UFC 262: Tony Ferguson decries Michael Chandler’s ‘Dana White privilege’, blasts Khabib at presser
- Former interim champ insists Chandler was ‘handed’ fight for vacant lightweight title against Charles Oliveira
- ‘Dana is right, he said timing is everything … These guys are going to try to keep the title away from me as much as they can’
Tony Ferguson may be fighting Beneil Dariush this weekend at UFC 262, but “El Cucuy” took a dig at Michael Chandler during Thursday night’s press conference in Houston.
Chandler faces Charles Oliveira for the vacant lightweight title in Saturday night’s main event. Though former UFC interim champ Ferguson feels the former Bellator king has been given a leg up since switching promotions last year and making a stunning debut with a first-round TKO of Dan Hooker in January.
“You [expletive] dodged me too, Chandler – you’re a b****,” Ferguson shouted at Chandler, who replied, “That’s not true.”
“Every person out here except this guy [Oliveira], that’s sitting next to me,” Ferguson added. “I’m going to be real. The other side? That’s the losers. You wanna come over here, this is the victory side of the table.”
“You could’ve fought me January 23 and I would have done the same thing to you as I did to Dan Hooker,” Chandler snapped back.
“You [expletive] said no, man. I’m going to be real. You got this s*** handed to you. You got Dana White privilege.”
