Anthony Armand Ferguson Padilla is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Ferguson was born in Oxnard, California, on February 12, 1984, but grew up mainly in Muskegon, Michigan. He is of Mexican heritage. His surname of Ferguson comes from his Scottish-American stepfather.
Ferguson began his professional MMA career fighting in small organizations around California in 2007. He is a former Interim UFC Lightweight Champion. Ferguson debuted in 2008 and has been with the UFC since he won The Ultimate Fighter 13 in 2011.
Ferguson has a son, Armand Anthony, with his wife, Cristina Ferguson. He is trained in freestyle wrestling, boxing, jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai, and Wing Chun. As of July 11, 2022, he is #11 in the UFC lightweight rankings. Ferguson has written on his Twitter account that he eschews sparring in training as he “finds it limits my creativity” when fighting.
What disability does Tony Ferguson have?
As Ferguson shared on his social media, he has a learning disability that he’s had to overcome to get to where he is today. While he didn’t share too many details about it, learning disabilities can be tough on anyone and they can be very hurtful. But that isn’t the only personal issue that he had to beat.
Ferguson is a Patron of MS Australia, the national voice for people living with multiple sclerosis, a degenerative neurological illness. Ferguson’s stage of MS is known as Secondary Progressive.