PHOENIX – Tony Ferguson no longer finds “Dana White privilege,” a phrase he coined last year, to be funny, but that doesn’t mean Michael Chandler can’t have fun with it.
Ferguson (25-6 MMA, 15-4 UFC) came up with it during the UFC 262 pre-fight press conference where both he and Chandler were competing on the same card. Ferguson was referencing big opportunities the UFC handed Chandler upon his arrival from Bellator as he faced Charles Oliveira for the vacant lightweight title in just his second octagon bout.
Now, Ferguson and Chandler (22-7 MMA, 1-2 UFC) will go from simply sharing a card to sharing the cage Saturday in the UFC 274 pay-per-view main card, but Ferguson is less than jovial heading into this bout. He took aim at the UFC and its treatment of him and appears to be taking his own coined phrase personally.
