Conor McGregor and Tony Ferguson have finally broken his silence. The frustration of not being able to step up for the Lightweight title at UFC 223- Tony finally responded to the criticism by Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz in his own way. He is also disappointed with the decision of UFC president Dana White that he will be stripped off the Interim lightweight belt without getting a title defense match.
Nate Diaz (19-11 MMA, 14-9 UFC) took no time to mock Tony as soon as he withdrew from the main event of UFC 223 calling a knee injury.
Lol these guys can't even make it to war..
— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) April 2, 2018
Still the undisputed Lightweight champion McGregor also fired at Tony with a filthy reaction, the next day.
These fools pull out more times than I do with my dick.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 2, 2018
Conor and Nate have not appeared in the octagon for 1,098 days in combined. Tony mocked the two lightweights sarcastically for their inactivity in UFC. He first hit on the Irishman with a retweet.
.Can’t Pull Out If You Never Fight McNuggets- Stay In Your Lane McDucker, Good Job “Staying Ready”™? https://t.co/LNp8ksyI0U
— Tony Ferguson (@TonyFergusonXT) April 3, 2018
Conor has not appeared in any fight following his boxing match against Floyd Mayweather and is reported to be making his return in September.
Tony didn't stop here. He also retweeted on Nate's mocking tweet mimicking for his absence since UFC 202 in August of 2016.
.Stay In Your Lane Nathan, Last Time I Checked You Ducked The Whole Roster. Can’t Fight In A War If You Never Sign Up For Battle. https://t.co/x0HKElDd3n
— Tony Ferguson (@TonyFergusonXT) April 3, 2018
UFC 223 will be held on April 7 where Featherweight champion Max Holloway will be looking for the second belt in a bout against Khabib Nurmagomedov. Dana also revealed that the match been Ferguson-Nurmagomedov will never be set up after its fourth fall.