UFC 216: Ferguson vs Lee Info and Prediction Thread

[thejaytiesto]

I miss to watch the fight but my prediction and analysis favor to Ferg for a win. I have no doubt that Tony would win this fight, based on the fight result
 it lasted for 3 rounds via submission,good job Tony ! But i doubt that Ferg and Mcgregor match would not gonna happen earlier next year. Ferg is inferior for McGregor's fighting skills.

I did watch previous fight of Tony Ferguson, although he is a freak of nature, he has also this ability to be hit just like in the Abel fight. If Conor hits him like that he will be KO for sure. I think Conor is leaning towards Diaz fight again. So I doubt that Conor - Ferguson will happen. However, I favor Conor to win if they face in the ring. Conor stand up skills will overcome Tony's aggressiveness. Both of them are tall and awkward, but Conor is just above them all in terms of skills. I'm sure that Conor will KO Tony.

I watched Tony Ferguson vs Lee live, IF Ferguson fight McGregor, McGregor will win 100%. Ferguson is like no def on that match against Lee, Lee is good on the first round but gassed on 2nd round and dead on 3rd round. Ferguson is good on recovery and ground battle though. But if he fight against McGregor, pretty sure mcgregor win.

Kevin Lee did pretty good. I wonder to what extent that infection on his chest was draining his energy. I would like to see a rematch, but for sure, the big match right now is McGregor vs Fergusson. He called him out, the drama is now ready for this match to happen. McGregor said that he wanted to fight again this year and he wanted Khabib tho, so im not sure if we will see this fight happen before Khabib.

I hope McGregor still shines in the UFC after getting beaten in boxing by TBE. Hopefully there was no brain damage on the boxing match because he got hit a bunch of times on the late rounds.

[Hydrogen]

I'm surprised no one is comparing Tony Ferguson to Nate Diaz. They both have similar toughness and durability. McGregor couldn't finish Nate. There's a chance McGregor won't be able to finish Tony Ferguson either. If that's the case, it could be another 5 round war like the 2nd Nate vs Conor fight was.

Kevin Lee's boxing was much improved in his fight with Ferguson. Kevin Lee sparred with Floyd Mayweather to help him prepare for Conor's MMA style of boxing. Tony Ferguson didn't look as good as he normally does, its because Kevin Lee is very good & underrated in a lot of the things he does.

[thejaytiesto]

I'm surprised no one is comparing Tony Ferguson to Nate Diaz. They both have similar toughness and durability. McGregor couldn't finish Nate. There's a chance McGregor won't be able to finish Tony Ferguson either. If that's the case, it could be another 5 round war like the 2nd Nate vs Conor fight was.

Kevin Lee's boxing was much improved in his fight with Ferguson. Kevin Lee sparred with Floyd Mayweather to help him prepare for Conor's MMA style of boxing. Tony Ferguson didn't look as good as he normally does, its because Kevin Lee is very good & underrated in a lot of the things he does.

Tony Ferguson has actually a reach a bit longer than Nate Diaz. It's 76.5 in (194 cm) for Ferguson and 76.0 in (193 cm) for Diaz. Ferguson is 5'11'' and Nate is 6'0''. I think the extra reach for Ferguson is the best physical advantage. Height is good for extra weight and ground game but with Conor I don't see it going to the ground.

I think it may be a similar fight with Nate Diaz, but Ferguson may try to get a takedown and end it up like the first Diaz fight.. it is a tricky fight.

I want to see Khabib or Ferguson fight Conor, both are good.

[TravelMug]

I'm surprised no one is comparing Tony Ferguson to Nate Diaz. They both have similar toughness and durability. McGregor couldn't finish Nate. There's a chance McGregor won't be able to finish Tony Ferguson either. If that's the case, it could be another 5 round war like the 2nd Nate vs Conor fight was.

Kevin Lee's boxing was much improved in his fight with Ferguson. Kevin Lee sparred with Floyd Mayweather to help him prepare for Conor's MMA style of boxing. Tony Ferguson didn't look as good as he normally does, its because Kevin Lee is very good & underrated in a lot of the things he does.

Tony Ferguson has actually a reach a bit longer than Nate Diaz. It's 76.5 in (194 cm) for Ferguson and 76.0 in (193 cm) for Diaz. Ferguson is 5'11'' and Nate is 6'0''. I think the extra reach for Ferguson is the best physical advantage. Height is good for extra weight and ground game but with Conor I don't see it going to the ground.

I think it may be a similar fight with Nate Diaz, but Ferguson may try to get a takedown and end it up like the first Diaz fight.. it is a tricky fight.

I want to see Khabib or Ferguson fight Conor, both are good.

I think Ferguson is more awkward and make a lot of movement as compare to Diaz. But Diaz for me is more tougher. But I agree that the fight couldn't end in a KO but a back and forth if Conor would face Ferguson. Really hard to see how the fight ends and yes its gonna be tricky indeed. Although that kind of awkwardness, being lanky will play a role in the latter part of the fight. I don't know but Conor says he is wants the Diaz fight. So I guess let Khabib and Ferguson push their fight and the winner facing Conor whatever the outcome of his fight with Diaz.

[bbc.reporter]

From reading all your comments, I reckon many of you are now starting to doubt Conor's ability in fighting after his embarrassing debut in boxing.

Tony Ferguson will be knocked out if he fights Conor. Conor is faster and a very strong puncher, while Tony is easily hit when he charges. This clearly plays well in Conor's counter attacks.

[thejaytiesto]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4agZ5u9F6Dg

Dana White says that Nate Diaz trilogy against Conor McGregor is internet bullshit. The match that makes sense now is going to be Tony Ferguson vs Conor McGregor.

Of course McGregor has enough power in UFC now to choose who he fights so he might disagree with that. To be honest any of the 3 fights will be fun to watch.

[bbc.reporter]

@jaytiesto. I want Conor vs Tony Ferguson. Fighting Nate would be entertaining but that will not reinforce Conor's position as the lightweight champion.

Also who is the best of the 3 for you, Nate, Tony or Khabib?

[thejaytiesto]

@jaytiesto. I want Conor vs Tony Ferguson. Fighting Nate would be entertaining but that will not reinforce Conor's position as the lightweight champion.

Also who is the best of the 3 for you, Nate, Tony or Khabib?

I don't know I think all of them are interesting and will have huge drama behind it which is always fun for the build up.

Khabib is probaly the hardest fight and would be a big show if it's in Russia.

Nate because of the trilogy thing.

Ferguson because Conor would prove if he can defend a belt.

So all good fights in my book.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

I'm surprised no one is comparing Tony Ferguson to Nate Diaz. They both have similar toughness and durability. McGregor couldn't finish Nate. There's a chance McGregor won't be able to finish Tony Ferguson either. If that's the case, it could be another 5 round war like the 2nd Nate vs Conor fight was.

Kevin Lee's boxing was much improved in his fight with Ferguson. Kevin Lee sparred with Floyd Mayweather to help him prepare for Conor's MMA style of boxing. Tony Ferguson didn't look as good as he normally does, its because Kevin Lee is very good & underrated in a lot of the things he does.

Kevin Lee is really young and this loss could make him understand the difference between mat experience and understanding of the ground game ,Kevin Lee has a really good ground game but Tony Ferguson knew what Kevin lee had to offer when on the ground when he escaped the arm bar in the first attempt by rolling and that quickly registered and in his next attempt trapped him and was a clinical performance.Tony is a freestyle fighter and he will improvise during the match and when Lee was bursting through in the first two rounds he was patient as he knew his time will come.

[bbc.reporter]

There were articles about Conor's tweet that his next fight might be versus Tony Ferguson. The tweet was a caricature of Conor as Tony Montana of the movie Scar Face with the caption Tony.

I reckon that is all the clue we need, but when will it be?

[eaLiTy]

There were articles about Conor's tweet that his next fight might be versus Tony Ferguson. The tweet was a caricature of Conor as Tony Montana of the movie Scar Face with the caption Tony.

I reckon that is all the clue we need, but when will it be?

It is going to be a great fight if Conor McGregor accept the challenge and defend his first belt in his entire career.  Till now he has not defended any of his belts he won throughout his career and if he defends it now,it will be a feather in his cap . The division is filled with killers and i want to see if he could over come Tony and then Khabib will be waiting after that. 

[PadSt3]

Hard to tell between Conor and Ferguson because Conor's mic skills are seemingly too deceiving. He even had me fooled he could KO Mayweather. but aside that, yeah he's now got Diaz in his head and thinks of Ferguson as "just another fight" maybe. Again, to me, the match-up seems like it's evenly poised