Tony Ferguson fires warning shots at Khabib Nurmagomedov, says the champion is 'nervous'

fifth booking of championship bout between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson for UFC lightweight title finally became official late last week. Tony Ferguson has signed his side of contract to face champion in main event of UFC 249. It is set to take place on April 18 in Brooklyn, New York. A fight between se two has been planned on four different occasions, but it would never happen due to various reasons. Well, it seems like long wait is finally over and Khabib and Ferguson will finally be able to grapple.

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Tony Ferguson (25-3) will go into championship fight at UFC 249 with a 12-win streak. His recent effort at UFC 238 saw Tony Ferguson score a controversial second-round TKO victory over Donald Cerrone. And with an impressive 12-fight winning streak, El Cucuy seems confident about facing Khabib. It was evident from his recent interview on Ariel Helwani's MMA show.

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Speaking of upcoming fight, he said that Khabib Nurmagomedov has got an issue ahe of him, which is Tony Ferguson. Tony furr said that it is hunting season and that he would go hunt Russian. Tony Ferguson also said that he is alrey in he of Khabib Nurmagomedov and that his fear will make Russian train a lot harder than he does. He continued by suggesting that Khabib will be so nervous that he will make a mistake during ir fight.

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Khabib Nurmagomedov (28-0) holds longest undefeated streak in MMA and is coming off a submission win over Dustin Poirier whom he fought at UFC 242. Let us kw what you think about Tony Ferguson's latest comments. 

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