“Fight Ferguson and Habib? It is no longer relevant. Now there is a more dangerous fighter for Nurmagomedov. Now Gathey has proved that he deserves this much more. He confirmed that in this situation he is more dangerous for Khabib, ”Sport24 quotes Shlemenko.
However, he does not believe that Ferguson has completely lost the match. In his opinion, Gatgi was in a better position before the fight, as Ferguson drove the weight twice.
“It would be interesting to see the fight between Ferguson and Khabib in these more or less equal conditions, but it turned out the way it happened,” Shlemenko added.
Gacy defeated Ferguson by technical knockout in the fifth round of the UFC 249 main fight in Jacksonville and became the first contender for the title fight with Nurmagomedov. For Ferguson, this defeat was the first in eight years.
Earlier, Nurmagomedov spoke out about a possible fight with Gatzhi.