“El Cucuy” is back for more.
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) interim Lightweight champion Tony Ferguson will return to the boxing ring to defend his Misfits Middleweight title against former soccer player Kenzo Biyong on Sept. 26, 2026, inside James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida.
Misfits Boxing announced the bizarre matchup this weekend. The five-round title fight will stream live on DAZN.
Ferguson, 42, has found new life since departing UFC on the heels of a record-setting eight-fight losing streak. “El Cucuy” snapped his nearly six-year winless drought in Aug. 2025, stopping popular influencer Salt Papi in the third round of his Misfits debut (watch highlights).
Four months later, Ferguson dropped and defeated Warren Spencer via unanimous decision to capture the vacant Misfits Middleweight championship (highlights). He is now 2-0 as a boxer, and his showdown with Biyong will mark his first title defense.
Ferguson most recently competed on the wrestling mat, suffering a 10-0 technical-fall loss to UFC Lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan at Real American Freestyle (RAF) 10 in June.
As for Biyong, the 28-year-old Dutch athlete previously played soccer as a defender, spending time with several European youth and developmental teams before walking away from the sport.
Biyong later transitioned to wrestling and submission grappling. He made his UFC BJJ debut this past April, suffering a first-round rear-naked choke loss to Raphael Ferreira at UFC BJJ 7. He will now make his boxing debut against Ferguson.
Ferguson vs. Biyong joins a growing Sept. 26 lineup that also features former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo boxing Deen the Great, along with Misfits Heavyweight champion Chase DeMoor defending his title against Alex Pereira’s head coach Plinio Cruz.
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