After his profitable return to blended martial arts, Francis Ngannou fired a shot on the UFC’s present undisputed titleholder.
Almost three years faraway from his final struggle contained in the Octagon in opposition to Ciryl Gane, ‘The Predator’ strapped on the four-ounce gloves for a extremely anticipated conflict with 2023 PFL heavyweight event winner Renan Ferreira.
Ngannou ended up getting the win by way of TKO within the first spherical after placing ‘Problema’ on the mat and forcing a stoppage by way of ground-and-pound.
Following his profitable PFL debut on the promotion’s ‘Battle of the Giants’ pay-per-view in Saudi Arabia, Ngannou reignited his longstanding rivalry with UFC undisputed heavyweight titleholder and consensus GOAT Jon Jones.
“You realize it’s a struggle I’ve all the time requested for… It’s been 4 years or extra that I’ve been asking for this struggle,” Ngannou mentioned of a possible conflict with Jones throughout the PFL post-fight press convention. “So if sooner or later there’s a possibility to do that struggle, I believe if I solely ever had one struggle to be in, and I had to decide on, it will be this one” (h/t Sportskeeda).
will we ever see Francis ngannou vs. Jon Jones?
Jones and Ngannou have been closely rumored to collide in 2022 earlier than ‘The Predator’ ended up placing his heavyweight title on the road in opposition to Gane at UFC 270. Instantly following the struggle, Ngannou revealed that he would wish to take day without work to endure surgical procedure.
Many hoped his first struggle again can be in opposition to ‘Bones’ who had been plotting his heavyweight debut for years. Sadly, the struggle by no means got here to fruition and who’s in charge remains to be up for debate. Ngannou has largely blamed the UFC for not coming right with a proposal whereas Jones and Dana White have routinely pointed the finger on the Cameroonian.
Regardless, followers are nonetheless itching to see who the true heavyweight world champion is. Sadly, it seems like White is unwilling to play good with the PFL making certain that we’ll doubtless by no means see Ngannou vs. Jones occur below both group’s banner.
Jon Jones is scheduled to defend his heavyweight title for the primary time on November 16 when he meets Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 in Madison Sq. Backyard.
