Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee are battling for the vacant UFC Interim Lightwℱeight Title in the main eve൲nt of UFC 216.
Despite his main event status, the lightweight contender isn’t happy that a flyweight t✱itle fight between Demetrious Johnson and Ray Borg doℱesn’t get top billing.
“I was upset, I was upset,” Ferguson said at a UFC 216 media lunch. “I was gonna write Johnson a note and tell him and be like, ‘Hey man, I feel f-cking terrible for you.’ Shit, I’m not getting any (PPV) points on this stuff. So you know what, why? Why would you make me the main event? I’m an entertaining fighter. I’m gonna be always the main event.”
Johnson and Borg were originally set to headline UFC 215 last month, but the fight was cancelled a꧑fter Borg came down with an illness.
Ferguson also believes that the♚ flyweight title bout should be in the top spot because it is the right thing to𒆙 do.
“What I’m saying is something along the lines of righteousness and right rankings and virtue has got skipped,” Ferguson said. “I’m here to remind everybody.”
UFC 216 takeꩵs place on Saturday, Oc𒉰tober 7 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada with Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee headlining. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event, with a post-show podcast to follow.
