After days of rumors of their upcoming fight it is finally official, Tony Ferguson will face Anthony Pettis at UFC 229 in his return to the Octagon.
Ferguson hasn’t fought since October of 2017, but comes into his fight with Pettis riding a 10 fight win streak. Pettis last fought back at UFC 226 when he submitted Michael Chiesa in the second round with a triangle.
The fight between Anthony Pettis and Tony Ferguson will join a stacked card that features Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov in the Main Event. At one point it was Ferguson who was scheduled to fight Khabib, but the fight had to be called off after Ferguson suffered a knee injury which ultimately resulted in him being stripped of his Lightweight Championship.
Pettis confirmed the fight on his twitter. You can see the announcement below.
On to the next one! #ufc229 #teampettis #414 #702 pic.twitter.com/YNIljSseI5
— Anthony Pettis (@Showtimepettis) August 24, 2018
- UFC Lightweight Championship Fight
Khabib Nurmagomedov (c) vs. Conor McGregor - Lightweight Fight
Anthony Pettis vs. Tony Ferguson - Heavyweight Fight
Derrick Lewis vs. Alexander Volkov - Flyweight Fight
Sergio Pettis vs. Jussier Formiga - Light Heavyweight Fight
Ovince Saint Preux vs. Dominick Reyes - Welterweight Fight
Ryan LaFlare vs. Tony Martin - Women’s Bantamweight Fight
Lina Länsberg vs. Yana Kunitskaya - Women’s Strawweight Fight
Michelle Waterson vs. Felice Herrig - Bantamweight Fight
Sean O’Malley vs. José Alberto Quiñónez - Lightweight Fight
Scott Holtzman vs. Alan Patrick - Lightweight Fight
Gray Maynard vs. Nik Lentz
Here is the updated UFC 229 fight card:
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