UFC star 'arrested on suspicion of drink driving after horror crash'

07 May 2023 , 14:59
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An image of the alleged incident (Image: ABC7 / Twitter)
An image of the alleged incident (Image: ABC7 / Twitter)

UFC star Tony Ferguson has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after his truck allegedly crashed into two parked cars on Sunday morning.

In footage acquired by US outlet TMZ, a large truck, understood to belong to Ferguson, flipped on one side with exploded airbags inside, having crushed a Mercedes and another car outside of a Hollywood club. The American fighter, 39, was uninjured after the collision which happened just before 2am.

TMZ claim police officers described Ferguson as being "very uncooperative" at the scene and said he refused to take a breathalyzer test. One of the cars involved in the smash belongs to rapper Cash Gotti, who came out of the club to discover that his Mercedes had been damaged.

Ferguson last fought in September 2022, where he was beaten in round four by Nate Diaz by submission. He suffered a nasty gash to his leg during the defeat.

It was Ferguson's fifth loss in a row but he isn't ready to retire yet, insisting that he's "still the f****** champ" and he'll hang up his gloves on his own terms. "When I feel like "I'm ready to retire, I will retire. But right now it’'sa little bit different, a little bit more interesting," he declared, via ESPN.

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"DC [Daniel Cormier] and all these commentators that just keep repeating the same s*** in the past couple of years, because that's what they want me to do. They want the public eye to see me like that and they want to see me as a quitter and so on and so forth."

A determined Ferguson added: "I've literally given my shirt off my back to the fans, and same thing with the UFC, and I'll still take my shirt off to go inside that f****** Octagon and show that I'm the f****** man. I'm still the f******champ."

Nathan Ridley

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