40-year-old Tony Ferguson once held the record for the most number of consecutive wins(12) in the UFC. However, things have taken a completely new turn for the former interim champion. Ferguson took on Michael Chiesa in a highly exciting clash on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. However, what followed was an utter disappointment for Ferguson. He lost the fight in the first round itself after managing to land some shots.

Chiesa seemed too hot to handle for the former champion and ended the fight via a rear-naked choke. Since then, most of the fans want to know whether he will be retiring from the sport or not? It seems ‘El Cucuy’ has a lot left in the tank. During the post-fight interview, Ferguson left only one of his gloves inside the Octagon. So what exactly did that mean? Is he considering retirement?

The 40-year-old during the post-fight press conference said, “I’m kinda like, no, I still wanna fight, I still wanna compete and I still wanna do this … I wanna do a whole bunch of stuff. If I didn’t have the love, both those gloves would have been left in that f*cking ring.” He even pointed out that he did think off taking up coaching but the competitive factor in him is still prevailing. But it seems the fans have had enough of the former champion.

His recent run of form inside the Octagon has been terrible and has lost his last eight fights. Ferguson is even finding it tough against the young guns in the division. Although, he is still in high spirits fans want him to consider his retirement decision. Let us take a look at what the fans had to say about the whole.

Fans remind Tony Ferguson about his decision to still keep competing at the highest level

At 40-years of age Tony Ferguson is way past his prime. The former champion is showing no sign of improvements and with young fighters coming up he might find it hard to keep going. While he always puts in the hard yards before all his fights he is not able to impress his fans. His latest comments about not retiring soon has not gone well with the fans. They took to social media to share their opinion.

With Tony Ferguson not willing to hang up his gloves just yet, one user want him to take on ‘Poatan’ in his next clash, “Ok tony ferguson vs alex pereira”. The 40-year-old dominated the lightweight division from 2013-2019 and seemed unbeatable but things have changed now as one user commented, “Went from it’s Tony time to it’s time Tony”  His last eight losses have not gone well with one of the fans as he took out to comment on it, “Bro is addicted to getting beat up”

One of the fans kind of mocked the former champion after he posted about improving all the time, “But Tony you’re not getting better and better. You’re getting worse and worse” Ferguson is one the legends of the sport and deserves a proper farewell and one user gave UFC the idea, “UFC should give him nick as a retirement fight”  ‘El Cucuy’ is known for his ridiculous work ethics and goes through some intense training camps before most of his fights. But it seems it’s having a detrimental effect on his health at this age as one user reminded, “Tony needs to be saved from himself. This is just getting sad”  One user seemed a bit dejected with Ferguson’s last performance and commented, “It’s time Tony” 

Ferguson is yet to announce his retirement from the sport and made it clear that he would sit with his family to think about it. Rumors also suggest that UFC CEO Dana White might not consider him again for a fight. Amidst all the chaos what should the 40-year-old? Should he retire? Or should he keep going? Let us know in the comments below.