Tony Ferguson is undoubtedly one of the most underrated fighters in the UFC. He’s proven himself time and time again – most recently just this past weekend against Rafael Dos Anjos.

Ferguson won his last 6 out of 8 fights with a finish yet he’s still not considered a frontrunner for a title shot.

“If my concern was getting a shot at the belt as soon as possible, I’d probably be [angry],” he said to Yahoo!Sports. “I’m more interested in receiving my black belt from Eddie Bravo’s 10^th Planet jiu-jitsu system than the UFC belt right now. The [UFC] belt is tarnished, man. I feel like the belt has been in so many different hands, it’s so polluted. It needs to be recycled by the time I get there.”

“I think everybody wants me to get the title, but for me, I don’t do what everybody else wants me to do. I’m a leader, not a follower, man. I’m a super fighter. I create super fights. The people who actually give me the righteous fights are the ones who are going to be the best for me, give or take whether it’s a title fight. I really don’t give a [expletive]. I really don’t.”

Of course Ferguson fights in the same division where Conor McGregor will try to make history over the weekend! But Ferguson is not interested into talking a huge game, unlike McGregor:

“I don’t know how many fighters would even do that. I don’t need to keep my name out there by talking [expletive] and by trying to bring myself down to their level. My interviews are pretty much heated all the time, only because when people give me those questions, I’m a blue-chip athlete. I’m a blue-chip athlete who comes from an academic background. I use my head. I’m not just a knucklehead.”

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