The Tuf 13 tournament winner Tony Ferguson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-3-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Rafael dos Anjos). He suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Michael Johnson, since then he has won six consecutive bouts beating Gleison Tibau (=Ferguson vs Tibau) and Josh Thomson in 2015 (=Thomson vs Ferguson),
His opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do Edson Barboza, has an official record of 16-3-0 (69% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. He has also fought twice in 2015 losing to Michael Johnson (=Barboza vs Johnson) and winning over Paul Felder (=Barboza vs Felder). Ferguson vs Barboza is on the undercard of Frankie Edgar vs Chad Mendes – UFC Tuf 22 Finale. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale: Team McGregor vs Team Faber
Date: 2015-12-11
Where: The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: lightweight (155 lbs, 70 kg)
UFC Tuf Finale 22 fight card (main fights):
Frankie Edgar vs Chad Mendes
Artem Lobov vs Ryan Hall
Tony Ferguson vs Edson Barboza
Joe Lauzon vs Evan Dunham
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs Jason Knight
Gabriel Gonzaga vs Konstantin Erokhin
Barboza’s next fight: Anthony Pettis vs Edson Barboza
Ferguson’s next fight: Tony Ferguson vs Landon Vannata
Official video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hVpOme_8Ns
How can this get given 3 stars and be MMA fight of the week, yet McGregor/Aldo gets given four stars and isn’t MMA fight of the week?
because for the mma fight of the week we choose the best bout overall: this means good work on the ground, nice striking exchanges, high pace, back and forth action, etc…and unfortunately we can’t see all these things in the Aldo vs McGregor fight.
Thanks for your comment “dazy Juno”