For the primary time since 2019, Tony Ferguson acquired his hand raised in a combat, as he scored a third-round TKO of Nathaniel “Salt Papi” Bustamante within the co-main occasion of Misfits Boxing 22, claiming the promotion’s interim middleweight title.
Ferguson tried to get going with stress in the course of the opening spherical, however Salt Papi linked with the cleaner photographs. This continued with the second spherical. There, Ferguson landed extra strikes, although Salt Papi notably crack Ferguson with an uppercut and landed quite a few left fingers.
Ferguson managed to essentially stress Salt Papi in the course of the third spherical, working the jab and mixing up his assaults whereas Salt Papi tried to look to land energy blows. Ferguson then turned issues up, touchdown a sequence of robust photographs on Salt Papi, prompting the referee to cease the combat — a lot to the chagrin and protests of Salt Papi and his nook.
Tony Ferguson Scores Third-Spherical TKO Of Salt Papi At Misfits Boxing 22
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— TheSportsAlien
(@Sports_Alien_OG) August 30, 2025
Tony Ferguson gained a combat !!! (untimely however we don’t care) #Misfits22 pic.twitter.com/4oQvaQDboP
— Cole ▯
(@swfccom) August 30, 2025
ALERT
— Charlie Quinn (@CharlieQuinnMMA) August 30, 2025
TONY FUCKING FERGUSON #Misfits22 pic.twitter.com/hZaUyMYXEk
— Cal
(@CalRFC_) August 30, 2025
Ferguson, who was making his boxing debut, was as soon as thought of among the best lightweights in MMA throughout his tenure with the UFC, which lasted from 2011 to 2024. Ferguson, who gained season 13 of The Final Fighter, went 15-1 within the UFC in the course of the 2010s, which included 12 straight wins and a run as interim UFC light-weight champion. Ferguson’s MMA profession, nevertheless, ended with eight straight losses, breaking the document for many consecutive losses in UFC historical past.
Salt Papi got here into this bout with a 6-2 exhibition boxing document, most of which have are available Misfits Boxing. Previous to tonight, his most up-to-date combat got here in November, scoring a third-round knockout of Kenny Ojuederie.
