Fighters react to Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje for interim title at UFC 249
On Monday, the Ultimate Fighting Champion announced that UFC 249 would proceed as scheduled on April 18 with Justin Gaethje stepping in to face Tony Ferguson for the interim lightweight title.
Following the announcement, fighters reacted to the new UFC 249 main event via social media.
TRENDING > Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje title fight headlines UFC 249 ‘somewhere on Earth’
The fight is signed and is 100% ON LIVE on ESPN somewhere on EARTH!!!! ?@TonyFergusonXT vs @Justin_Gaethje is LIVE on @espn+ PPV April 18th for the interim lightweight belt! pic.twitter.com/aH44zg5K30
— danawhite (@danawhite) April 6, 2020
#forthepeople I’m terrified and I fucken love it. #ufc
— Justin Gaethje ?? (@Justin_Gaethje) April 6, 2020
AMAZING FIGHT FOR FIGHT FANS! …. THOUGHTS? https://t.co/nJ0YfWKADk
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) April 6, 2020
Unfortunate we don’t get the Ferguson/khabib but This is still going to be ??? #UFC249 https://t.co/dyo1tCaylQ
— Alex Volkanovski (@alexvolkanovski) April 6, 2020
Real man shit right here. Go get yourself some, @Justin_Gaethje. #ufc249 #forthepeople https://t.co/98AQSxXoiJ
— Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) April 6, 2020
Does this smash ppv numbers ? Salut @danawhite and the @ufc for making it happen ?? pic.twitter.com/QfoV9eddoa
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) April 6, 2020
The man let’s go Gaethje ??? https://t.co/EW5sSIDcha
— Damien Brown ダミアン・ブラウン (@beatdown155) April 6, 2020
so we all gonna ignore the fact Khabob ran away from the fight 🙄
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) April 6, 2020
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) April 6, 2020
mark my words @TheNotoriousMMA will make that rat pay i can’t fucking wait till the rematch.
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) April 6, 2020
After all this, we won’t get the best of either guy. When most of the world is stressed about their next paycheck the ufc is dropping a fight on PPV that people will want to see but not the one they actually saved up for. https://t.co/RbA50viXql
— Josh Thomson (@THEREALPUNK) April 6, 2020
The @ufc hasn’t ever done @TonyFergusonXT any favors. Someone who’s been a company man, a dominate athlete in the sport for so many years and this is always what he gets, an Interim Title. Viewership of this card is so unknown with everyone holding onto their last pennies. #sad
— Josh Thomson (@THEREALPUNK) April 6, 2020
Rest of the card ?
— Brian Kelleher (@brianboom135) April 6, 2020
Fighters react to Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje for interim title at UFC 249
