Ferguson (25-9 MMA) and Inexperienced (30-14-1 MMA) collided on the principle card of final night time’s pay-per-view occasion in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah.
Tony Ferguson had entered the competition with hopes of snapping his five-fight shedding skid. ‘El Cucuy’ was coming off a submission loss to Nate Diaz in his most earlier effort again at UFC 279. The 39-year-old veteran was trying to earn his first victory since June of 2019, when he defeated Donald Cerrone by the use of TKO.
In the meantime, Bobby Inexperienced was additionally trying to return to the win column when he took to the Octagon eventually night time’s occasion in Salt Lake Metropolis. ‘King’ had beforehand competed again in April of this yr, the place his bout with Jared Gordon was dominated a no-contest on account of an unintended conflict of heads. Previous to that, the 36-year-old was coming off back-to-back knockout losses to Drew Dober and Islam Makhachev respectively.
Saturday’s ‘Ferguson vs. Inexperienced’ bout resulted in a strong backwards and forwards affair. Tony Ferguson was capable of drop Bobby Inexperienced with a proper hand within the opening spherical, however ‘King’ stormed again to dominate spherical two. Within the late phases of the third and ultimate spherical, Ferguson went for a takedown however ended up giving Inexperienced high place. From there, Bobby promptly locked up an arm triangle choke which finally put Ferguson to sleep.
Official UFC 291 Consequence: Bobby Inexperienced def. Tony Ferguson through submission (arm triangle choke) at 4:54 of Spherical 3
Shortly following his sixth consecutive setback, ‘El Cucuy’ took to Instagram the place he issued the next assertion on his loss to Inexperienced.
“Walked into the Delta🏟️Middle to indicate the world I used to be again on observe 💯 The preparation for this combat was distinctive & it was the most effective⛰️camps I’ve had 🥇 Because the combat started, I used to be within the🔥Xone, flowing & feeling assured 🦹♂️ Bobby knew the path of the combat & I imagine he knew what he was doing when he🫵poked my👁️eye. He has a giant Historical past of strikes like this 🎓 It considerably impaired my imaginative and prescient, making it troublesome to see clearly out of my eye. Regardless of this eye poke I by no means thought-about stopping the combat 👎 Though the👨⚕️doc wished too. All through my profession, I’ve at all times pushed via challenges & by no means given up 💯 This time was no completely different.”
Tony Ferguson continued:
“Sadly, in sports activities, setbacks like this are a part of the journey 🚶♂️💨🍃 Whereas I received’t use the attention poke as an excuse for the result, I do know for a truth I’ve extra to provide. 🚣💨🍃 Shifting ahead, I plan to work intently with Dana, Hunter & my whole workforce to evaluate what’s subsequent 🥋 I’d wish to take a second to say thank🙏you to my❤️Spouse, my👨👩👦👦Household & my Followers 🫡 Your assist means the world to me & it’s what drives me to maintain pushing ahead & striving for greatness 📈 Thanks all for being by my🤝aspect via the highs & lows of this sport that I really like. Eye appointment tomorrow, some restoration & again after it 🔜 Love you all- Champ 🦹♂️ -CSO- 🇺🇸🏆🇲🇽 #ufc291 Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah 🏔️”
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