UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has claimed that he has at least five more years of fighting left in his tank
Francis Ngannou and the UFC top brass have been at loggerheads over a pay dispute and certain terms in his contract. The Predator had even gone out on a limb claiming that he wants a move away from the UFC to boxing. Currently, he is sidelined with a knee injury that will keep him out of action for this year entirely.
Ngannou dug deep to overcome some adversity in his last fight and first title defense against the crafty Ciryl Gane. But that victory came at a cost, and the apex predator is sidelined for the entire year, while talks of an interim championship is gaining momentum.
It was also being discussed that Ngannou might not stick around and make a potential jump to boxing, while clouds of uncertainty doomed over his UFC career.
A fan wrote on a Twitter thread earlier yesterday suggesting that we might never see Francis fight again. Ngannou replied to the tweet by affirming that he’s far from done, and has at least five more years of fighting left. Besides that, he also used the three kings hashtag, popularly coined for the three ruling dominant African champions- Kamaru Usman, Israel Adesanya, and Francis himself.
He wrote, ‘I’m just getting started bro ! I have at least 5 more years to conquer everything. #3KINGS’
“We’ll definitely sit down and talk” – PFL President would want to entice Francis Ngannou during his free agency chapter
UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou and the UFC top brass have been at loggerheads over a pay dispute and certain terms in his contract. The Predator had even gone out on a limb claiming that he wants a move away from the UFC to boxing. Currently, he is sidelined with a knee injury that will keep him out of action for this year entirely.
Ngannou dug deep to overcome some adversity in his last fight and first title defence against the crafty Ciryl Gane. On the other hand, following his spectacular win against Dillian Whyte, Tyson Fury laid the stage for a future blockbuster clash against UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou.
To everyone’s surprise, Ngannou who was in attendance made a surprise appearance in the ring following Tyson’s victory, and the pair laid the foundation for the idea of a super-fight.
“I’m the boxing heavyweight champion, [he’s the] UFC heavyweight champion,” Fury told ESPN after his win. “He’s in great shape – look at the muscles on him.”
Ngannou, who’s currently out of action, recovering from a knee injury he sustained while in camp for his most recent UFC title defence, declared, “I want to find out who is the baddest motherf***** in the planet.”
“Good man, Francis,” Fury replied with a shout.
And former kickboxer and current PFL President Ray Sefo has an edge over the rest in luring Francis away from the UFC as he works closely with Ngannou already.
“100 percent,” Sefo told Hosheh MMA regarding interest in PFL pursuing Ngannou. “If Francis is a free agent — Francis is my teammate [at Xtreme Couture], you know? So, when he becomes a free agent and he’s allowed to talk to anybody in terms of — should I say when he’s ‘shopping’ — then we’ll definitely sit down and talk. Until then I don’t see him going anywhere, but anything’s possible, 100 percent. [50/50 pay-per-view [PPV] shares will attract all sorts], absolutely. That’s the key.”
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