Conor McGregor opens as betting favorite ahead of Tony Ferguson
However, for Ferguson, the one-time proprietor of a record-setting 12-fight winning run in the lightweight ranks, most recently dropped his worrying sixth consecutive loss back in July on the main card of UFC 291, the Oxnard native was submitted in the third round with an arm-triangle choke loss to Bobby Green. Gearing up for his own continued stint in the organization and within the sport itself despite his disappointing string of losses, Ferguson has scoffed at critics and those advising him to consider his retirement from the sport, claiming he had no intentions of hanging up his gloves from combat competition. Without a win since 2019, coincidentally, Ferguson’s most recent win, akin to Conor McGregor, came via a doctor’s stoppage TKO win over recent Hall of Fame inductee, Donald Cerrone back in 2019.On that occasion, the Dubliner dropped a first round doctor’s stoppage TKO loss to Louisana native, after fracturing his left tibia and fibula in the opening frame.Welcoming a long-rumored pairing between himself and the former two-weight gold holder, Ferguson has opened on many markets, however, as a sizeable +230 betting underdog to beat the Dubliner – who is priced currently at -280 on many markets.McGregor, a former undisputed lightweight and featherweight champion under the banner of the UFC, will face the job of ending a two-fight losing skid to another former interim titleholder, Dustin Poirier, sidelined since July 2021.Recently reigniting his rivalry with former interim lightweight champion, Tony Ferguson this month, UFC star, Conor McGregor has opened as a sizeable favorite to defeat the faltering veteran in a potential grudge match between the two.However, despite winning divisional gold against Eddie Alvarez in 2016, McGregor was stripped of the crown due to inactivity inside the Octagon, as he pursued and competed in a lucrative professional boxing match with former world champion, Floyd Mayweather back in 2017.