'They took my belt, took a bunch of zeroes from my f****** pay cheque': Ferguson's rant at McGregor, Nurmagomedov and the UFC

Tony Ferguson was stripped of his interim champion status after tearing his lateral collateral ligament.

'They took my belt, took a bunch of zeroes from my f****** pay cheque': Ferguson's rant at McGregor, Nurmagomedov and the UFC

Tony Ferguson criticised the UFC and both Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor in an extraordinary, expletive-laden press conference ahead of his return from a serious knee injury.

Ferguson was set to challenge Nurmagomedov for the vacant UFC lightweight title in April but tore his lateral collateral ligament just a week before the event, which left him needing surgery.

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