Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Tony Ferguson
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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
I grew up around really tough-nosed guys so that's all I know.
I can go down to 145. I can kick everyone's butt there.
You dangle a little bit of change in front of somebody and what do they do? They change right up like a chameleon.
I'm looking for pound-for-pound list to be the best in the world and it takes belts to get there so let's get there.
You can't really be one-dimensional in this fight game. If you are, you're going to get knocked out or you're going to get finished. Either that, or you're just going to take a lot of damage and you're just not going to be able to last very long.
The torch needs to be held by somebody that's great. Because champions are made in the dark, baby. We don't need the lights and the spotlight. That stuff is for everybody else, man.
I think I would pose a big threat at 145.
I can take a hit, I know I can hit back twice as hard.
The UFC has a long history of changing a fighter's compensation for a particular bout... There's always changes that's always being made as far as contracts.
I'm a fan pleaser.
I could see myself going to lightweight, but I love welterweight.
The money will come to you, you've just got to keep winning.
I've been training like an Olympian.
This is a fighter sport.
Everybody wants to see this fight. Everybody wants to see these fireworks. They want to see that explosiveness. They want to see me throw Khabib on his back and get that five-point motion with this U.S.A. wrestling. Because if wrestling was easy, it would be called Sambo, my friend. Straight up, I'm going mop that dude up.
You can love somebody without liking them.
This is an Olympic-level type of sport and it needs to be cleaned up.
I'm a fight finisher.
Don't give me an easy fight. I want somebody that's worth it, that's put in their time and put in the amount of effort.
I always knew and my parents always knew I was destined for greatness. I didn't know what sport it was going to be in. I played football, baseball and wrestling.
Any of my previous fights before the UFC and 'the Ultimate Fighter' were all main events and co-main events.
Preparing for a short-notice fight is dangerous, it doesn't even matter who you are preparing for. Short-notice fights suck.
I'm tired of labels. This is my label right here: El Cucuy.
You don't have to use aggression to squash somebody. You have to use your brain.
Nobody wants to be trapped inside that cage me. They don't want to be cut by my elbows, they don't want to get hit by any of my kicks and they don't want their conditioning checked by me.
I work hard for my stuff. And even when I work hard for my stuff, it gets taken away - which is cool. It's alright. You can't take my smile. And you won't.
Opportunity sometimes comes once in a lifetime.
One day, my bike tire broke miles from home and I found a way to fix it. That's what I learned: Even if you don't have all the tools, you can improvise.
You put the pressure on this guy. You test his conditioning. You test the cardio. You test the heart, the will. That's how you beat RDA.
It's not just about knockouts, son. This is mixed martial arts. It's about finishing people. It's about putting in that time, putting in all five rounds.
I don't like red. I like blue. That's my color.
I want to be a multi-division champ.
I'm from the 805, man. I don't have to talk about where I'm from, but I'm tough.
I thought this was the UFC and we're supposed to be the best and toughest fighters in the world.
This is a man's sport. I fight.
I'm a superstar. And I move like a superstar in that Octagon, and I expect somebody to move like that when they signed that dotted line with me.
A jab is established through timing and that's how I take it. Cause I have a 76-inch reach but I'm not worried about range. I'm looking to establish that timing so I can see when that chin is available or I see that the nose is available, I can pop it.
I like food. I like eating.
It's interesting how Khabib fights but to me it's just boring, it's lazy.
I wrestled in college at 165.
I own 170 and 155. These are my weight classes.
I'm an Ultimate Fighter winner at 170. At 155, I'm always proving myself. I have nothing to prove to any of the fans, but to myself, it's my skillset.
I'm beefy. I feel good at 170. My wife loves me at 170.
Everybody has their good days and their bad days, there's always two sides to a story.
Once I lose focus that's when I'm going to go tumbling down the hill.
I'm not one to throw anybody under a bus, but check this out: I'll be the first one to step in front of it.
It's what you do after making a mistake - that's what I like to see. As long as you mature and grow with it, that's fine.
I'm tried of D'arce, D'arce, D'arcing people, but if I have to D'arce somebody else up, the D'arce Knight will return.
You can't just learn wrestling overnight.
I always want to fight someone who is going to be game out there.
I'm consistent.
I would love to fight Khabib, but there's no guarantee he's going to show up and make the weight.
I like to push my body to just extremity to get past the mental toughness barriers. So fighting at 145, that would be great. If Kenny Florian can do it, I can do it.
I like to have job security.
At my academy, I have a full 20x20 canvas but I don't have any ropes around it and do that for a reason so I don't get on my back on the ropes.
I might not always be given the respect that I should have, but it's what fuels me.
I don't want that title to come to my hands and be like, 'nah, I don't feel like it was deserved or it wasn't earned or whatever' - not saying that any of my accolades weren't, but I want it to be special. I want it to be super special and just super dope, and even if it's not special to everybody else, at least it is to me.
If I were to fight Khabib, guaran-damn-tee you I would throw him from his feet to his back and beat him like in sambo like a five-point move in wrestling. That's my background.
Well, being my type of fighter and my type of guy, you know I throw a lot of barrage of punches, kicks, knees and elbows.
If I have a roof over my head and if I'm cashing checks and choking some necks I'm always happy.
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