A jab is established through timing and that's how I take it. Cause I have a 76-inch reach but I'm not worried about range. I'm looking to establish that timing so I can see when that chin is available or I see that the nose is available, I can pop it.

Tony Ferguson

The torch needs to be held by somebody that's great. Because champions are made in the dark, baby. We don't need the lights and the spotlight. That stuff is for everybody else, man.

Tony Ferguson

Once I lose focus that's when I'm going to go tumbling down the hill.

Tony Ferguson

Everybody has their good days and their bad days, there's always two sides to a story.

Tony Ferguson

You don't have to use aggression to squash somebody. You have to use your brain.

Tony Ferguson

When I first started fighting, it wasn't the easiest thing. I didn't have all the money in the world. I was eating Subway once in a while, some packets of oatmeal here and there. It wasn't that bad, but it's because I was fortunate and had good people there to support me.

Tony Ferguson

Now if you play video games all the time and you're a real gamer, you're not going to use the Game Genie, you're not going to use the codes.

Tony Ferguson

I might not always be given the respect that I should have, but it's what fuels me.

Tony Ferguson

I work hard for my stuff. And even when I work hard for my stuff, it gets taken away - which is cool. It's alright. You can't take my smile. And you won't.

Tony Ferguson

Nobody wants to be trapped inside that cage me. They don't want to be cut by my elbows, they don't want to get hit by any of my kicks and they don't want their conditioning checked by me.

Tony Ferguson

I never make the same mistake twice. If you catch me slipping one time, good for you, but it ain't gonna happen again.

Tony Ferguson

You put the pressure on this guy. You test his conditioning. You test the cardio. You test the heart, the will. That's how you beat RDA.

Tony Ferguson

I'm not one to throw anybody under a bus, but check this out: I'll be the first one to step in front of it.

Tony Ferguson

I don't want that title to come to my hands and be like, 'nah, I don't feel like it was deserved or it wasn't earned or whatever' - not saying that any of my accolades weren't, but I want it to be special. I want it to be super special and just super dope, and even if it's not special to everybody else, at least it is to me.

Tony Ferguson

A lot of people like to trash talk, but I don't. I like to use my movements inside the cage to do my talking.

Tony Ferguson

I'm a fight finisher.

Tony Ferguson

Preparing for a short-notice fight is dangerous, it doesn't even matter who you are preparing for. Short-notice fights suck.

Tony Ferguson

You can love somebody without liking them.

Tony Ferguson

Any of my previous fights before the UFC and 'the Ultimate Fighter' were all main events and co-main events.

Tony Ferguson

Everybody wants to see this fight. Everybody wants to see these fireworks. They want to see that explosiveness. They want to see me throw Khabib on his back and get that five-point motion with this U.S.A. wrestling. Because if wrestling was easy, it would be called Sambo, my friend. Straight up, I'm going mop that dude up.

Tony Ferguson

I'm tried of D'arce, D'arce, D'arcing people, but if I have to D'arce somebody else up, the D'arce Knight will return.

Tony Ferguson