In case you missed it, there was some breaking news Monday that had the MMA community buzzing. Brock Lesnar’s WWE contract has expired, making the former UFC heavyweight champion a free agent.
When this happens, people naturally start talking about a possible Lesnar return to MMA and dream up fantasy fights, because that’s what the internet does. Adding fuel to this was former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, who just so happens to be planning a move to heavyweight, calling out Lesnar on Twitter. We even had Bellator president Scott Coker chiming in, hinting at his willingness to sign Lesnar just to book a long-overdue-but-still-rather-intriguing dream fight with Fedor Emelianenko.
That’s how crazy things get when news surfaces of Lesnar’s availability.
But you know what might be the best thing to happen related to the Lesnar news? This tweet from the one and only Tony Ferguson:
That’s A Fight I Would Love To Help In Camp. Train Side By Side Like Old Times W/ Coach Lesnar Again # CountMeIn 💯 @BrockLesnar @HeymanHustle #TeamLesnar4L #TUFGUYS ⚔️🕶 -CSO- 🇺🇸🏆🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/dVeg9sKais
— Tony Ferguson (@TonyFergusonXT) September 1, 2020
That’s A Fight I Would Love To Help In Camp. Train Side By Side Like Old Times W/ Coach Lesnar Again # CountMeIn 💯 @BrockLesnar @HeymanHustle #TeamLesnar4L #TUFGUYS ⚔️🕶 -CSO- 🇺🇸🏆🇲🇽
Ferguson’s offer, while seemingly from out of nowhere, shouldn’t come as a big surprise as he and Lesnar have known each other since Lesnar was his coach for his winning season of “The Ultimate Fighter” in 2011.
What’s so great about this, though, isn’t just that Ferguson tweeted out an offer to help train Lesnar for a potential fight with Jones. He tweeted it at Jones.
As one Twitter user pointed out, Tony Ferguson is the type of guy to tell Jon Jones he’d love to train his potential opponent.
Classic Tony Ferguson.
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