“What distinguished Ferguson from previous rivals? I think others in his place would have passed out. Even if they did not fall, they would simply refuse to continue the battle. But I did not see this in his eyes, his gaze said that he did not give up. A soldier can understand a lot from his face, he never cheats. Ferguson has completely different emotions. He was not finished, ”said Gathey at a press conference.
Gatgy defeated Ferguson by technical knockout in the fifth round of the main fight at UFC 249 in Jacksonville and became the first contender for the title fight with the current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
It was previously reported that Gatgy threw out the belt of the UFC interim champion after defeating Ferguson.