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‘He’s been praying for my downfall’… Francis Ngannou launches scathing assault on Dana White over controversial feedback

UFC CEO Dana White certainly caused a scene earlier this week when he claimed that the promotion was set to cut Francis Ngannou before ‘The Predator’ left the organization on his own terms. Never one to back down, Francis Ngannou has now fired back at the UFC CEO; not only claiming that he’s the only

‘He’s been praying for my downfall’… Francis Ngannou launches scathing assault on Dana White over controversial feedback

UFC CEO Dana White actually prompted a scene earlier this week when he claimed that the promotion was set to chop Francis Ngannou earlier than ‘The Predator’ left the group on his personal phrases.

By no means one to again down, Francis Ngannou has now fired again on the UFC CEO; not solely claiming that he’s the one one stopping the tremendous combat with Jon Jones from being made, however that he’s secretly been praying for his downfall as he nonetheless owes him back-pay.

Francis Ngannou of Cameroon shakes hands with UFC president Dana White during the UFC 270 press conference at the Anaheim Convention Center on Janu...

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Francis Ngannou launches vicious verbal assault on UFC CEO Dana White

Through the post-event press convention for Energy Slap 9, Dana White would declare that he was going to chop Francis Ngannou from the UFC earlier than one in all his coworkers ‘begged’ him to keep the dominant heavyweight signed to the roster.

“Francis is all in regards to the cash… I used to be going to chop Francis when he misplaced two in a row. I used to be going to chop him. Someone right here begged me to not do it. So, it wouldn’t have mattered to me, somehow. There’s a a lot deeper story to this complete factor.”

Unsurprisingly, these feedback haven’t sat effectively with the lineal MMA heavyweight champion of the world, who accused White of mendacity with a purpose to save face as he spoke with Ryan McKinnell and Andreas Hale of MMA Today.

“I feel Dana is making an attempt to make issues up so he should purchase a great face within the place that he has misplaced,” acknowledged Ngannou, reaffirming that: “Dana has misplaced on this scenario and the one factor is that he can not stand it [my success].

“Bro, I received all the pieces, the man can’t stay with out it. He can’t deal with me. No matter all the pieces that occurred, it’s not about him – I went on the market to have an excellent combat for my son’s reminiscence, however the man can’t stand [me].

“I don’t know what his drawback is, and he could make all the pieces up as he desires, that’s his drawback – he must make peace with himself… You would’ve simply stated ‘We couldn’t discover any settlement, we couldn’t come to a deal however good luck to him,’ that’s it however quick ahead and we proceed our lives – what’s the issue right here?

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Based on the PFL heavyweight champion, White “can’t deal with this loss” to the UFC standings and has “been praying for my downfall, however I simply maintain doing my factor… Rising.”

Ngannou would additionally hearth again on the feedback round cash, even claiming that the promotion nonetheless owes him a portion of his purse from when he confronted Stipe Miocic and Ciryl Gane in 2021 and 2022 respectively.

“What cash is he speaking about? The cash that he owes me. They stated that they have been going to back-pay the cash that we owe you from Stipe and Ciryl… They by no means back-paid me, and now I’ve made more cash than I might have ever made within the UFC. Twice in my profession UFC profession.”

White has additionally beforehand acknowledged that a part of Ngannou’s UFC exit was as a result of he didn’t need something to do with Jon Jones – ‘The Predator’ denied this accusation, arguing that there’s nonetheless just one man standing between a possible crossover tremendous combat with ‘Bones’.

“I nonetheless need Jon Jones, keep in mind that the one man proper now making the Jon Jones combat not occur is Dana White – the one man standing between [us and] that combat is Dana White.

“I would like the Jon Jones combat, give it to me now. I’m down, Jon Jones is down, we’ve got all the time been down, however it is a new narrative that they need to construct – three years after [I left the UFC], I’m nonetheless down for the Jon Jones combat. I used to be down earlier than, and I’m down now.”

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