So, we know that UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway has been eyeing the lightweight division for a while. He’s got a tough cut, wants to collect belts and generally rule the world.
With 155-pound champ Khabib Nurmagomedov likely out of the picture until July, we wonder if Holloway is tipping his hand on a fight with former interim champ Tony Ferguson with this totally random and kind of bizarre tweet.
Tony Ferguson is the type of guy to copy my back tattoo then tell me I’ve just been blessed
UFC 236 has been on the books since the UFC announced its second quarter schedule this past December. But the card doesn’t have a headliner, so it’s curious that Holloway is pointing our attention to a Wikipedia page that advertises an interim title showdown with Ferguson.
Holloway and Ferguson’s reps didn’t respond to a request for comment, and that Wikipedia page held up about as long as it took a helpful editor to sub in Eddie Bravo as Ferguson’s huckleberry (the page has since been updated again).
Lightweight does seem like the next step for Holloway, who said he keeps getting hounded about a rematch with Conor McGregor and fighting Nurmagomedov, which was supposed to happen but didn’t at UFC 223. UFC President Dana White thinks it’s a matter of health for “Blessed” and wants the move to happen pronto.
Then again, Holloway wants more money and a fight with Daniel Cormier, so who knows what’s going to happen. We just know he’s got inked wings on his back, Ferguson’s got inked wings on his back, and it’s the kind of explosive matchup we’d love to see.
Ferguson, of course, deserves the first crack at the lightweight belt when Nurmagomedov clears his suspension, which probably means McGregor will actually get it when the bout contracts start flying. “El Cucuy” doesn’t need to prove himself any more than he already has. But if he wants to against Holloway …
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