Francis Ngannou has been out of motion in UFC for fairly a while now. He left the UFC virtually a yr after defeating Cyril Gane at UFC 270 to protect his heavyweight identify. As in line with reviews, the explanation at the back of his go out was once failed negotiations with president Dana White.
Recently, Ngannou who has turn out to be a loose agent now, published that he would mark his go back to MMA after attempting his arms at boxing. But it kind of feels White has closed the doorways on him already. Just forward of the UFC 285 bout between Jon Jones and Ciry Gane, White was once wondered on Ngannou’s potential go back.
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“We negotiated with him for years. It’s over. That’s over. He’ll by no means be within the UFC once more,” mentioned White.
On Saturday, Ngannou took to Twitter and answered to the UFC President’s feedback with a meme. Seemingly, the Cameroonian-French MMA fighter is unperturbed through White’s unsavory remarks on his possible go back.
Meanwhile, Jones is ready to fasten horns with Gane in the principle match of UFC 285 on Saturday, March 4. The high-octane bout will make a decision the brand new champion within the heavyweight elegance by which Jones is marking his debut. The American MMA fighter will likely be getting into the octagon after a three-year lengthy hiatus. But given his popularity, some lovers are already predicting his dominance over his French opponent.
UFC President White has introduced that the winner of the principle match of UFC 285 will sq. off towards former heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic of their subsequent fit.
“He’s absolutely the next one. Whoever wins on Saturday night will face Stipe next,” mentioned White.
Weighing in at the Jones vs. Gane battle, Ngannou had predicted the American fighter to have the higher hand.
“It depends which Jon Jones is going to be there. Is it going to be the Jon Jones that we know, or just a guy that’s there [just] to be there… If Jon Jones shows up, this fight could be a TKO. I think he’s gonna take [Gane] down, wrestle and some ground and pound. But it can go the distance if Jon Jones fights defensively. Because then both of them will be defensive fighters. Then it can go the distance,” predicted Ngannou.