A biography for Tony Fergusonhasn’t been written yet.
“We all have to pay our bills. We all have to pay our taxes. Straight up.”
“I don't follow nobody. If people want to follow me, it's because they see talent.”
“I could see myself going to lightweight, but I love welterweight.”
“At the end of the day, does the UFC really like its fighters?”
“I'm an entertaining fighter.”
“It would be nice to finish Khabib via liver shots, wouldn't it? I just want to see him wincing in pain on the ground where he belongs.”
“I would love to fight Khabib, but there's no guarantee he's going to show up and make the weight.”
“Now if you play video games all the time and you're a real gamer, you're not going to use the Game Genie, you're not going to use the codes.”
“I've never been much for the accolades and for the trophies and for the merits because at one time in my life I kind of got bored of all those.”
“I grew up around really tough-nosed guys so that's all I know.”
“I like to have job security.”
“You can love somebody without liking them.”
“I thought this was the UFC and we're supposed to be the best and toughest fighters in the world.”
“That's what I signed up for in the beginning. I was 170 pounds; 155 was forced on me.”
“I show up. I make weight. I'm a professional.”
“I'm consistent.”
“Go back and watch my old footage, man. Go back and watch my old fights. I knocked people out at 170 pounds.”
“Preparing for a short-notice fight is dangerous, it doesn't even matter who you are preparing for. Short-notice fights suck.”
“Finesse is catching the baseball on the edge of your glove when you're turning two, making the one-handed grabs and shoestring tackles by running across the field in football. And finesse is what I bring to fighting.”
“I don't want to be close with anyone who's wishy-washy.”