The Delusional Decline of Tony Ferguson

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[@LeoCooperMMA]

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[@Wukilluh__]

Hold on brother I’m crying

[@LeoCooperMMA]

;_;

[@koki8407]

I wasnt into mma when tony ferguson was on his win streak, but when I went back and watched his fights I became an instant fan

[@iNC0GNEGRO]

It’s gotta be impossible to see what he did, and not be a fan of him as a fighter.

[@Shyne282]

Same as me I was a bloody casual until the day I watched a certain video called Tony Ferguson highlights,the rest is history 😂

[@MMA-Pon]

The only reason Khabib made it out of the UFC without a single cut is cus he never fought Tony.

[@hamsteronyoutube380]

👆

[@badprofilepic882]

He beat gaethje 2nd round. And we all saw what Gaethje did to your boy Tony 😂

[@MMA-Pon]

@@badprofilepic882 I'm not saying tony would win but i think he would have cut khabib at least once for sure

[@dragogaming5552]

​​@@badprofilepic882you do realise in that time Tony's prime was already gone whereas against Khabib he would have been in his prime.

[@badprofilepic882]

@@dragogaming5552 so you're saying that Tony wasn't at his prime during his 12 fight win streak? That Gaethjeput a stop to? Sure whatever works for you buddy.....

[@Thatdude877]

Regardless of the Tony ppl see nowadays, I am always happy to see the legend get his flowers.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Only right to give him his flowers!

[@stx1uh]

People are sad abt Tony Ferguson downfall, but we still technically have another Tony Ferguson. Max Holloway, 32, got like 5+ fights left, whos in his fucking and was the fucking UNDERDOG, spectacularly KILLED scariest LW heavy hitter Justin Gaethje, giving em his taste of medicine, whom destroyed Tony Ferguson. Max Holloway takes fucking beatings, adds relentless volume like Tony Ferguson, and is in a way looking similar to Tony Ferguson that random people thought he was Ferguson. Although not inspired ofc, and doesn’t really have that El Cucuy mentality, he’s not cautious and is ready to bleed. I can’t rlly see Max Holloway having a sad downfall like El Cucuy, in fact I think he’ll keep fighting past 35 and will never be KO/subbed.

[@RhynnMedia]

Ferguson would've been khabibs hardest fight I don't care what anyone says .

[@faithalone5081]

2015 ferguson beats the shit out of khabib

[@eggmaking9656]

he was hard to finish as a old man now

[@blakenilsen9852]

maybe, I still think Khabib wins that

[@GamesWithBrainz]

If anyone would've subbed him it wouldve been tony. Even if Tony ended up losing he still probably would've f'd his face up worse than anyone else too

[@JoseRodriguez-nu3cu]

Facts

[@jessco8950]

I’m still convinced COVID only happened because Toby and khabib were booked to fight for a 5th time. That was the universes way of saying “no it’s not meant to be.”

[@dinonutz]

Even if a fighter can match his fighting style, they’ll never be able to capture what made Tony special The only man even close is Jiri Prochazka, but they’re both different kinds of weird

[@Crego_]

As someone who never saw Tony in his prime this made me understand why he is such a fan favourite. Also holy sh*t the editing is on point, the quality is insane!

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Appreciate it Crego, wanted to step up the editing game for this one!

[@stx1uh]

Crego don’t worry, we got fucking Max Holloway except he’s better and is still in his prime. If you saw his Justin Gaethje KO you’ve already seen enough

[@The_Cholo]

Tony is/was just a nasty, NASTY lightweight, consistently dominating top tier opposition, known for taking hard shots, being rocked and always finding a way to recover and win. That's what makes Tony so special, he finds a way, whether it's full domination or he's hurt and trying to beat the clock, it's fascinating to watch his mind go to work in the cage.

[@fonzvalencia9889]

The clip of ferguson telling werdum to shut up is forever goated 😂

[@mavenmaven4513]

Tonys interim title is one of the very few, that had value. I cant help but consider him a former champion. While the other interims were mere placeholders, Tony really was at the top of the pack for a while

[@bigboss8647]

Jiri is what tony would've become had he implement the art of war and book of 5 rings in his daily life and not just during fighting, someone with a discipline and obsessive dedication to their craft

[@holloway_goat]

let’s go CSO

[@LeoCooperMMA]

CSO ⚔

[@maxhammer4067]

Blades ⚔️ and shades 🕶

[@babayega1717]

Very nice to hear Khabib himself is perfectly aware that he has no GOAT status whatsoever.

[@MatheusZaf]

The streets will never forget this legend

[@Agent_74]

Tony was screwed by Conor Khabib and himself. I think the Justin fight would have gone differently if he didn’t cut 20 pounds the day the canceled Khabib fight would have been like a week before the fight

[@Str8.881]

Listening to rogan Talk about Fighters Always sounds like a Documentary A Dope One❤

[@S.Turnock]

Solid work as always sir.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Appreciate you sir 🤝

[@danyo6938]

The BOAT 🕶⚔🏆🍃

[@daddyguzman3323]

Boat ?

[@jessenotmessy6549]

Crazy good video I hope you’re channel grows. I am only a few minutes in and it looks pretty good.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

All part of the process Jesse! Thank you so much ❤️

[@blackbeard8739]

Nice work as always, my man. Keep it up!

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Always love the support man, thank you

[@stew_stervich]

The quote at 0:20 is golden. That's some really good writing my man. I will remember that.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

I take pride the most in my writing, so thank you for the kind words

[@galaxyvulture6649]

Id say the new Tony's or at least the closest fighters to him are michel pereira and jiri. Both of them are really "unique" and pursue their opponent's like a bull ignoring pain.

[@josechamu240]

Ngl. Im hi af and hearing this wit headphones and ur voice cracks unintetionally make it hilarious.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

I do try and minimise them lmao, difficult when speaking through your chest 😂

[@Alimcl990]

this has got to be one of your best videos❤ WOW

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Glad you see the improvements my man. Thank you!

[@puchu_5001]

wooooow that ds2 music gave me chills man, great video

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Good spot - i distorted it a fair bit so im surprised someone picked up on it!

[@lukyskorber1657]

i pray he atleast retires on a win but i dont think its going to happen

[@polbeer7571]

Tony the type of guy to still enjoy "Tony the type of guy..."-jokes

[@Lorendrawn]

This man is the Kenpachi of the UFC.

[@Gen5g23]

Gathje ferguson broke my heart

[@felixjones9198]

The look in his eyes when he got that hug from Liddell was chillingly sad.

[@pliit2101]

Literal legend. My favorite combat arts fighter of all time. CSO

[@gunung4648]

oooooo this video gonna be good

[@LeoCooperMMA]

I hope it was worthy!

[@aaronottermann5824]

Throughout highschool my only contact to the UFC was McGregor, little bit of Rousay and of course Joe Rogan. I watched the odd fight here and there and always appreciated the skill, atheleticism and toughness that these fighters put on display but it never got me cought up into tbe sport to a point that went beyond illegally watching some main events while skipping through the clinches and ground time. Then, quite some time after highschool had finished, I somehow watched Tony Ferguson vs Anthony Pettis, a fight that had apparently happened on the same night that Conor got his soul taken by Khabib, in the same weightclass, right before the main event. I felt cheated, the hype man that dissapointed me by losing his biggest fight after an insane marketing tour had taken the opportunity of the man he who truly was what Conor was pretending to be, Tony's beating on Pettis was more adrenaline than my body could handle and the anticlimactic end of the fight between rounds showed me that both Tony and Khabib were mismatched on that card. Khabib could have fought a creative striker, an animal on the feet that becomes even more dangerous when you put him on his back or make him bleed and Tony could have faced an opponent that could have kept his pace with equal cardio, take his pressure and punishment for 5 rounds and might not end up bloodied and cut for daring to take Tony down. Two warriors made for each other, in the best shape of their life, prevented from fighting each other while fighting minutes from each other because a drunk, coked up irish hypeman had enchanted the world, me included. When I watched that event on an illegal stream, I didn't even see Tony fight. Skipped right past his fight to get see an idol get dismantled and turned off the sport for years. But Tony's movement in the cage, the ability to recover, the demon he summons in second rounds, his creativity and grit brought me right back into the sport deeper than I'd ever imagined. I buy pretty much every UFC ppv now, I have Tony to thank for that. Conor the type of guy to 'make you look' Tony the type of guy to make me love an entire sport and show me the great things in this sport I missed by focusing on the wrong things. Thank you Tony, even your losing streak will go down in history as one of the most insane showings of determination and an embodiement of the kind of fighters that truly elevate this sport. Fighters that will fight... to the death.

[@MatheusZaf]

I was expecting to see a little bit of his tough training with Goggins

[@steve-wy6sk]

You can’t help but love Tony

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Truly a melancholic story - i wish the best for him!

[@LarsonPetty]

I was always hoping we'd see Tony get together with Conor before the end, because win or lose, Tony would get at least one good payday before his clock winds down. Tony's the type of guy to break your heart as you watch him slowly decline from what he once was.

[@nathanvincent8676]

That thumbnail is really cool. Where did you get it and Is there a way to get it without the "iconic"?

[@jessco8950]

My favorite Tony line was after the khabib and Connor fight when he’s talking to the media about them being animals and acting like dogs… and I’m the dog catcher… lmao

[@Cowbell_Catboy]

I just saw a Meme with a dude that said Me: "I am into arts" and her: "wow thats so cool" and the cam panning out to reveal the dude in the video was in the gym the whole time, asking who the viewers Van Gough is everyone posted gifs of Khabib and Connor, but I am more with you on that one...

[@Sephiroth-1]

Honestly Tony in his prime seemed unstoppable he would take hard shots and headkicks and just always get stronger and almost like get more energy after and destroy his opponents it was incredible lol it was like he was never in danger really even when we saw him rocked it was like oh we good " EL CUCUY " is gonna take over now 😂😂 I never thought he would be so vulnerable as he is now but I guess nobody can beat Age but he also unfortunately had some bad decisions like doing a double weight cut and switching opponent at last moment he didn't train for

[@lisetteeliseparis7070]

El Cucuy Forever!

[@alba..8479]

Tony was not Drunk, he was at a restaurant for TIRIMASU TUESDAY his son had MCNUGG3TS an EAGLE swooped in and stole them which was not the HIGHLIGHT of the night

[@Riverspark22]

We still have tony ferguson, but R.I.P El Cucuy. It was fun while he was still around

[@Gandaug]

Completely skipped over Bobby Green between Nate Diaz and Paddy Pimblett.

[@Fourside__]

Tony is still my favorite fighter. I do hope he would hang up the gloves, he has nothing left to prove. If nothing else i wish for a fairytale ending like Robbie got. One last win, with a beautiful send off compilation.. one can dream😢

[@jccuchvjvj]

Ferguson vs Lee was in 30th July 2023? Oh men, I missed that.

[@billblaski9523]

MMA is just a cruel mistress, Tony isn't the only fighter to go from so high to so low😢

[@GamesWithBrainz]

My favorite fighter OAT idc. But thats why his loosing streak literally deptesses me. I wish hed just retire fr

[@ShreddyKrueger14]

Beautiful champ 🔥🏆

[@LeoCooperMMA]

👊

[@kasv4103]

if you take khabib out of the discussion, the game evolves. what would lightweights do to cowboy, petis or lee today.

[@off_field_yt]

5:12 UFC 216 did it happen on 30th july 2023.?

[@holloway_goat]

14:10 calling chandler ‘kid’ is crazy leo

[@MrMmnngghh]

Nobody forward rolls like T Ferg, and I've seen all the Break Dance and Beat Street films

[@MikeG77701]

Where is his kid now?

[@rishabhrajpoot9364]

CSO Forever ♾️

[@JosipLukenda-m5g]

I feel like if Tony actually took a long year break after the gathje fight he would’ve been some what better instead pushing hardet

[@PaKiKiNg908]

fire vid but you didn't even mention David Goggins.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

I did consider it but he didn't make the final cut hahaha

[@chasinggold6437]

El Cucuy is gone now it’s Tony Ferguson, a mortal man

[@S.MD.P]

Jus wait

[@Dbstarwastaken]

Tony 😢

[@kelpyg7301]

One Tony Ferguson is enough

[@ronnie5340]

Awesome vid

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Thank you Ronnie!

[@LemonHead-sq5ws]

Because no one will ever break his 9 fight losing streak that’s why 😅

[@michaelfrazier8104]

Lee vs. Ferguson was not on July 30th, 2023

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Typo my man

[@Mr.MikeBarksdale]

Yeah, I don't think Ferguson fought Lee in 2023. You might want to fix that one in the edit.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Yeah made a notice about it. I had copy pasted the text block and forgot to change the year lmao. Not worth reuploading for though!

[@catlover7466]

Nah the fight game evolved he stayed behind, no one stands and absorbs damage like that now the average ufc fighter has more technique than Tony ever had

[@userresuh]

He may not have the desire for the cage, like he did, but he is still top for the streets. F what everybody else think.😂

[@oscardolan5626]

to be honest i think in many ways jiri is another tony ferguson

[@sbtig9637]

His so called fans egged him to be more tough and it got into his mushy brain. I love Tony... Don't get me wrong

[@canadianjesus4059]

Tony would have beat Khabib. Everybody looks at Tony after he blew his ACL but you gotta look at a guy in his prime?

[@_d2082]

there will never be another Ferguson? tell that to jiri

[@StylebendersDog]

Whos created more mma memes than tony?

[@jakelongstaff4102]

closest thing is jiri

[@xaviersmeeton4301]

CSO

[@lordburlap4514]

Gaethe beat The Cucuy out of Tony.

[@justindillon5857]

Why was Tony vs lee dated 2023?

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Typo my man! Apologies

[@imamfirdaus8826]

i belive he won 1 and retire

[@WweetBeef]

lies a million people are named tony ferguson

[@leifnatfors8600]

det tony borde göra är o ta hjälp sv en psykolog, som hjälper han tillbaka.

[@Pythagoras1963]

5:13 ufc 216 was not in 2023

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Typo! My apologies

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

Tony El cokehead ferguson

[@mugiwarae2119]

UFC 216 was not in 2023. Simple mistake.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Was a typo my man.

[@mugiwarae2119]

Not a big one at that, doesn’t take away from how great the video was. Just wanted to bring it to your attention in case you hadn’t noticed. Keep up the great content man.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

@@mugiwarae2119 appreciate you bro, thanks for all the love

[@Johngottisentme]

Hope he loses again tbh😂 #8

[@sickheadjoker1421]

Jiri is the closest thing to him

[@abdullahimussa2309]

Ive been saying that for along time

[@FrankCastle-ul4gc]

No.That's Charles.

[@dwux1627]

The legend says that he is still looking for McNuggets...😮‍💨

[@joeschmoe3665]

Taking on Gaethje on short notice ended Tony I have never seen anyone take such a beating he was shaking his head in the end like his body telling him dude stop it was fucking hard to watch

[@goatcheese4740]

That extra weight cut did nothing to help either. I guess he finally pushed his body too far when he did that.

[@Milk-vw1cv]

Tony is genuinely a one of a kind fighter, the greatest warrior the ufc has ever seen tbh

[@EazyIzzy]

Tony Ferguson is Top 3 Lightweights of all time and what he has given to combat sports is truly admirable because I think he, Manny Pacquiao, Roy Jones Jr & more examples are classic cases of being the essence of Bruce Lee's quote "Use what is useful, discard what's not & making it uniquely your own". He could get away with what he could not just because of his athleticism but because he thought so outside of the box. No coach would teach you to fight like him but everybody tries to emulate it secretly. It worked until it didn't but when it did, it made memories that will last forever. I hope Tony Ferguson has a much better second half of his life and retires soon.

[@zarifinator1327]

Glaze is crazy, I don't even think he's top 5

[@EazyIzzy]

@zarifinator1327 ..... Congratulations?😐

[@steezyhaha1163]

He's very but definitely not top 3

[@venicec3310]

Top 3 hell nah

[@TheEnderBand]

in 2017, Tony was something else. I wish we would have gotten to see him vs Khabib- most likely it would have gone Khabib's way, but the fact it never happened was a shame

[@Niko-ys9ie]

I knew it was over when he lost to Diaz and wasn’t able to make the one man that bleeds in the cage the most even spill a drop of it

[@TheNeoSabre0]

Greatest lightweight of all time, cant change my fucking mind

[@jabibgalt5551]

Tony vs Gaethje without a crowd was a tough fight to watch. Sad day.

[@Mr.Hyde_23]

Great video, but it was actually the 13th season of TUF that he was on.

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Appreciate the correction ❤

[@gageschulz9604]

12:06 mans cleared all the steps. Jumped up like a goblin.

[@Pablo-lm1rn]

This is gonna make me cry bro

[@jollyjhadist9648]

Hearing him on rampage jacksons podcast made me respect and appreciate him even more than i already did 😔

[@tabzaofficial]

Bro you are so underrated that it’s crazy

[@LeoCooperMMA]

Thank you my friend

[@achilles5318]

There will never be another tony ferg when theres justin gaethje. I think Tony vs Poirier for the interim title than poirier vs holloway 2 would have been interesting

[@jason41a]

with aging, yes. but i think his decline is due to more taking lots of damage with each fights. i think he doesn't care much about defense because his chin is granite and his mind is so tough but the brain is the brain, it doesn't care.