Tony is mma royalty. His spirit is like a phoenix. Even in the gaethje fight he got beat up and took 2 car crashes worth of damage in the fight but he still didnt go down once. Later fights he was weak and frail but still didn't get submitted by a surging charles and dariush. I have so much respect and love for this man.
@La Borchia never. Tony is a ncwa wrestler. This means at his wrestling peak he was as good as amateur collegiate wrestlers. Gaethje is a D1 wrestler (the highest level, below olympians) . Gaethje is far stronger then tony. Fighters usually feel each other out and by round 1 I'm sure tony realised he would be burning way too much energy grappling against gaethje. Best thing for tony was to throw in a few iminari rolls and grab gaethjes leg but tonys too stupid and full of pride to please the stupid mma casuals so he keeps the fight standing
@@Zizoujr11 I'm a tony stan. Way bigger then u will ever understand. I can tell u everything about tony. He's my favourite fighter ever, but he's also a stupid guy like kabob said
@@4nt3lol90he was confused... At a certain point,.he thought they were supposed to find his son....he was now mad that he wasn't helping Tony find the missing kid
Yep it's the whole reason they're provided alcohol and there can't be fighters under 21, it's why Paige wasn't on the Pettis Melendez season she was 20 or something
“We just beat each other up” says Tony with one cut on his cheek and a smile on his face. Meanwhile the other guy is literally dripping blood. Awesome.
@@myname-mz3lo I never said blood means anything dummy I’m just talking about how awesome that moment was. Also Anyone that goes to a comment section and says “you’ve never fought before” clearly doesn’t fight trying to look tough behind a phone.
I actually give Brock credit for helping out Ferguson and molding him into the fighter he was destined to be. Even Tony himself credits Brock for coaching him throughout TUF.
@@benny9544 GSP was pretty damn good. I think almost every fighter he trained would go on to fight in the UFC at some point in their careers, and one of the fighters GSP trained now has a submission named after him for creating it. I also think every fighter GSP trained beat every fighter Koshcheck trained except for 1.
@@lukepier9736ye,gsp was the most helpful coach ever, he had his coaches train the guys with him,danaher,wahabi,jean charles,couture and more,he bought a lot to the table for fighters to learn and make big learning curve leaps. Brock was also tough but tony liked brock already but he was already very skilled,brock had very little input to do with tony’s style, whereas gsp made many complete fighters out of the guys he managed
Man my eye are full with tears. Tony is so long on this game. Always the same style and the same weirdo. Love you Tony. Wish you all the best. It’s time to retire and to teach the youngsters.
@@YethandYeth WHO in the world can handle emotions being drunk? Especially those with traumatising childhood have problem with it. Tony was bullied and these times when he was kid, it was not like you could go for help, they called you attention seeker and boys doesn't cry and blah blah. And his father was probably big piece of shit. Explanation, not excuses.
I fucking hated the guy he fought when he kept sending those leg kicks that way. Tony saw him as his best friend, his brother, but he turned on him after a simple mistake that comes with alcohol. All adults know that being a angry drunk does NOT equal being a bad person, Tony apologized and nobody listened, and worst of all, his “brother” turned on him. Seeing him soaked with blood and Tony unscathed was awesome!
I can't help but feel when Tony was talking about his son he was speaking from his past, he had a dad out of the picture and it hurt him and seeing this guy reminded him of that and when you're drunk all that shit gets let out
@Hybrid From Hell ong bro imma be so pissed knowing i can't do shit about cus he'll beat my ass too, shouldn't have poured water on tony's head tho lmao
@Hybrid From Hell why? he just said some shit. the guys kid has no dad, i think that's a lot more ugly. my guy f'ed around and found out who the real one is
@Hybrid From Hell In... The show??? The guy literally suggested that the reason he was seperated from his family was because of DV in the show but okay?
Even though he is so green here he still had that mean streak and the unorthodox strikes. Who knocks out people with upkicks in freakin ultimate fighter
Fr. As soon as that upkick heel to the chin swiped that guys dreams from his soul, I knew Tony was a special fighting talent, and he’d walk through those amateurs on TUF and make a name for himself in the UFC
For someone his size (I don’t think he’s really 5’11” even), he’s got big ass hands and monkey arms. Look at them shits in the ankle pick video lol. They gotta be as big or bigger than Werdum’s
I love how all those guys in the house hated him and didn't want him to succeed. Where are they now? Tony is a legend in this sport and those guys are probably cashiers somewhere
There's a reason they hated him. They loved him and he did things that made them hate him. Just because he was the best fighter there, doesn't mean everything he did was right.
From the start, until recently Tony has been my favorite fighter. He isn't normal looking at all striking, or on the ground, he's always doing something crazy, he reminds me of character from a street fighter type game. His win streak is immortalized, and the fact he refused to tap to Charles, and also the wars with Justin and Chandler. It's really sad to see the time taking effect on him, but it's absolutely incredible he's still willing to keep fighting, El Cucuy.
I see it differently, tony went most his career fighting like fairly mid level fighters. His losing streak was only due to finally getting to the top of the division and then fighting much level guys than he ever did. The guys he lost to they were high level guys, in fact the only losses on his record were to high level guys and the best. Even people don't realize that Diaz was also high level, people will often mock diaz for the losses on his record because diaz tends to fight dumb sometimes and not have a high fight IQ but actually Diaz has to be top 10 most well rounded fighters in ufc with high level BJJ and great striking skills and iron chin. Tony actually never got worse like people say, his skills are as good as they have always been but he's still getting better. But when you fight guys like Dariush on the ground he's a BJJ world champion of course he's got the edge over tony on the ground. And Charles is BJJ prodigy one of the best BJJ guys ever in mma he also has the edge over tony on the ground. When Gaethje fought tony, the difference was that Gaethje changed his style and started to fight more intelligently it was the first fight gaethje had ever actually fought intelligently and tony didn't maybe because that fight was on short notice and tony never really got to prepare for gaethje. The chandler fight, again chandler being accomplished wrestler outside of mma chandler had the advantage over tony in grappling and chandler we all knew had ko power in those hands, but nobody expected that knockout from chandler nobody really saw it coming but chandler has always been high level guy and 2x or 3x time champ in bellator. Still have to consider that tony took 2 of those fights on short notice 1st time against gaethje and 2nd time against diaz. Not having full camp to train makes a big difference. And now tony is moving to 170 to fight shavkhat, tony may possibly lose this one again and I mean he's fighting outside of his own weight class against a much bigger guy people are still gonna keep thinking tony is getting worse and worse but Shavkhat is legit and difficult opponent too.
@@GrowingDownUnder that's absurd. Tony has beaten high level guys, RDA, Barboza, Pettis? All these guys were former champions and Tony destroyed them. His downfall came from the trip wire incident where he had surgery and not to mention him taking fights he didn't have to take like the Justin fight. Prime Tony was a monster, and is easily one of the best LWs of all time, we got robbed of not seeing Prime Tony vs Khabib or Mcgregor.
@@juniorvillegas2241 Pettis went 7 - 12 since 2015 until now. And before fighting tony he was 3-5 in his last 8 fights. Let's be honest pettis was good once upon a time, but those days were in WEC not ufc. RDA is one of those fighters who was never high level, he was good but not great at anything and not bad at anything either. And RDA never would have got the belt if he didn't beat pettis, RDA didn't beat many top guys either. RDA lost against all good fighters his best wins were cerrone, diaz and benson henderson who were not high level but maybe for their time they were considered good due to lack on competition on the division. The division was not stacked back then you know when cerrone was a title contender at one point the division was not very stacked. I will still give tony credit for beating RDA, pettis because they were champs and not bad fighters and not cans. Barboza I think was higher level than pettis and RDA, so that's legit one of my favourite fighters actually The thing is, prime tony never went anywhere he's constantly improved since the barboza fight and still beast. There's a huge difference in competition he fought now though Gaethje, dariush, charles, chandler they're all much tougher opponents than anyone he fought in the past.
@@GrowingDownUnder you were just saying how high level Diaz was and now ur saying he's not high level when RDA fought him, and Benson Henderson was a beast! The fight he had with Chandler was amazing and he's definitely underrated. Tony fought everyone he could, obviously the Khabib fight never happened and Mcgregor pretty much ducked him his entire career. You have to keep in mind when by the time Tony fought Justin he was already 37, and olivera and dariush he was older too, no doubt if he was younger he would’ve at least have put a better fight since he relies a lot on his athleticism, not to mention, Tony was the only fighter that didn’t get finished by Olivera in a while, while people like Porier, Justin, and chandler got finished by Olivera. You also have to take into consideration Tony cut weight twice for the justin fight AND he was training for khabib for a whole year and then he fights a fucking guy who fights nothing like a khabib and is one of the hardest hitters at 155.
@@juniorvillegas2241 benson henderson got smashed by chandler his performance was not amazing against chandler, other way around chandler was amazing. Diaz is high level bjj so there's a difference he never uses his bjj really except for the submission wins he has. Nate is very well rounded, probably one of the most well rounded guys and high level bjj. If you read my comment I never said nate wasn't high level actually I said pettis & rda were not high level and neither was benson.
I also never really judge a person on what they say when they're blackout drunk, especially during an argument where you're just looking for something to say..The way the team turned on Tony kinda makes them all look like fair weather friends..nobody needs those.
@@exposer0168 khabib would have won. Tony is a beast but wrestling wasn't his strong suit. I was just looking at his win streak and it wasn't as impressive name wise as I Remer except Barboza and Dos Anjos. Josh Thompson as well. It was there faces after the fights that was impressive. Hands of stone people said about him. Even Chandler said that was the hardest he was hit when Tony blacked his eye with a jab I think.
@@barbarapaparella1833 khabib ducked prime ferguson. his own fucking words. khabib cherry picked all his fights. he didnt want prime ferguson. no one did.
@@barbarapaparella1833 If you look at the people you listed all of these people were very good back in the day and I do believe he couldve beaten khabib when tony was at the top and khabib was on the rise may of cut him up worrying khabib and catching him on a bad shot choking him out but who knows since it never happened
*Ferguson is a Born MENACE man back in the day he was the real Boogeyman he gave All of his opponents the literal Hell in that Cage, Legends never Die and Tony always gonna be Champion in my eyes* ✊🏿🙏
Even though Tony is past his prime, along with being hit too much, he still accomplished UFC gold - an interim title. It may not be the actual belt, but that's way more of an accomplishment than the rest of these dudes ganging up against him. Those guys are probably working 9-5 jobs lol
@@treezdasavage4623 interim status is the title the promotion gives to a number 1 contender when the undisputed champion is on sick leave or away. Tony is probably the longest reigning interim champion in the UFC's history, simply because Conor McGregor would not defend his title or vacate his spot and because his fight for the undisputed gold never followed through.
Prime Tony would’ve been the first lightweight to make Khabib bleed. And he also would’ve destroyed Conor, the moment that he gets Conor to the ground he’d submit him with an arm triangle choke and it’d be over. Prime Tony was just a different beast, entirely before the Gaethje fight.
@@darkclaw1462 I would bet any amount of money that Khabib would have been leaking if he fought Tony. No way does he make it out of there without getting hurt
They said he was a bad drunk but he was disrespected first could clearly feel the energy and I mean if the guy can't see his kid currently it looked like Tony was pointing out that he had been a bad parent and I'm with Tony on his view with bad parents especially if they want to randomly disrespect me when all having a good time pouring water on me, usually the first act is followed by many, Tony just understood to not be fooled by cheap tricks and stuck by his morals even super intoxicated, what a legend.
tony did take it a little far and you could see that he knew it, but growing up without his father and being picked on when he was younger the other dude shouldve known what was gonna happen. tony wouldve whooped him anyways
@@peytonhodge1260 I grew up without my father and was bullied myself badly along with lots more and still stick by what I said but we are all entitled to our opinions and I respect yours, for context I'm a great father myself now and also a coach and lifetime martial artist/fighter so goes to show there's no excuse, life can make or break us, our choice, but I got no time or sympathy for bad or evil energy and people, life taught me enough already on the topic.
umm no. He was obviously completely out of line, but for some reason you people keep making up these bullshit reasons for why it was okay. The favoritism is absolutely insane. Glad this guy is out of the UFC.
he also didn't say anything bad, he just asked: "where is your son?" Dudes are all sensitive but they seems like the first one who would leave their child and child's mother without any trace.
I remember this like it was yesterday. Tony was an animal, I knew he was the real deal after his destruction of Chuck. His pressure, creativity, tenacity he’s definitely one of the best lightweights ever.
i only been a "fanboy" of 3 fighters anderson silva, junior dos santos and tony ferguson. tony is one of the extremely few fighters to have a HUGE amount of REAL fans. hes on a 4 fight loss streak and a bad one and yet i defend him in every debate and argument. the dude is special, him and all his perfect weirdness!!! EL CUCUY!!!
When he said “hit me not your kid” and the other guy stayed silent, that’s when I knew Tony’s anger was justified. El cucuy is an all time great fighter and a even better human being 💯
man I remember this sht like it was yesterday.. I thought nothing of Tony at first... then he started winning and then I realized hes from the 805 like myself. He was the main reason I became ADDICTED to MMA. I believe it was 2010 or something like that. thank you Tony, we love you bro Edit: its crazy how much better he was than everyone here
Tony, no matter what, we'll always love you. I'm lucky to have seen your primes, it was spectacular. But now, its time to sit back and relax, give that body a rest, you've done your job. Take some rest now
Thank you for everything you have done and do for the sport of mma! You’ll always be one of the greats!! In 100 years they’ll still be talking about el cucuy
Another great video. The UFC should be paying you to do these for keeping this thing alive. These videos are the lead up to the new season. These videos get me pumped. All hail Larone!!
Fun Fact Justin Edwards was one of my best buddies, we met as teenagers. We only lost touch when he moved to southern Ohio for college and i joined the military not long after. He was always a bad ass but he also always worked really hard. He wasn't a natural fighter so to make it into the UFC really shows his work ethic, Tony starched him though..sorry Justin..lol
Tony is still my favorite UFC fighter. Its about his Energy. Its about his Heart. Its fucking Inspiring. That Man knows his Worth. Nothing can stop that, not even defeat. Thats Champ Shit. 💪🏆 😎 🏆 💪 THANK YOU TONY
Most of us may see pouring liquor on someone’s head just drunken shenanigans, but Tony already said he was bullied all the time growing up. Of course he’s going to react to that.
He is an absolute jerk who abused his family...do you not know anything about him? This comment section is making me sick. Tony is a garbage person who hurts his family.
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Tony the type of guy to go on and have a legendary career and make us all thankful for giving all of us great fights
Yeah Tony is....
Was...
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Tony got that pcp attitude without the pcp
Damn this comment is wholesome as heck lol
Tony is mma royalty. His spirit is like a phoenix. Even in the gaethje fight he got beat up and took 2 car crashes worth of damage in the fight but he still didnt go down once. Later fights he was weak and frail but still didn't get submitted by a surging charles and dariush. I have so much respect and love for this man.
If only he landed that uppercut earlier in that round ..
Took the beating of gaethje like a boss tbf
Tony should’ve grappled Gaethje, he would’ve easily dominated that fight in that case. Don’t know why he chose to strike with him
@La Borchia never. Tony is a ncwa wrestler. This means at his wrestling peak he was as good as amateur collegiate wrestlers. Gaethje is a D1 wrestler (the highest level, below olympians) . Gaethje is far stronger then tony.
Fighters usually feel each other out and by round 1 I'm sure tony realised he would be burning way too much energy grappling against gaethje. Best thing for tony was to throw in a few iminari rolls and grab gaethjes leg but tonys too stupid and full of pride to please the stupid mma casuals so he keeps the fight standing
@@Zizoujr11 I'm a tony stan. Way bigger then u will ever understand. I can tell u everything about tony. He's my favourite fighter ever, but he's also a stupid guy like kabob said
That 12 fight win streak was unforgettable 😔
Tony’s 12 fight W streak, Max’s 13 fight win streak, and Oliviera’s 11 win fight streak. 🔥🔥🔥
@@balkanboi06 🎉🎉❤
@@balkanboi06 and khabib too
@@kewkew6386khabib ducked prime tony, khabib never bled cause he never fought Ferguson in his prime I truly believe that.
@@kewkew6386idk who would have won but tony definitely would’ve made him bleed💯
"Are You Serious?
WHERE'S YOUR FUCKING SON?"
Tony was so disrespectful for that but i couldn't stop laughing
Bro he looked so confused as well
i think not being in his sons life is more disrespectful. in any case, he started it by pouring some shit on tony.
Was Tony triggered about growing up without his father?
@@4nt3lol90he was confused... At a certain point,.he thought they were supposed to find his son....he was now mad that he wasn't helping Tony find the missing kid
Where's your son!! Funniest shit ever.
It’s not a TUF season without a drunken house fight starting over absolutely nothing, haha
Yep it's the whole reason they're provided alcohol and there can't be fighters under 21, it's why Paige wasn't on the Pettis Melendez season she was 20 or something
Rose was barely 21 I think
@@leetheflea4096 so she’d been dating Barry for 6 years?
“We just beat each other up” says Tony with one cut on his cheek and a smile on his face. Meanwhile the other guy is literally dripping blood. Awesome.
you think lood means anything then you probably never fought before
@@myname-mz3lo I never said blood means anything dummy I’m just talking about how awesome that moment was. Also Anyone that goes to a comment section and says “you’ve never fought before” clearly doesn’t fight trying to look tough behind a phone.
12:25 ''I'm taking his dreams away'"
We never heard of that guy ever again
😂😂😂
The boogeyman got em
He got absolutely butchered
@@empire0he did say he’d die trying 😂
And now Tony is no more ...bad guy nasty
I actually give Brock credit for helping out Ferguson and molding him into the fighter he was destined to be. Even Tony himself credits Brock for coaching him throughout TUF.
I think he was the best coach in TUF
@@benny9544 GSP was pretty damn good. I think almost every fighter he trained would go on to fight in the UFC at some point in their careers, and one of the fighters GSP trained now has a submission named after him for creating it. I also think every fighter GSP trained beat every fighter Koshcheck trained except for 1.
@@lukepier9736ye,gsp was the most helpful coach ever, he had his coaches train the guys with him,danaher,wahabi,jean charles,couture and more,he bought a lot to the table for fighters to learn and make big learning curve leaps. Brock was also tough but tony liked brock already but he was already very skilled,brock had very little input to do with tony’s style, whereas gsp made many complete fighters out of the guys he managed
@@benny9544 Brock was solid but honestly Tito Ortiz in season 3 and Jens Pulver were two of the best as far as being coaches is concerned.
fr bro jens pulver trained nate diaz@@RedShogun13
Man my eye are full with tears. Tony is so long on this game. Always the same style and the same weirdo. Love you Tony. Wish you all the best. It’s time to retire and to teach the youngsters.
Hey bro, don’t cry that it’s over, smile because it happened
Wishing a scum bag success lol
@@Boxinghockey23 ❤️👍
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Prime Tony was a beast, hope he goes out on a win😢
Alvarez vs Ferguson was a fight i always wanted to see
I hear he's rematching Lee. Let's hope the Lee who barely beat Sanchez shows up lmao
Well, he's about to get murdered by Bobby Green lol
Tony Ferguson os the kind of guy who has his loyal fans watching this in 2o23. This man belongs in the hall of fame.
what about getting new fans? :P
Hall of shame for not controlling his emotions being drunk
@@YethandYeth WHO in the world can handle emotions being drunk? Especially those with traumatising childhood have problem with it. Tony was bullied and these times when he was kid, it was not like you could go for help, they called you attention seeker and boys doesn't cry and blah blah. And his father was probably big piece of shit. Explanation, not excuses.
This man just brings in the pain. Loved the inside leg kicks in his tuf fight against the second last guy
Yeah that fight was brutal vintage el cucuy
Every leg kick that landed you could see his leg go higher and higher.
I fucking hated the guy he fought when he kept sending those leg kicks that way. Tony saw him as his best friend, his brother, but he turned on him after a simple mistake that comes with alcohol. All adults know that being a angry drunk does NOT equal being a bad person, Tony apologized and nobody listened, and worst of all, his “brother” turned on him. Seeing him soaked with blood and Tony unscathed was awesome!
I can't help but feel when Tony was talking about his son he was speaking from his past, he had a dad out of the picture and it hurt him and seeing this guy reminded him of that and when you're drunk all that shit gets let out
I felt the same, somehow it was like the water he poured on Tony's head triggered something in his memory.
Damn good inferencing, totally changed my perception
Probably from when he got bullied in highschool
Tony a idiot
@@luangj2866Same!! Totally changed my view on that situation.
"I'm gonna beat him." Love the confidence, bud lmao.
While whispering so Tony doesn’t hear 😂😂😂
"I'm taking his dreams away" 🤣🤣🤣
I wonder how sad & pissed everybody was when Tony dominated Chuck 😂
@Hybrid From Hell ong bro imma be so pissed knowing i can't do shit about cus he'll beat my ass too, shouldn't have poured water on tony's head tho lmao
@Hybrid From Hell why? he just said some shit. the guys kid has no dad, i think that's a lot more ugly. my guy f'ed around and found out who the real one is
@Hybrid From Hell it's pretty obvious that Tony didn't like that guy because he was a child abuser
@Hybrid From Hell he said hit me like you hit your kid in the fight and that's when the other dude got mad at him
@Hybrid From Hell In... The show??? The guy literally suggested that the reason he was seperated from his family was because of DV in the show but okay?
The era of Tony/Khabib/Connor is absolute the golden age of UFC
Predator/Tank/Coleman
@@BillyBob-wq9fl I liked predator never saw tank and never heard of the movie Coleman what's that about 😮
@@rockman49er Lol.......
Welterweight was also incredible during this time. Lawler, Hendricks, Condit, MacDonald
Khabib wasn't really entertaining but people respect him
Tony being shocked by what he said to rader then proceeding to go "Well where is your fucking kid at?" one last time is absolute hilarity
Tony the type of guy to say “we beat the shit outta each other.”when he beat the shit out of the other guy.
lol
Nobody in this season was ever heard of again other than Tony…it’s like they made Tony the main character and put a bunch of nobodies around him lol
hold on brother im crying 🇺🇸🏆🇲🇽
Even though he is so green here he still had that mean streak and the unorthodox strikes. Who knocks out people with upkicks in freakin ultimate fighter
Fr. As soon as that upkick heel to the chin swiped that guys dreams from his soul, I knew Tony was a special fighting talent, and he’d walk through those amateurs on TUF and make a name for himself in the UFC
Tony could always fight he knocked me out in high school.
Damn
I was there
Tony’s punches just hit different. Have a heavy sound when they land
Him vs cowboy showed that alot, joe rogan acutally said the very words you have durning that fight. Hes the boogyman!
He’s got giant hands
For someone his size (I don’t think he’s really 5’11” even), he’s got big ass hands and monkey arms.
Look at them shits in the ankle pick video lol. They gotta be as big or bigger than Werdum’s
I love how all those guys in the house hated him and didn't want him to succeed. Where are they now? Tony is a legend in this sport and those guys are probably cashiers somewhere
There's a reason they hated him. They loved him and he did things that made them hate him. Just because he was the best fighter there, doesn't mean everything he did was right.
@@daviesugo7641 what'd he do? talk back to that little tramp?
@@daviesugo7641 it does when you learn the dudes son who he was dissing had evidence against him that he was beating on his son
@@connordakoz7582holy shit I didn’t know about that, is it legit?
@@GrifterTheBoyIdiotif you think about it though: tony didn’t know that., even if the other guy is a scumbag
From the start, until recently Tony has been my favorite fighter. He isn't normal looking at all striking, or on the ground, he's always doing something crazy, he reminds me of character from a street fighter type game. His win streak is immortalized, and the fact he refused to tap to Charles, and also the wars with Justin and Chandler. It's really sad to see the time taking effect on him, but it's absolutely incredible he's still willing to keep fighting, El Cucuy.
I see it differently, tony went most his career fighting like fairly mid level fighters. His losing streak was only due to finally getting to the top of the division and then fighting much level guys than he ever did. The guys he lost to they were high level guys, in fact the only losses on his record were to high level guys and the best. Even people don't realize that Diaz was also high level, people will often mock diaz for the losses on his record because diaz tends to fight dumb sometimes and not have a high fight IQ but actually Diaz has to be top 10 most well rounded fighters in ufc with high level BJJ and great striking skills and iron chin. Tony actually never got worse like people say, his skills are as good as they have always been but he's still getting better. But when you fight guys like Dariush on the ground he's a BJJ world champion of course he's got the edge over tony on the ground. And Charles is BJJ prodigy one of the best BJJ guys ever in mma he also has the edge over tony on the ground. When Gaethje fought tony, the difference was that Gaethje changed his style and started to fight more intelligently it was the first fight gaethje had ever actually fought intelligently and tony didn't maybe because that fight was on short notice and tony never really got to prepare for gaethje. The chandler fight, again chandler being accomplished wrestler outside of mma chandler had the advantage over tony in grappling and chandler we all knew had ko power in those hands, but nobody expected that knockout from chandler nobody really saw it coming but chandler has always been high level guy and 2x or 3x time champ in bellator. Still have to consider that tony took 2 of those fights on short notice 1st time against gaethje and 2nd time against diaz. Not having full camp to train makes a big difference. And now tony is moving to 170 to fight shavkhat, tony may possibly lose this one again and I mean he's fighting outside of his own weight class against a much bigger guy people are still gonna keep thinking tony is getting worse and worse but Shavkhat is legit and difficult opponent too.
@@GrowingDownUnder that's absurd. Tony has beaten high level guys, RDA, Barboza, Pettis? All these guys were former champions and Tony destroyed them. His downfall came from the trip wire incident where he had surgery and not to mention him taking fights he didn't have to take like the Justin fight. Prime Tony was a monster, and is easily one of the best LWs of all time, we got robbed of not seeing Prime Tony vs Khabib or Mcgregor.
@@juniorvillegas2241 Pettis went 7 - 12 since 2015 until now. And before fighting tony he was 3-5 in his last 8 fights. Let's be honest pettis was good once upon a time, but those days were in WEC not ufc.
RDA is one of those fighters who was never high level, he was good but not great at anything and not bad at anything either. And RDA never would have got the belt if he didn't beat pettis, RDA didn't beat many top guys either. RDA lost against all good fighters his best wins were cerrone, diaz and benson henderson who were not high level but maybe for their time they were considered good due to lack on competition on the division. The division was not stacked back then you know when cerrone was a title contender at one point the division was not very stacked.
I will still give tony credit for beating RDA, pettis because they were champs and not bad fighters and not cans. Barboza I think was higher level than pettis and RDA, so that's legit one of my favourite fighters actually
The thing is, prime tony never went anywhere he's constantly improved since the barboza fight and still beast. There's a huge difference in competition he fought now though Gaethje, dariush, charles, chandler they're all much tougher opponents than anyone he fought in the past.
@@GrowingDownUnder you were just saying how high level Diaz was and now ur saying he's not high level when RDA fought him, and Benson Henderson was a beast! The fight he had with Chandler was amazing and he's definitely underrated. Tony fought everyone he could, obviously the Khabib fight never happened and Mcgregor pretty much ducked him his entire career. You have to keep in mind when by the time Tony fought Justin he was already 37, and olivera and dariush he was older too, no doubt if he was younger he would’ve at least have put a better fight since he relies a lot on his athleticism, not to mention, Tony was the only fighter that didn’t get finished by Olivera in a while, while people like Porier, Justin, and chandler got finished by Olivera. You also have to take into consideration Tony cut weight twice for the justin fight AND he was training for khabib for a whole year and then he fights a fucking guy who fights nothing like a khabib and is one of the hardest hitters at 155.
@@juniorvillegas2241 benson henderson got smashed by chandler his performance was not amazing against chandler, other way around chandler was amazing.
Diaz is high level bjj so there's a difference he never uses his bjj really except for the submission wins he has. Nate is very well rounded, probably one of the most well rounded guys and high level bjj. If you read my comment I never said nate wasn't high level actually I said pettis & rda were not high level and neither was benson.
The "Look Mom" was funny as hell and heartwarming at the same time haha.
I also never really judge a person on what they say when they're blackout drunk, especially during an argument where you're just looking for something to say..The way the team turned on Tony kinda makes them all look like fair weather friends..nobody needs those.
Yeah they were kinda acting like women about it.
@@KM-iv9xybeta males without fathers acting like their mommas
I'm glad Tony ran through the competition to win. Can't get hung up on petty shit.
Favorite fighter of all time and the best lightweight in the world at one point no one can change my mind ever
The best lightweights auctually win the undisputed title.
Tony a tru warrior though.
@@isaacg90 Had about 5 chances with khabiber but yk what happens when the two are scheduled to fight each other
@@exposer0168 khabib would have won. Tony is a beast but wrestling wasn't his strong suit. I was just looking at his win streak and it wasn't as impressive name wise as I Remer except Barboza and Dos Anjos. Josh Thompson as well. It was there faces after the fights that was impressive. Hands of stone people said about him. Even Chandler said that was the hardest he was hit when Tony blacked his eye with a jab I think.
@@barbarapaparella1833 khabib ducked prime ferguson. his own fucking words. khabib cherry picked all his fights. he didnt want prime ferguson. no one did.
@@barbarapaparella1833 If you look at the people you listed all of these people were very good back in the day and I do believe he couldve beaten khabib when tony was at the top and khabib was on the rise may of cut him up worrying khabib and catching him on a bad shot choking him out but who knows since it never happened
Drunk tony was ready to fight the whole house 😂
*Ferguson is a Born MENACE man back in the day he was the real Boogeyman he gave All of his opponents the literal Hell in that Cage, Legends never Die and Tony always gonna be Champion in my eyes* ✊🏿🙏
It’s so sad 😞 el cucuy Is my hero
In yours Only
@@heretolearn5084 Okay, whatever you say you prick.......
@@heretolearn5084 youre nobody 😂
Even though Tony is past his prime, along with being hit too much, he still accomplished UFC gold - an interim title. It may not be the actual belt, but that's way more of an accomplishment than the rest of these dudes ganging up against him. Those guys are probably working 9-5 jobs lol
What's an Interim belt
To be completely honest he was out of control here
@@treezdasavage4623 interim status is the title the promotion gives to a number 1 contender when the undisputed champion is on sick leave or away. Tony is probably the longest reigning interim champion in the UFC's history, simply because Conor McGregor would not defend his title or vacate his spot and because his fight for the undisputed gold never followed through.
@@anon9060 dumb that his belt was never promoted
Especially at 155!
Tony always had that respect towards Brock.
Not always. He was mad Brock called his team chicken shit
Thats because bullys pick on people smaller derrrr
@@DanielDurham121 he got over it, but yeah, Tony doesn't like getting picked on because he was bullied for being Mexican growing up
@@DanielDurham121 Tony still gives props to Brock to this very day.
Brock has a soft spot for him which is hilarious because Brock doesn't have a soft spot for anyone ever. Two really unique personalities right there
Tony was just on another level. Sure wish we could’ve seen prime Tony and prime khabib.
I would have liked to see Tony vs Poirier. Not anymore though, I mean Tony pre-Gaethje beatdown
Prime Tony would’ve been the first lightweight to make Khabib bleed.
And he also would’ve destroyed Conor, the moment that he gets Conor to the ground he’d submit him with an arm triangle choke and it’d be over.
Prime Tony was just a different beast, entirely before the Gaethje fight.
@@darkclaw1462 I would bet any amount of money that Khabib would have been leaking if he fought Tony. No way does he make it out of there without getting hurt
I'd take that fight over Fedor vs. Couture, or Fedor vs. Lesnar any day.
usually u see tuf winners have some trouble and progressing throughout the show but tony just straight up ran trough everyone.
That chuck fight was shades of prime Tony. He broke him mentally and absolutely destroyed his face. Put a nasty beating on chuck
“He’s an angry drunk and can’t handle his alcohol” Oh boy did we learn that the hard way
26:10
Dana didn't sound too happy about giving out a 6 figure contract, sounded like he wanted to say 5 figure contract instead 😂
He’d give em pennies out of his cupholder if he could 😂
Crazy how Tony called the dude out for hitting his kids and TONY is the bad guy lmao
Dude there might be a whole story there . We don’t know it
They said he was a bad drunk but he was disrespected first could clearly feel the energy and I mean if the guy can't see his kid currently it looked like Tony was pointing out that he had been a bad parent and I'm with Tony on his view with bad parents especially if they want to randomly disrespect me when all having a good time pouring water on me, usually the first act is followed by many, Tony just understood to not be fooled by cheap tricks and stuck by his morals even super intoxicated, what a legend.
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tony did take it a little far and you could see that he knew it, but growing up without his father and being picked on when he was younger the other dude shouldve known what was gonna happen. tony wouldve whooped him anyways
@@peytonhodge1260 I grew up without my father and was bullied myself badly along with lots more and still stick by what I said but we are all entitled to our opinions and I respect yours, for context I'm a great father myself now and also a coach and lifetime martial artist/fighter so goes to show there's no excuse, life can make or break us, our choice, but I got no time or sympathy for bad or evil energy and people, life taught me enough already on the topic.
umm no. He was obviously completely out of line, but for some reason you people keep making up these bullshit reasons for why it was okay. The favoritism is absolutely insane. Glad this guy is out of the UFC.
Agreed the water guy was disrespecting! You could tell they were jealous of tony
It so sad that it went from “it’s Tony time” to “it’s time Tony” within a year 😢
WHY YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT 😢
@@jordanthomas3279 it hurts me pretty bad as well
he made his dreams come true. and the dude that said he was gonna take his dreams away did not succeed
A lot of them were upset with Tony after the comment about his son. Yet none of them did anything cause they knew Tony was the real deal.
he also didn't say anything bad, he just asked: "where is your son?" Dudes are all sensitive but they seems like the first one who would leave their child and child's mother without any trace.
@@raveniaelhoran2647 he doesn't know anything about the situation and he said something just to be hurtful, that's bad enough
Tony is the the type guy to get the best of both worlds going on a 12 fight win streak just to go in 12 fight losing streak
Tony is the guy that got me into watching the UFC
I love this so fucking much😂. “Are you kidding me?? 😮” “WHERES YOUR FUCKING SON?”
How he entered the ufc shows why he still won't give up despite that many losses in row
I remember this like it was yesterday. Tony was an animal, I knew he was the real deal after his destruction of Chuck. His pressure, creativity, tenacity he’s definitely one of the best lightweights ever.
bro and that knockout at the end 😂 that dude had like 0 chin. man thought he was the next aljamain sterling 😂😂😂💀
Tony dresses like a vampire bartender
Why did it seem like Tony was in a house full of pro gamers? He made easy work out of all those guys
I’ll feel bad for ppl who never got to see Tony in his prime
Vids and highlights don’t do it justice
i only been a "fanboy" of 3 fighters
anderson silva, junior dos santos and tony ferguson.
tony is one of the extremely few fighters to have a HUGE amount of REAL fans. hes on a 4 fight loss streak and a bad one and yet i defend him in every debate and argument. the dude is special, him and all his perfect weirdness!!! EL CUCUY!!!
Mee too
Tony is the type of guy who convinced me as his kind of hater, that he has all the sauce and he's very sweet. Now I absofuckinglutely love him.
Prime Tony's striking is so underrated
Tony is the type of guy to kick ass in TUF and the UFC. He's one of my top fighters ever to glove up. He oozes "Just Bleed"
Tony truly is a broken soul , want to give the man a hug
One of a kind. The real king of the LW division
The fact that Tony is / was a warrior can never be disputed. If you know, you know.
When he said “hit me not your kid” and the other guy stayed silent, that’s when I knew Tony’s anger was justified. El cucuy is an all time great fighter and a even better human being 💯
He had that little kids back when his own father wouldn't. Tony's the man
Tony the type of guy to be the only one showing up to a fight show with a tie on 😂😂😂 gotta love him man he's a legend forever
Brock being able to see Tony's skill and potential never ceases to amaze me. He even invited Tony to train at his gym.
He had some good hard kicks man! Loved his fight against RDA and Edson Barbosa.
These are legendary. Thanks larone. I remember watching these episodes when the UFC was in the golden area.
man I remember this sht like it was yesterday.. I thought nothing of Tony at first... then he started winning and then I realized hes from the 805 like myself. He was the main reason I became ADDICTED to MMA. I believe it was 2010 or something like that. thank you Tony, we love you bro
Edit: its crazy how much better he was than everyone here
Tony the type of guy to lose 6 fights in a row.
Everyone that hates him after the drunken fight. Never heard them in the ufc
Thank you for the oldschool stuff Larone!! Love to see one of the best to ever do it. Tony is the man!
Jesus... and I thought he was a menace before... this TUF season makes Tony look like an animal. Nobody was stopping him in that house.
Nothing worst than when you hate someone and they are better than you 😂😂 damn that shit probably haunted that dude when tony was on that win streak
Tony Ferguson is representing The Americans and Mexicans letssss goooooo Tonyyy🇺🇲CSO🇲🇽
This is how I choose to remember El Cucuy
Hit me instead of your kid. Tony was cold.
Bro Tony was stylin on fools right from the start 💪
Tony, no matter what, we'll always love you. I'm lucky to have seen your primes, it was spectacular. But now, its time to sit back and relax, give that body a rest, you've done your job. Take some rest now
Thank you for everything you have done and do for the sport of mma! You’ll always be one of the greats!!
In 100 years they’ll still be talking about el cucuy
Another great video. The UFC should be paying you to do these for keeping this thing alive. These videos are the lead up to the new season. These videos get me pumped. All hail Larone!!
Fun Fact Justin Edwards was one of my best buddies, we met as teenagers. We only lost touch when he moved to southern Ohio for college and i joined the military not long after. He was always a bad ass but he also always worked really hard. He wasn't a natural fighter so to make it into the UFC really shows his work ethic, Tony starched him though..sorry Justin..lol
damn that's dope no shame in losing to tony
Tony is still my favorite UFC fighter.
Its about his Energy.
Its about his Heart.
Its fucking Inspiring.
That Man knows his Worth.
Nothing can stop that, not even defeat.
Thats Champ Shit.
💪🏆 😎 🏆 💪
THANK YOU TONY
Loved how Tony raised hell, pissed off the housemates and ran through his opponents like a train
the 1st second of him w the pink tie, toothpick and backwards glasses
I love him so much
Prime Tony was a totally different beast before he lost to Justin, undoubtedly one of the best light-weights to ever do It.
@@darkclaw1462 THE best
hes so calm and just wants to break everybodys morale during the fights
"Randy coutures long lost son, justin Edwards" lmfao
Anyone watching after his loss to paddy?
0:58 Tony Ferguson is the type of guy to ankle pick Brock Lesner when getting selected
Feels like yesterday when tony was storming though the LW division 🥺 now seeing him getting dominated each fight hurts to watch
Tony ur a legend and nobody can take that away from you. Respect for all that you have done.
His style has always been so unorthodox. it’s just like him, a free spirit
His last fight with diaz made me cry he was just a shell of his former self gave that sub to nate imo another legend
12:23 little did he know he was gonna die regardless 😂
I wanna thank you for uploading this. ❤
Tony the type of guy who has all the sauce and is very sweet... :3
imagine saying your gonna take someones dreams away, to then get dog walked in the cage.... rip oneil lmfao
Most of us may see pouring liquor on someone’s head just drunken shenanigans, but Tony already said he was bullied all the time growing up. Of course he’s going to react to that.
No anyone with a sense of respect for himself will not allow pouring liquor as good old fun
damn! ultimate fighter ❤congrats tony 😂 i love watching these at 3 am but i love el cucuy even more
tony is the man. and thats that.
Tony no auge era um lutador muito difícil de ser batido completo, boa trocação! Não atoa que foi um bicho papão da divisão dos leves do ufc.
Tony carrer maker opponent name is Justin and career destroyer name is also justin
Tony “Where’s your kid?” Ferguson
Tony: where's your kid?
Everyone: so mean, reeee
Kid: where's my dad?
Poignant to see Tony so young. What a career he has had. It's been tough to watch him get beaten to a pulp lately.
I love tony man he knows what it's like to have tough times and fight on
This is what I needed, the BOAT in his prime
mr. ferguson is a beautiful pure soul..i wish him all the best with his life after his beloved ufc....sure will miss him..
He is an absolute jerk who abused his family...do you not know anything about him? This comment section is making me sick. Tony is a garbage person who hurts his family.
@@fshn4x4 If it was your brother suffering with PTSD and mental health, would you say the same?
He is a danger to society..especially when he had something to drink. Pure soul my ass.