Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Analysis w/Josh Thomson | Joe Rogan

Speaking of spooky cardio, let's talk about Tony Ferguson. Okay. That guy's got some, and you have personal experience with Tony Ferguson. Yes. Yes. That guy has some spooky... Unfortunately. Unfortunately. He's got spooky fucking cardio, man. I give him a real shot against Khabib. I give him a real shot. Okay, so I do and I don't. And I'm not trying to take a day to get him. I actually am a big fan of his, okay? And I was a big fan of his before I fought him. And I did a lot of research on him leading up to the fight. I never really showed him any respect up until like, ah, he's just okay. He's a little sloppy. He's this, he's that. But once I did the research on him leading up to our fight, it impressed me. What impressed me was, dude, the guy can take a shot, give a shot. The guy doesn't slow down. The guy doesn't care where the fight goes. Anytime you have somebody who doesn't care where the fight goes, it changes the dynamic of how you approach him. Because if you take him down, what does that matter? He don't care. He likes it. Yeah, he's good with the darts. He's good with the guillotine. He's good with trials. He's good with all those. He doesn't care. So if he stays on the feet, guess what? He keeps his distance in his range with his long range push kicks and his jabs and his combinations. He doesn't care where the fight goes. Neither does Khabib. But obviously Khabib would like to keep the fight on the ground, press against the fence, do in work what he's done, and it continues to work and does what he does best. So, look, for me, I feel like the only way that Tony wins is by a cut. I don't think that he can sub him. Now I'm not saying it can't happen. We understand when cuts happen, you get a little more slippery, things slide in a lot faster. Especially in that darts position. He'll hit that dart from any direction. He'll hit it from his guard. He'll hit it from his butt. He'll hit it from anywhere. So if you're hanging out, if Khabib doesn't put the placement of his head in the right spot, it could be a really, really tough night for him. He hits it from side control. Yeah, from being in L-board or from being in show. So he's got all the intangibles to become world champion. He's already a former interim champion, which I still consider him to be the champion at that time. I have nothing bad to say about him. I just think that physically strong, he is not. And I'm not knocking him. I'm just simply saying, strength wise, he is not. But Joe here, I want to shake my hand. His hands will go around yours probably twice. Just bricks. No, he's got such long fingers. That's what threw me off. Honestly, when I shook his hand at the weigh-ins, his fingers wrapped all the way around my hand, almost engulfed my hand. I was like, oh shit, you got really big hands. Well, that makes the power. No, not just that, but when there was a moment there where he had got wrist control. So when I got into his guard, he grabbed my wrist and I couldn't get my arm free. And then in the meantime, he's elbowing me in my head. And I got two Mercedes Benz cuts right here on the front of my forehead. So it was like right there. And then he cut me with a good elbow when I stepped in on one. But the two Mercedes Benz cuts were from him with wrist control and he elbowed me from his guard. If Khabib gets put into his guard, it could end up being a tough fight because cuts happen. When they do happen, you have a shaved head. There's nothing stopping them from flowing right into your eyes. Your eyebrows are not going to stop all that blood. And if you recall, remember the Joe Daddys Stevenson and E. Edwards fights. That shit was just squirting out. There's an Adam Piccolotti fight as well in Bellator where he had cut the guy on the top of the head and literally he gets a rear neck and chokes him and you see blood go everywhere. And I'm just thinking to myself, in a fight where you shave your head or your hair's always really short or it's not going to look good to the judges or to the doctor and things like that. And by the way, and like Shah brought this up. This fight's in New York. With that fucking lame ass doctor that stopped the Nick Diaz fight. The lame ass darkness. So, oh he's got a vagina on his eye. No one gives a shit. Like the guy could still fight. They're being extra cautious in New York right now because it's a relatively new sport is what I believe. I believe too. And then I believe they had that death of that boxer that was there. So then that, they're just trying to make sure, which I understand, the safety of the fighters is most important. Yeah, I would prefer that being in Vegas. Yeah. I would prefer, in Vegas they'll let shit go.