YouTube Transcript: UFC 229: Tony Ferguson Post-Fight Press Conference (FULL)
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yeah I saw always pee fall that was
interesting let's talk about your
performance wean obviously didn't being
a very impressive victory I want to ask
how you felt about I mean it was a it
was a quick start and then you kind of
had to settle in a little bit which I
thought was smart but people expect the
Big Finish out of you so give me a give
me an idea how you felt about your
performance overall um overall I felt
was a great performance by myself
I went out there started quickly almost
got the finish but I'm not gonna rush it
man he's a very dangerous guy he's very
tough I've seen him come back from that
before so I didn't want to rush into him
do something stupid I settled in and
then in the third I caught him and
dropped him and you know five seconds
left on the clock but they called it a
decision so I'm happy either way you're
a young guy on the rise and people are
gonna be you know breaking down this
performance to see talk about as as the
pace kind of slowed a little bit as time
wore on I mean was there any cardio
issues where you're tiring it all or was
that a conscious decision to kind of
make sure you had left in the tank give
us an idea what we should read into that
so I mean I did slow the pace down a bit
I've never been past the first round the
UFC that was an experience for me and I
knew it was against a veteran you know
he was pushing the pace there a bit but
I had to slow it down
I'm 205 pounds if you keep that crazy
pace that I had in the first round it's
almost inevitable I mean I work really
hard so that I can push space the entire
time but when that Adrenaline's going
and you're actually there you know you
got it you got to pace yourself a bit
yeah talk us through what you saw up to
finish I mean you dropped them and you
immediately turned around it and walked
away what was it that you thought you
know hey I've got the walk-off in cheer
was it as his body language his eyes
what was it you saw you said I don't
even need to follow up so the connection
was homerun connection and he fell over
his own leg he fell backwards he had no
control over his body and then he went
like he just went completely limp and
when someone goes completely limp that's
a knockout so any regrets in not going
in and making sure the job was done now
I know regrets man
I'm happy with my performance it last
Sigrid Abba you know we talked before
and said you beat a guy like that
there's not a lot of names ahead of them
what comes next for you what do you
eyeballin up I mean I think a fight with
Jan would be a great matchup for myself
it would be exciting fight for the fan
for both technical fighters I feel like
he would be the next logical step in my
career so yeah I think Jan would be a
Kratz on the one really expecting to
have that type of performance if you
maybe think of its would bring a little
more resistance to what you're again in
there um I felt he did everything he could
could
it just wasn't enough I perform I
perform just as I thought I would I knew
I would be faster I knew I'd be sharper
I knew to be cleaner and that's exactly
how I went down today how do you think
people are gonna look at you after a
performance like this do you I mean
we're all talking about how you know
maybe your contender do you feel like
generally everyone's gonna look at you
that way now yeah I mean with that kind
of performance it's hard not to say that
I'm an upcoming star in this in this division
division
I was fluid I picked my shots I was
diverse with my attacks and I was
elusive I mean what more can you really
ask for did you get an official
explanation why it was ruled a decision
over and not go I did not I would like
one but I did not you gonna try not to
find that out do you think they'll let
you know I would like to try to find
that out of course yes and is the fight
with you on interesting I mean you two
are both right now on the longest
winning streaks right now for fights
each which you know that's the leaving
for this division so you think that's
the reason the fight makes sense yeah I
mean my last fight I call that a guy
that was nine - no I was not - no at the
time so I guess it makes sense to call
it a guy that's for no Hana on a forum
for fight winning streak you know I'm on
a forum fight winning streak so let's do it
it
when would your ideal date be for a
fight like that or you looking for a
little bit of time off now or do you
think you could be ready to go you know
pretty soon here again I'm not too sure
about that it might have to be next year
but we'll see we'll see how I feel after this
this
hey don't run over here we know that you
trained a-team quest stuffer for this
fight do you feel like that paid
dividends in in the in the fight with
OSP just getting to work with some
bigger bodies for this camp I mean
everybody I work with always helps me
tremendously if I could get a new look
and I'm gonna add it to my bank of
different looks I've seen and I could
work with that so yeah I think working
with Team Quest working with team
elevation working with Cobra Kai it's
all been very beneficial towards my
growth and you feel like this is the
type of performance that is sort of put
the division on notice that hey you're
not just some guy beating you know
up-and-comers you just took out a you
know gang OSB who's bought a lot of
really good competition oh absolutely
I'm no longer a guy that there's a lot
of questions about you know what you're
gonna get I'm gonna come out and fight
you and I'm not gonna let you off the
hook and yeah I'm the next guy man how
you gonna celebrate tonight I'm gonna go
over to Chateau and party with my family
and friends and have a good night over
here dumb
congratulations win my question is how
did you feel going in there and like
after feeling him out and me him being
very dangerous and you guys grappling
how did you feel after that like did he
feel stronger than you or did you feel
like you could open overpower him easily
yeah he felt strong but he didn't feel
like oh my god this guy's so strong it
was just like he's strong like but I was
much faster and my technique was better
and I knew it
after a few exchanges I was like I got
this guy like just gotta be careful you
know don't get lazy keep your hands up
you know he he was exploding with those
hooks he was trying to knock me out
every punch he threw I was very aware of
that so it kept me on that line of you
better keep your [ __ ] together otherwise
you're not you're not gonna be your
knight and after this performance you
feel like this is showcase that you are
a true contender light heavyweight
division um yeah I do he was number
seven I took him out I beat him
everywhere and
I feel like I knocked him out in the end
so yeah he's number seven I was number 12
12
I think this puts me in the top ten and
when you're in the top ten you could be
a Content your contender now so yes
thank you so much Congrats
thank you [Music]
hey Bo Dallas all MMA fight radio oh
this when I saw this come up on this
card the biggest card of the year
it's almost seemed as if it was like a
showcase for you showcase for you to
come out and prove yourself against a
guy who's fought against the likes of
John Jones people like that having said
that how do you feel that you showcased
your skills in this fight to all of us
and to the public
I feel like showed my diversity you know
and my takedown defenses and my ability
to grapple you know I showed that it's
not him just have a left hand which by
the way was a better left hand encounter
tonight so I just put that out there anyway
anyway
yeah I'm diverse you know I could
analyze on the fly I was looking for I
was picking my shot be being smooth and
fluid in and out I look like a
lightweight out there and I'm fighting
out light heavyweight I think that's my gift
guys I just wanted to ask question
obviously the main event that ended it I
don't know how much and you saw the
after but how important is just ring
secure octagon security I mean there was
not an ability to contain the fights
over a couple guys jumped in the octagon
attack fighters as a fighter do you ever
worry about that and how important is that
that
yeah that's now a concern of mine you
know I'm a professional I'm a sportsman
I'm not here it's not a brawl like what
is come on this is the this is the
biggest stage in sport we need to have
security to prevent these things I mean
there was a ton of security but then
again you got guys just doing things
completely out of character I mean you
don't expect those kinds of things to
happen I mean it's really hard to
prepare for that even if you have a ton
of security around that's like one of
those you blink and now it's all hell
broke loose so I'm not going to blame it
on security I'm gonna blame it on the
guys that were involved in it do you
think that was a you know a negative for
the sport obviously you trick me you
want to be seen as and in this is
legitimate I'm not saying not but
there's still people who see it as kind
of this on the edge sport I'm just what
are your thoughts on it um I don't
really know how I feel about it I just
know it's more of a blemish on the guys
involved then the sport as a whole
because in this Borden's as a whole you
had performances like mine tonight you
know shining stars things a lot of great
stuff happened tonight even though that
happened I mean that's on the guys that
Tony congratulations on your victory
this evening we saw the emotion that you
had after the flight can you talk about
what this victory what this moment means
to you after all that you went through I
was such a crazy mixed emotion I
couldn't even tell it wasn't even crying
it wasn't even laughing it was like all
the above I don't want to bore you guys
with my speeches or anything today I
left it all on the guy I left it all in
the cage I really did it's been a long
long year for me you guys have no idea
the stuff that I went through I think
you guys have seen a little bit but
tonight I went in there and I did it I
did it lyrically so you guys saw me in
there fighting my heart out I know you
were confident in your healing and the
surgery and everything but when he comes
out and just kicks your leg right off
the start of the fight was there even a
moment of hesitation or a second or you
or you pause or anything along those lines
lines
no I smiled and as soon as I smile he
smiled back I think that was the one the
pinnacle of the moment where we decided
that we're gonna have fun in there and
we're just gonna let it all go
he had no answers for my inside leg
kicks he was blocking a lot of my
punches that he was bunched up this camp
will utilize baseball baseball was one
of the things in my camp that I had was
the Sandlot so we were throwing fast
pitches out of me he was blocked and so
I would throw a couple change ups and I
was missing a little bit so I don't
throw some curveballs out I had to get
him to start swinging a little bit to
open himself up and once I did his
conditioning was checked
I made him quit you definitely got hurt
for a second can you tell us kind of
what you remember about that and what
was going through your mind as you
battled back I wouldn't call it hurt
check this out I don't spar I'm a
Spartan probably bout four or five years
yeah check that out okay I have a good
group of people that I rely on that we
really do coat that coach me and they
drill me and I have to rely on my my own
methodology of just my training from
previous sports when I do that you don't
take too many hits to the head of the
body anymore in sparring you don't need
to do that especially at this high level
where I'm at I'm the [ __ ] champ you
guys realize that right I've been the
champ I am the champ you have these two
knuckleheads over there making this
board look bad so when I had that media
scrum over there and I yelled at all you
guys don't be feeding that [ __ ]
straight up I am the champ I don't have
a belt up here I don't need to have a
belt up here to beat a champ so if you
guys want to feed that go ahead put that
in your pocket and take it with you but
what i'm doing here is cleaning up the sport
sport
this is an olympic-level type of sport
he needs to be cleaned up
I've been training like an Olympian I've
done talk so many different things out
of my wife that I didn't need anymore
and I just felt lifted it's so awesome
such a great feeling well and you
mentioned the main event it seemed like
you would be in line for the winner I
mean that would be the fight that makes
sense after what you just saw help us
understand what should come next I mean
there's people saying Habib's should be
stripped for his actions there's other
people saying you know put a rematch
together because it'll sell millions on
pay-per-view give us an idea what you
saw what you thought of it
and what it should mean for you Kabir
and I deserve to fight we need to fight
for the fifth time we need to try this
out again he is the champ
I was the intern champ I'm still the
[ __ ] champ there's no PS and this
Conor does not want to fight me I saw
him when we were walking out to the
weigh-ins he walked up he did his strut
I turned around and he [ __ ] stopped
he looked like a deer in headlights
nobody wants to be trapped inside that
cage with me they don't want to get cut
by my elbows they don't want to get hit
by any of my kicks and they don't want
their conditioning checked by me I'm a
different animal than these guys they
want to be handling side there I'm the
dog catcher guys all right I got a news
for them Tony right here Anthony Pettis
corner they they stopped the the fight
did you could you realize that did you
know that he had broken his hand I think
he said he had shattered his hand first
off did you could you tell that
something's going on with his hand and
second what do you think about corners I
mean we've been saying this for a while
that we need to see more corners
stopping fights where they think they're
you know their fighter can't go what's
your thoughts on on his corner stopping
that Anthony Pettis is not a quitter
he paddles probably the best fighter
that I could probably be in this fight
this was a world championship level
fight right here that I had doesn't
matter who was gonna be put in front of
me there will was gonna be tested they
were gonna taste blood I actually had
blood in my eyes and we stopped I was
getting excited because I was battling a
little bit adversity you said you got
rock yes I got brick and rock it was
amazing you guys have no idea how well I
battle under attrition I do so well
under chaos it's not even funny there's
nobody in this division that's ready for
me you guys want to talk about money
fights you want to talk about this and
that I have the belt inside my room I'll
match my belt up with Connors or what
could be be any day I'm all-in
I'll bump up to 171 I'm done here I'll
clean up that division too so Tuesday
obviously that the pie
that was an interesting interview
Wednesday you started having fun with
open weigh-ins our media day and then an
open weigh-ins what's today fun did you
enjoy being back in the cage after after
surgery yes yes I'm smiling guys I don't
have to talk [ __ ] I had a lot of fun
in there I was really nervous going into
the match day you guys have no idea how
nervous I was I was trying to find my
groove trying to listen to my music but
it was so hard it's been a year since
I've been competing inside his octagon I
wanted I wanted to go in there and I
want to demonstrate everything I've been
working for and how embarrassing would
have been if I lost and then all those
videos that I've been doing or I I mean
it would have came back at me so I had
to make sure that I went in there and I
put this dude away in color in fashion
so that way it was set me up for the
next fight which is the title fight I am
the champ Dana why you need to pay me I
don't know if I got a bonus then I get a
bonus guys I haven't heard anything
right everything's been so busy as
min-seok chaotic but pedis and I
deserved fight of the night and I
deserve another bonus because of that
you guys understand I trained my ass off
and I have a bunch of fighters looking
at me to set the sport clean I'm gonna
do what I got to do I'm not gonna worry
about anybody else doing what they're
doing because they're gonna have to go
home at night and they're gonna have to
decide whether or not they were doing
the right thing not me Tony
you earlier in the week said that you
don't actually enjoy fighting and your
victory dance is a bag of M&Ms and a can
of coke after an epic war yes may yeah
getting after such an epic war against
Pettis arguably fight of the night is
the can of coke and the Eminem's gonna
cut it pizza it's you guys are like now
you guys are like boring I hear but it's
funny because this is smaller things to
me that make the biggest difference
because that keeps me humble
you guys don't want me to have a big
head like Connor trust me you guys won't
[ __ ] like me we'll be putting numbers
on that pay-per-view stuff if you guys
really want me to cut some promos trust
me it's cool I clean them nice you know
I don't need these lives in my hair I
don't need all that stuff but I have
good management I have my family even
look for that I got faith family friends
and that's strong you gotta try to take
this smile from me you gotta beat me
inside out octagon and I don't see not
one of these fighters in the UFC doing
that I'm setting myself off for life for
my 401k and everything else with my
professional team
take and snap into a global you guys
have no idea to me my sharks we're going
big with this stuff health and wellness
man it's awesome
I did my thing in four months a lot of
these PT guys I'm going back from my PT
you guys you guys know what that is
right it's a doctorate
that way you [ __ ] have to
listen to me now get it dr. Ferguson
just a quick sounds good Tony you know
just to play the devil's advocate you
said you want to clean up the sport and
you didn't like that but there weren't
too many people that seem like they were
outraged by what happened at the end of
the fight tonight and obviously it's
going to be dominating the news for the
next several days how is this bad if
people liked it and it's gonna make the
fighters money it's entertainment it's
what you do with it I'm not gonna get
mad at anymore I mean you heard a bunch
of people just if there's nobody getting
to hurt in it and this this is Vegas
we're Vegas stronger right I fight here
my first time here was when I had a
trial for the Ultimate Fighter people
were trying to pull me hey let's go to
Vegas go have fun of my you guys don't
understand it's like I don't I don't
like Vegas why because I want to go and
I want to fight there when this stuff
happens in different sports it puts a
bad taste in it but we're trying to
clean it up and we're trying to clean up
as much as possible but that's not for
me anymore I don't have to get all crazy
on it I have fun if there's another
fighter in front of me out which I hope
is khabib or Conner I even call him
Conner I'll give him that respect
anymore I don't have to call him
tiramisu McNuggets because I have all
the sauce and I'm very sweet and just to
follow up just one last question how do
you think you'd match up with hubby when
you saw what he thought he did against
Conner tonight it was funny I actually
saw Conner in the back at the weigh-ins
he was strutting up doing his thing I
can't even do that [ __ ] he's got a cool
throw elbows like a Mexican yeah but are
you swatting up and I had my music on
and I could see a shadow and I looked
over my shoulder and he stopped in his
tracks he saw fear I saw fear like the
biggest fear ever he forgot for a split
second the same way I saw him over on
Mayweather when he was over at the
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