Ferguson demands a duel with McGregor in December: 'Defend or give up'

T. Ferguson wants to unify the lightweight belt (Photo: Reproduction Twitter ufc_brasil)

A few days after winning the interim lightweight title at UFC 216 last Saturday (7), Tony Ferguson He already has his eye on the fight to unify the belts. And the North American demands that it take place by the end of the year, since Conor McGregor he became linear champion of the category in November last year, giving him a year without defending his title.

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In an interview with the North American radio program “MMA Junkie Radio”, Ferguson revealed that he will push for the UFC to hold the duel by the end of 2017, as according to the organization's own rules, a champion cannot stay for more than a year. without defending his belt.

“McGregor needs to defend his title or give it up. He has less than a month to schedule the fight with me. If we take the UFC rules, they say that a champion has 12 months to defend his belt. I'm more than ready for December. He even said that he wants to fight in 2017 and the fans deserve it. I think I deserve it too”, declared Ferguson, who secured a crushing victory over his rival.

“I have 10 consecutive wins and better than 10, it’s 11 consecutive wins. And the 11th is called Conor McGregor. You heard what I said after the fight at UFC 216. He has to deal with me and I'm going to expose this guy. He doesn’t want the belt on my shoulder because he knows that, unlike him, I will defend him”, challenged “El Cucuy”.