According to UFC president Dana White, Tony Ferguson won’t be returning to the octagon at UFC 254 as expected. The UFC originally had hoped to have Ferguson (25-4 MMA, 15-2 UFC) fight fellow former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier (26-6 MMA, 18-5 UFC) at the Oct. 24 event in Abu Dhabi, but a contract dispute with Poirier put the breaks on making it official. Ferguson has since stood by Poirier , encouraging the UFC on multiple occasions to meet his asking price. White said it’s not happening, though, and insinuated that Poirier negotiated himself out of a deal because he “didn’t want to fight.” On Tuesday, White said that, with Poirier out of the picture, a new fight had been presented to Ferguson, and he expected “El Cucuy” to accept. “I told you we’ve got a fight,” White said at the DWCS 33 post-fight news conference
See more here:
Dana White says Tony Ferguson won’t fight at UFC 254: ‘They went quiet on us’ – MMA Junkie