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: I love how Tony Ferguson has become the king of unnecessary/borderline dangerous workout routines. Also, tiramisu gonna follow Khabib to his grave. https://t.co/OvZW9CvXVg — Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) March 28, 2018 Missed this during the initial run of the #UFC223 conference call: @TeamKhabib “I can ask Reebok to give you contract, if you want
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