UFC: Tony Ferguson reveals ‘scary’ memory loss, opens up on Michael Chandler KO
- ‘El Cucuy’ thanks fans for their support after devastating defeat by Michael Chandler, which left him with ‘slight headaches in the mornings’
- ‘It was a scary feeling not remembering anything from beginning of second round all the way until I walked up to the ambulance,’ Ferguson says
Tony Ferguson has opened up on his brutal knockout defeat by Michael Chandler at UFC 274 last weekend, revealing he suffered a “scary” bout of memory loss.
“El Cucuy” was up on all three of the judges’ scorecards following the first round, but got caught with a fight-ending front kick almost immediately in the second round.
The loss was Ferguson’s third in a row, a skid that has come after a record 11-fight win streak in the UFC lightweight division, but the American remained upbeat in an Instagram post on Thursday.
“I took a big kick to the dome this past Saturday inside that Octagon. It put me out for a long time,” Ferguson wrote.
“It was a scary feeling not remembering anything from beginning of second round all the way until I walked up to the ambulance. I thank God every day I made the trip back to reality.
“All jokes aside, I didn’t mean to scare you all, should have done things different like keep my ‘hands up and chin down’.”