[autotag]Tony Ferguson[/autotag]’s outlook on his most recent loss to [autotag]Charles Oliveira[/autotag] is much different than most observers.
Ferguson (25-5 MMA, 15-3 UFC), who lost a unanimous decision to Oliveira in the co-main event of UFC 256 last Saturday, thinks the 30-26 scorecards across the board were not an accurate reflection of what actually happened in the fight.
In an Instagram Live session Wednesday, Ferguson broke down the fight, suggesting that Oliveira (30-8 MMA, 18-8 UFC), after failing to submit Ferguson with a nasty armbar as the first round came to a close, was fazed by it for the rest of the fight.
“We’re not gonna waste any energy here, and you guys shouldn’t either in jiu-jitsu matches,” Ferguson said. “Just be patient and wait for the opportunity for him to advance and get so lazy that in the third round he doesn’t even advance to mount anymore. What he does is he stays controlled into side position looking for something completely different, a different move because he was mentally broken in the first round.
“I went back and kind of watched film and without the commentary and how all like, ‘Oh, you got dominated, this and that.’ OK, to the untrained people in jiu-jitsu. Advancing positions in traditional styles of martial arts, you will get points, advantages, and you will get different types of points. But the judging and the contesting as far as the commission, I don’t even know if it’s there. I’m gonna be real. I don’t.”
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With the UFC recently making some surprising cuts to its roster, John McCarthy and Josh Thomson suggested on their “Weighing In” podcast that Ferguson would likely be on the chopping block after suffering his second consecutive one-sided loss.
Ferguson, who promised fans that he’s not going anywhere, took issue with their claim, reminding Thomson of what happened when he bloodied him up in their fight over five years ago.
“So a question for John McCarthy and ‘The Punk’: No, I’m not getting (expletive) cut,” Ferguson said. “Josh, come on, dog, you got your ass kicked. Don’t start that (expletive). Come on. The fans love me, OK. They want to see me fight again, and I love you guys, too.”
In case your wondering how Ferguson’s arm is doing after the dee p first-round armbar he refused to submit to, “El Cucuy” posted a video purporting to show that he’s at full strength:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CI4saa5hftS/?igshid=121qi9n847itf
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