis, washed up RDA? Did you not see this man almost get knocked out 4 different times against Lando Vannata? I bet Khabib was shaking. Everyone wanted to chirp Tony was dangerous from the bottom and then when he actually is on the ground with someone credible, he was controlled 12/15 mins vs Oliveira and Dariush. Paddy controlled for 9 minutes, and dude even got submitted by Bobby Green. That man had one submission in his first ufc fight ten years ago lmao. We can blame his knockout as the reason he's been completely outclassed Jiu Jitsu and wrestling though. If he wanted the title shot, he should've fought Dustin Poirier or Dan Hooker to make sure Dana wouldn't allow Khabib to fight unless it was Tony. Like he did with Leon vs Colby. He did fight Gaethje so it wouldn't be in question and there was no way out for Dana and he got exposed. Tony Ferguson never beat a single fighter that you could say, yea he definitely deserves a title shot.
Some AI shit
Hey, sunglasses....
Life is unfair
Habum nogetheadov ducked the prime Tony!!!!!
Connor's second belt fight look soooooo fake.
Underdog mma superstar if he is not american he is dustbin fighter
Type of guy to admit he's over rated
Justin Broke him.
ATHLETIC, NOTHING SAD ABOUT TONY HE REPRESENTED HIS SELF DID FANTASTIC IN DA UFC IT'S ALL GOOD SAY NO MORE .
Talking about him like he's dead lol
i poo when fart
Im Tony's dad
really, another one who thinks he can cash out on a story that has been told a dozen times? Do you have any ideas on your own? whats next, "How Conor became a drunk ahole?
Punk azzz babieve
el cuckoo is washed for sure
Meth meth meth
Meth.
Tony would have dominated khabib
Tony is what Khabib would've become had he not retired
he's overrated
Weak minded, he cannot handle his 🥃!
Tony deserves the BMF belt
We always forgave Tony for being loony tunes because he was an animal.
You don't need to make a 13 min to explain what happened to Tony Ferguson, you can sum it up in literally one name.
Justin Gaethje is what happened to TF, brain never the same again.