Francis Ngannou might doubtlessly find yourself combating for the UFC once more, based on his long-time coach.
Ngannou is the previous UFC heavyweight champion. He by no means really misplaced the belt, as an alternative vacating the title when he parted methods with the promotion in 2023. In different phrases, he’s nonetheless the lineal MMA heavyweight champion.
Ngannou (18-3) had a number of causes for leaving the UFC. The largest cause was that he didn’t really feel he was being compensated pretty. He additionally wished to strive his hand at professional boxing, which the promotion wouldn’t let him do.
Leaving the UFC to pursue higher choices was an enormous gamble for Ngannou. Nonetheless, it undoubtedly paid off. He finally signed a take care of the PFL (Skilled Fighters League), and extra notably partook in a pair of blockbuster boxing matches in opposition to Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. He misplaced each boxing matches, however made tens of tens of millions of {dollars} within the course of—excess of he’s made in his whole 21-fight MMA profession.
Whereas the transfer finally paid off for Ngannou, it made him one of many UFC’s biggest enemies. In reality, some really feel UFC boss Dana White has been making an attempt to erase Ngannou from the promotion’s historical past books, and there’s good reason to consider that.
