Tony “El Cucuy” Ferguson is unimpressed with Khabib Nurmagomedov’s record. The 10th planet brown belt doesn’t fawn over Khabib’s Undefeated record. In fact he’s so unimpressed he went so far as to call it padded!

The two fighters will be facing off at the next UFC event in Las Vegas and the fight will determine the interim lightweight champion set to eventually duke it out with Conor McGregor.

“El Cucuy” has a 21-3 record in MMA and is currently on a dominant nine fight winning streak while Nurmagomedov is 8-0 in the UFC and 24-0 in MMA overall.

“Absolutely, you have to respect him,” Ferguson said when asked if he respected Nurmagomedov. “He has [a] 24 win streak but it’s a padded record. I’ve seen it all the time. As far as conditioning goes, he’s only got two rounds in him.”

“I’ve been going four rounds, five rounds. Mexico City, we’re supposed to fight elevation. I was ready to go another 10. I was ready to go man.”

When further prompted about strategy El Cucuy said:

“I’m not a stranger to conditioning. The act of resting, and doing all these different types of things, mental toughness and ice baths and doing all these things that nobody wants to do is what keeps me inside that octagon and keeps me fresh.

“The strategy with Khabib is to beat him mentally. I’ve seen this guy quit and I’ve seen him cry in the sambo match. I’m going to do that same thing. I’m going to hit him in the stomach so hard, he’s going to take a knee and he’s going to ask for me to stop. But the only person who is going to stop [it] is Herb Dean or John McCarthy.”