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UFC 274 Podcast: The Tony Ferguson Timeline
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UFC 274 Podcast: The Tony Ferguson Timeline

Breaking down how "El Cucuy" could win 12 straight fights without fighting for the undisputed title and why telling only part of the story feels gross
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Tony Ferguson returns on Saturday, and spent his media session today going in on the UFC for what he views as mistreatment and missed opportunities over the years, prompting others to pile on, questioning how someone could win 12 consecutive fights in the lightweight division and never end up fighting for the undisputed title.

How it happens isn’t actually all that difficult to sort out because we can all reconstruct the timeline of events that led to a number of missed opportunities and different championship fights coming together.

Ferguson also isn’t the only guy to put together a lengthy winning streak and not get a chance to fight for gold in their respective division, but there often isn’t the same kind of vitriol for those other fighters.

Over the course of this 30-minute podcast, I lay out all the information so you can understand the entire Tony Ferguson Timeline and why only arguing in support of “El Cucuy” (or against the UFC) is disingenuous and wilfully leaving out important, established information.

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