Ferguson is confident he would have handled Makhachev in his prime

“Islam was one of those guys who always breathed down Khabib's neck in the training gym. At that time, it was similar to the situation with Aljamain Sterling and Merab Dvalishvili: when Aljo left, Merab finally began to shine. The same with Khabib and Islam. I always believed that Islam was a more balanced athlete, but in my best years, I would have handled him.”