Ferguson and Gaethje raise their voice against Khabib

The long-awaited UFC 249 is three days away from today and the aura is touching us. The octagon is back with the main event of Tony Ferguson vs Justin Gaethje and with a co-headliner of Henry Cejudo vs Dominick Cruz. Recently UFC team participated in a conference call for UFC 249.

Tony Ferguson, The number one contender for the lightweight championship, Claimed that he is already the number one contender and this match with Justin Gaethje will one more name to his resume. The el cucuy is very confident about his match with Justin Gaethje. The final time Tony Ferguson lost is on May 5, 2012. Tony Ferguson never lost in eight years and he is willing to continue this kind of dominance.

We already know that winner of UFC 249 main event will face the undefeated lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov. Tony Ferguson reported in the conference call that he is looking at UFC 249 as a chance to add another title defence to his resume and not claim a second interim belt.

Tony Ferguson mentioned Khabib and said in the conference call that he is defending his belt for the third time. Tony Ferguson said this is for the real belt and not for the interim title. He said it is for the real championship and only a true champ can hold it.

Tony Ferguson has mentioned this because he has already achieved the interim status to fight the eagle. UFC 249 main event is for the interim lightweight title and Tony Ferguson have already achieved this status. We all know that Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov were scheduled five times and every time it was scrapped for some reasons. All five times, Tony Ferguson gained the interim status.

For Tony Ferguson, the match with Justin Gaethje will just be like kind of warm-up match. Tony Ferguson's opponent has not backed anyway. Justin Gaethje is ready to tear tissue from Tony Ferguson at UFC 249. Justin Gaethje also raised his voice on Khabib just like Tony Ferguson.

Justin Gaethje said that interim belt means he stands as the number two in the world. Justin Gaethje considered him and Tony as two baddest men in the lightweight division. Justin Gaethje engages in a physical fight against Tony Ferguson this Saturday. But, He respects the el cucuy and loves to send Khabib out of UFC. Justin Gaethje said he thinks that they are fighting for the opportunity to represent America Khabib. Justin Gaethje said that is the reason he is fighting for.

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