{"id":17047,"date":"2019-06-14T07:01:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T07:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/?p=17047"},"modified":"2019-06-14T07:01:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T07:01:28","slug":"khabib-talks-skinny-fergie-mentally-weak-cerrone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/?p=17047","title":{"rendered":"Khabib Talks Skinny Fergie, Mentally Weak Cerrone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov happened to catch last weekend&rsquo;s (Sat., June 8, 2019) showdown between Tony Ferguson and Donald Cerrone, which took place at UFC 238 in Chicago, Illinois. <\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"readmore\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"stories\":[{\"title\":\"Highlights! Ferguson Busts Up Cerrone&rsquo;s Eye, Wins By Doctor&rsquo;s Stoppage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-238-results-stream-fight-card-news-highlights-start-time-date\/2019\/6\/9\/18658007\/ufc-238-full-fight-video-highlights-cejudo-moraes-espn-chicago-mma-cerrone-ferguson\"}]}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A student of the game, &ldquo;The Eagle&rdquo; took a lot from the fight and found glaring holes in their respective games, saying &ldquo;Cowboy&rdquo; simply isn&rsquo;t mentally strong while Ferguson won&rsquo;t be able to do anything about getting taken down should he ever share the cage with him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was an interesting fight, but anyways, it was standup fight. This is not my style, I maul my opponents. I take them down, smother them and make them tired,&rdquo; Khabib said in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ca8KGWklTxE\">ESPN<\/a>. &ldquo;My style is much different than &lsquo;Cowboy.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"readmore\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"stories\":[{\"title\":\"UFC 238 Results: &lsquo;Cowboy&rsquo; Blows His Nose, Loses After Doctor Stoppage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-238-results-stream-fight-card-news-highlights-start-time-date\/2019\/6\/9\/18658266\/ufc-238-results-cowboy-cerrone-blows-his-broken-nose-tony-ferguson-wins-via-doctors-stoppage\"}]}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&ldquo;Even if we talk about boxing, &lsquo;Cowboy&rsquo; is a very good kicker but he is not a great boxer. He is not a good top boxer, you know? He have not a bad jab, but when someone pressures him he stop. Mentally he is not strong,&rdquo; added &ldquo;The Eagle.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"readmore\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"stories\":[{\"title\":\"Khabib: Mac Is Wack, Gimme Fergie &amp; GSP\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/6\/12\/18663083\/ufc-khabib-shoots-down-conor-mcgregor-rematch-wants-ferguson-st-pierre-cement-p4p-status-mma\"}]}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As far as Tony is concerned, Khabib isn&rsquo;t shy in admitting he won&rsquo;t play &ldquo;El Cucuy&rsquo;s&rdquo; game and strike with him for 25 minutes, saying he will stick to his bread and butter like always and maul him on the ground. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s why I win this fight, maybe Tony think I am going to risk or I am going to striking with him, like all of his opponents, no way. He is very skinny on his body and I am going to take him, catch him and in a couple of minutes make him tired and finish him,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I am completely different fighter than all his opponents.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"readmore\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"stories\":[{\"title\":\"White On Rebooking Ferguson vs Khabib: Hell No! Never Again!\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2018\/4\/2\/17188452\/dana-white-on-booking-ferguson-vs-khabib-fifth-time-hell-no-video\"}]}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Of course, Nurmagomedov is lined up to defend his 155-pound strap against Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 on September 7, 2019 in Abu Dhabi. With a win, he will more than likely defend his title against Ferguson, a man he&rsquo;s been scheduled to face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2018\/4\/1\/17187064\/tony-ferguson-statement-knee-injury-off-ufc-223-khabib-nurmagomedov\">four times before already<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>But if &ldquo;The Diamond&rdquo; has his way, that matchup still won&rsquo;t be happening anytime soon.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><ins class=\"adbladeads\" data-cid=\"25014-4024605408\" data-host=\"web.adblade.com\" data-tag-type=\"4\" style=\"display:none\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/web.adblade.com\/js\/ads\/async\/show.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov happened to catch last weekend&rsquo;s (Sat., June 8, 2019) showdown between Tony Ferguson and Donald Cerrone, which took place at UFC 238 in Chicago, Illinois. A student of the game, &ldquo;The Eagle&rdquo; took a lot from the fight and found glaring holes in their respective games, saying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17047"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}