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Former provisional lightweight champion Tony Ferguson suffered a devastating knee injury before he was forced to face Khabib Nurmagomedov in the UFC 223 main event in April. He underwent surgery to repair his fibular collateral ligament six months ago.
He returned to the Octagon on Saturday in the UFC 229 co-main event and reclaimed his place as the top contender in the 155-pound division by stopping champion Anthony Pettis.
Ferguson kept a relentless pace and applied constant pressure. He gave Pettis little time or space to work and forced to form titleholder to fight moving away. He targeted the body with punches and kicks as Pettis did his best to return fire.
In the second frame, Ferguson kept the pressure on Pettis but was clipped by a hand. He quickly got back to his feet. He rolled and covered. Pettis Ferguson followed by Ferguson Ferguson. As Pettis poses up, Ferguson kicked him off and rose to his feet.
He opened up a large cut along Pettis 'hairline and then another over Pettis' left eye. A doctor was called to the cut and a towel was used to wipe the blood off Ferguson's face. Ferguson smiled at Pettis as the fight was restarted.
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Once the action resumed, Ferguson picked up the pace. He unloaded combination after combination as Pettis covered up the cage. Ferguson was overwhelming him with volume. As the round ended, Pettis was slow getting to his corner.
While on the stool, Pettis revealed to his coaches that his right hand was broken. His coaches decided to stop fighting against him Ferguson with one hand. With Pettis' corner calling off the fight, Ferguson picked up a TKO win.
Following the win, Ferguson turned his attention to form two-division champion Conor McGregor during his post-fight interview.
"Where are you at McNugget, you're — ing piece of s — I'm going to kick your a–. b —- I'll give you a proper a– whoppin any day, "he yelled into the microphone.
"I had no fun going in there," he said, "I was going to be sparring," he said. "Thank you UFC, I'm back."
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