Filed under: Featured , News , UFC UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor finally has spoken up, and it looks like he’s accepted a fight with Tony Ferguson . McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) today tweeted a picture casting himself as the fictional character Tony Montana from “Scarface” – a la popular video game “Grand Theft Auto” – with the simple caption: “Tony.” Tony pic.twitter.com/IhPaemJP30 — Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) October 13, 2017 That can be no other Tony than Tony Ferguson (24-3 MMA, 14-1 UFC), who this past Saturday claimed the interim lightweight title with a third-round submission of Kevin Lee (16-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) at UFC 216. McGregor was all over the map about his future plans during a press conference this past month, indicating he could return to boxing, or possibly fight a trilogy with rival Nate Diaz (19-11 MMA, 14-9 UFC), or face off with the winner of the interim title fight. UFC President Dana White was a little less flexible, indicating after Ferguson’s victory that he is next to face McGregor and unify the titles. Today during a press conference in support of a middleweight title bout between champ Michael Bisping and ex-welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre at UFC 217, he said the same. “The Ferguson fight is the fight that makes sense,” White said
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