actually, this tournament was scheduled for April 18, and Ferguson’s opponent was to be none other than current world champion Russian Khabib Nurmagomedov. However, due to the pandemic coronavirus meeting these men fell for the fifth time. The tournament had to be postponed, and Habib because of quarantine restrictions was unavailable for the match.
In the end, the battle for the world title was reformatted to fight for the WBC interim world champion. Clear favorite it was considered Tony Ferguson, issued a series of 12 consecutive victories. From American of Mexican origin were waiting for him just confirms their right to fight against Habib. Gati came up with to fight with a more modest series of three victories. But if Justin somebody underestimated, then nothing. Geti immediately took over the match under control, regularly taking strong blows to the head. With each round of contact with Justin was getting tougher, and it’s amazing how Ferguson in the final five minutes never ended up on the floor. However, the fight was still stopped early in the fifth round: too revealing was beating Tony Ferguson.
“I want to fight only with Habib,” said a new interim champion of the world after the end of the match. Note that the Nurmagomedov in social media reacted to the victory Gati phrase “no comment.”
For 31-year-old Gati is 22 victory in MMA and two defeats. And Tony Ferguson suffered a fourth defeat and the first in 13 fights.
Note that in the framework of the tournament it was still some bright duels. In another title fight of the evening, Henry Cejudo won the world title belt in the easiest weight, cutting down in the second round Dominic Cruz. After that 33-year-old Cejudo announced his retirement.
also note the win knockouts Francis Ngandu and Calvin of Kattera over Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Jeremy Stephens, respectively. As well as the success of Russian Alexey Oleinik, who defeated Fabricio Werdum by split decision.
