Tsarukyan: “Ferguson has a wagon of spirit, he will still fight. Of the top 10, he and Gillespie are interesting “

UFC lightweight champion Arman Tsarukyan announced his readiness to fight against Tony Ferguson in case of his victory over Yoel Alvarez.

“From the top 10 for me it would be interesting [Грегор] Gillespie. We won’t take Conor. Tony Ferguson. In general, everyone is interesting, I would fight with everyone, – Arman Tsarukyan said in an interview with the MetaMMA TV YouTube channel. “I don’t think Tony was a downed pilot. I think he will pick up. Ferguson lost and got up a lot, so he’s fine with that. He has a wagon spirit, so I think he will still fight.

Alvarez and Tsarukyan will fight at the UFC Fight Night 202 tournament, which will take place on the night of February 27 in Las Vegas.

The 25-year-old Tsarukyan has 17 wins and 2 losses. Alvarez, 28, has 19 wins and 2 losses.

Ferguson is on a three loss streak against Justin Gaethje, Charles Oliveira and Beneil Dariush. In total, the 37-year-old former interim UFC lightweight champion has 25 wins and 6 losses.