Tony Ferguson is Ready for WAR.

we could talk about Tony Ferguson. What's this Saturday? What about that? That's great. You got any questions? What you've been working with them? Fuck? Yeah, fuck. Yeah, dude. He's he's sharper stronger In the best shape of his life. It's the same Tony that you know You think like is it gonna be the same Tony after you know that you know he had he had some you know Family stuff go on is that gonna change him, you know? His opponents Hope it changes him, but he has he's the same Tony when it comes to fighting We don't get into personal stuff. We just stick to fighting and the strategy. He's sharper than ever It's I'm not you know, you can't guarantee any wins, but I will guarantee that he's gonna go win a hundred percent Tony It's a crazy matchup. It's very good match That's like Russian roulette right there. Do they're gonna be throwing bombs at each other. It's real good particularly now with Donald has been on a tear like the last four fights three four fights I mean he's just looked so good man the ally Quinta fight for people who know how good Al is for Donald to handle out like that and drop him and You know and really put it to him like the way Al put it I mean Al said he beat the shit out of me. That's what Al's exact quote was I was very Complimentary and respectful after the fight. Yeah cowboy is no joke that guy's on fire right now He doesn't fight like a beeb. He doesn't fight like Connor. He fights like Tony. So it's like similar It's like Tony versus Tony, you know what I mean? Yeah, and it's shit. Yeah, both good on the ground They're very good on the ground. We respect Cowboys fucking ground game a lot and you know, we You know, we did what we could to make sure, you know, nothing bad happens on the ground. You know what I mean? Yeah, but they both have everything. They both have great striking. They both have great submissions Tony's coming for war like he always does it's gonna be the same Tony. They're throwing down. That's for sure Now when Tony let me ask you this because you know the answer to this when Tony had his knee fixed Did he spar during that camp because someone said that he didn't do any sparring? It was like one of the rumors from someone who knew him. Um, I think he keeps his sparring, you know, I'm not striking Right. Yes. I'm never there for the striking. I'm never it's separate. We don't know I'm never I've never seen him I'm Never there for the striking. I'm gonna show us when they're scrappling his the the amount of time that it took him And big you know what in Big Bear He didn't we didn't bring anybody to spar like hardcore. It was just like lights touching. Yeah, cuz the lights were letting the knee heal Oh, no, that's a different fight Okay Talking about the knee remember you had the massive knee injury and then he had surgery and then what I've heard knows you're right No, no in the past fight. Oh, yeah, no sparring. No sparring. Yeah, that's crazy. Very light. Very light Hmm. Well, I guess you know When you already world-class you could do that and can't fuck with that knee He didn't want to fuck that wanted to make sure nothing went wrong get to the get to the fight It was it was the right choice and sure and when he showed up against Pettis he looked like same old Tony. He did it was stunning vicious You're talking about a catastrophic knee injury and then in six months later. Yes fighting a world-class fighter and he's getting his legs checked Yeah, you know, he got the knee checked. He we even worried at one point in time They might be injured what makes Tony so good in my opinion just based on working with them is It seems that you know at at the highest level high-pressure fight people are aren't as They're more cautious they don't want to try to do anything stupid They're not fucking just letting it swing and letting it go Tony isn't like that Tony is people want to get to the point where they just unleash and then we give a fuck and then there's a lot of fighters Like that, but Tony when he's in there, it's like like Nick Diaz. They're not afraid to throw anything You know what? I mean? He goes in there. He'll throw two spinning elbows in a row, right? And he's just having fun It's like he's alive and he's having fun in there and he's and on the ground He's not gonna be hesitant to do something wild and crazy That's just the way he is man and he thrives in the cage and there's zero hold back He's he's he comes out guns a blazing the whole time. Yeah, they're both at the top of their game, man That's for sure, you know and Tony didn't miss a step when he got that knee injury Which is very impressive even in striking was on point when he fought Pettis Yeah, and even got tested he got clipped Pettis hurt him, you know, he knows how to survive man He's a very unusual fighter man. Very difficult to prepare for Always studying always adding new weapons to his arsenal always adding something to his Workout routine. He's always adding shit. He has the ability to focus more than anybody I know he his ability to focus and you see that not only in you know The striking aspect of his game or the wrestling but you see it in the jiu-jitsu and that's where I see it is He has so much focus. He doesn't I don't have to reteach him shit I will show him a very complicated transition of moves like that, you know in spider web doing the Bollinger break There's like four moves you got to do pop you got a firearm It's got to be so smooth There can't be any fuckups and I show him this and after like four or five reps He's got it down. Mmm, and most people it take it's take six months to get it down to understand it and he just can he just Doesn't take him long to learn shit anything wrestling striking anything new he's down But he doesn't forget it. That's the most important thing. He remembers all this shit and You know, it's so who's working with him with striking a guy named Rashad and used to I think he was a like An Olympic hopeful back in the day boxer. Yeah, most guys do that, right? Yeah, it seems like there's not a lot of guys who just use one for all striking Yeah, he's got a bunch of people to train him. He's got a couple different strength and conditioning coaches He's got a whole crew man. I think that's important And he's really really into recovery like he spends a serious time recovering He's got all these contraptions, you know those things that you could they're like leg sleeves or my text and and they inflate Mm-hmm, and he's on that all the time. He's like he's When it comes to rehab for any injury, he's like like a professional NFL player, you know, and Ice baths like you know massages he doesn't fuck around man He's he's a hundred percent thinking about and doing something for the fight. Usually just non-stop. He can go on for hours. It's crazy