Brock Lesnar is never one to bite his tongue, and on one occasion, it landed him in hot water with Tony Ferguson.
‘El Cucuy’ has confessed that the comment made by the former UFC heavyweight champion, ‘got to’ him.
Tony Ferguson did not take kindly to this remark from Brock Lesnar
Back in 2010, Tony Ferguson appeared on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos.
With a captivating personality and a willingness to engage in heated back-and-forths in the house, the Mexican-American made huge waves on our television screens.
Upon his arrival in the competition, Ferguson discovered that Brock Lesnar would have the responsibility of leading him into battle.
With tremendous skills inside the cage, the heavyweight icon certainly had enough wisdom to pass down to his team.
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However, his method of conveying his feelings didn’t go down brilliantly with his star student.
During the show, Lesnar made the following speech: “Seize the moment, fellas. I haven’t seen jacks**t. You all look like chicken s**t. This is the real thing. You guys walk around here, you’re bada** this, bada**, that.
“Win, lose or draw, I don’t give a s**t. You go out there and put your balls on the line.”
The insult undeniably got under Ferguson’s skin, with the jiu-jitsu practitioner, venting his frustration during a confessional.
He fumed: “It kind of got to me at first. And I think it kind of got to a lot of us. I ain’t no chicken s**t. That’s for damn sure.”
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Realizing he needed to clarify his comments, Lesnar gathered his team together and said: “Before you guys got on this show, you were one in 2,000,000 people.
“You guys were just another fighter. Just another 170-pound chicken s**t. But now, you guys are chicken salad.”
Taking the feedback on board, Ferguson ended up winning the entire show. And many years later, the esteemed fighter has conceded that his old coach may have been right all along.
At the pre-UFC 262 press conference, Ferguson said: “I made contact with Brock. He said, ‘Do you understand what I was talking about with the difference between chicken s**t and chicken salad’? I said, ‘Absof**inglutely’.”
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