Gaethje: ‘You’re An Idiot If You’re Not Excited About Ferguson Fight’

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A lot of mixed martial arts (MMA) fans were disappointed to learn that Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, was removed from the upcoming UFC 249 pay-per-view (PPV) fight card on April 18.

And rightly so, considering we’ve been waiting five years for this to happen.

Gaethje (21-2) has 18 knockouts in 21 wins and a staggering seven UFC “Fight Night” bonuses since 2017. As for Ferguson (25-3), he’s got 20 finishes of his own and like “The Highlight,” the submission-savvy “El Cucuy” has racked up a whopping 10 performance bonuses.

As of this writing we still don’t know where the UFC 249 event will take place, only that it’s expected to land on the “west coast.” UFC President Dana White has kept the industry on a need-to-know basis in order to thwart “creeps” who keep blowing up his phone.

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