Video: Reacting to that crazy UFC 223 conference call with Tony Ferguson, Khabib Nurmagomedov
- from MMA Junkie on Mar 29, 2018
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UFC 223’s pre-fight media call took place today, and it was one of the more combative in recent memory, especially when it came to the engagements between headliners Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Ferguson (23-3 MMA, 13-1 UFC) and Nurmagomedov (25-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC), who meet for the UFC lightweight title in the April 7 pay-per-view headliner at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass, answered questions and traded shots over the phone for nearly an hour.
As all this was going on, co-headliners Rose Namajunas (7-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) and Joanna Jedrzejczyk (14-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC), who clash for the strawweight title, sat patiently in the background and got in minimal words between the main event exchanges.
Naturally, the call elicited a reaction from some members of the MMA community:
Those weren’t the only people with thoughts on today’s UFC 223 conference call, though. Watch the video above from a recap and reaction from MMAjunkie staff reporter Mike Bohn.
For more on UFC 223, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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