Conor McGregor shares his excitement after UFC books Tony Ferguson vs Charles Oliveira

Cor McGregor recently took to Twitter and expressed his excitement over Tony Ferguson vs Charles Oliveira being booked for UFC 256. El Cucuy will return on December 12 after facing a loss against Justin Gaethje at UFC 249. Commenting on Tony Ferguson vs Charles Oliveira, Cor McGregor wrote that it’s “excellent” news and asked Dana White and team to “stack up” UFC 256 fight card.

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Tony Ferguson was looking for a bout for months so that he could get back in win column after suffering his first loss in eight years. El Cucuy was on a 12-fight win streak before he was stopped by Highlight. w, a win over Charles Oliveira will increase his confidence and put him in at 2 in UFC lightweight rankings, next to champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.

However, a win over Charles Oliveira is far from an easy task as Brazilian is currently on a seven-fight win streak. In his last bout at UFC Fight Night 170, Charles Oliveira defeated Kevin Lee via a guillotine choke in third round, also winning performance of night bonus. On paper, Tony Ferguson vs Charles Oliveira promises to be a banger. Unfortunately, bout will be only three rounds as it’s co-main event of UFC 256.

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In main event, Deiveson Figueiredo will defend his flyweight title against Brandon More. champion just fought and defeated Alex Perez at UFC 255 on vember 21. More, on or hand, last fought Brandon Royval at same event and won via TKO in first round.

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Here’s how UFC 256 fight card looks after inclusion of Ferguson vs Oliveira

• Flyweight bout: Deiveson Figueiredo (C) vs Brandon More
• Lightweight bout: Tony Ferguson vs Charles Oliveira
• Welterweight bout: Dwight Grant vs Li Jingliang
• Middleweight bout: Ronaldo Souza vs Marvin Vettori
• Women's Strawweight bout: Angela Hill vs Tecia Torres
• Fearweight bout: Billy Quarantillo vs Gavin Tucker
• Heavyweight bout.: Serghei Spivac vs Jared Vanderaa
• Middleweight bout: Dalcha Lungiambula vs Karl Roberson
• Fearweight bout: Peter Barrett vs Chase Hooper
• Women's Flyweight bout: Andrea Lee vs Gillian Robertson
• Lightweight bout: Rafael Fiziev vs Renato Moica

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Im Source: AP, UFC Instagram