LAS VEGAS – Paddy Pimblett is dismissing Tony Ferguson ’s six-fight losing skid ahead of their UFC 296 clash. Pimblett (20-3 MMA, 4-0 UFC) will return to the octagon after a one-year layoff and ankle surgery to take on former interim lightweight champ Ferguson (25-9 MMA, 15-7 UFC) at Saturday’s pay-per-view main card at T-Mobile Arena, which follows prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+. Ferguson enters the event on the second-longest run of consecutive defeats on UFC history, and at 39, there are many questions about the status of his career. Pimblett is charged with the assignment of extending that skid, and although he has a soft spot for Ferguson, he said he can’t show any of that in the octagon. “It’s an honor to be fighting Tony Ferguson – one of the best lightweights of all time,” Pimblett told MMA Junkie and other reporters at UFC 296 media day.
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