Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier both agree that former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson should be the next man to fight for the UFC lightweight title after UFC 242, RT reports.
The two lightweight stars offered the same view when speaking to the press during separate media conference calls earlier this week ahead of their battle for the undisputed UFC 155-pound title in Abu Dhabi on September 7. They both said American Ferguson was the clear number one contender to face whoever wins the title this weekend.
“Oh yes, only Tony Ferguson, of course,” said reigning UFC lightweight champion Khabib.
“I think he deserve. Who else? Nobody. Only Tony Ferguson, I think.”
And interim champ Poirier was equally clear in his belief that Ferguson deserves the next shot.
“100 percent it’s Tony Ferguson, without a second guess,” he declared.
“Without any argument, it’s Tony Ferguson, no doubt.”
