UFC, Francis Ngannou and Surprisingly
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Kickboxing great Rico Verhoeven has thrown down the gauntlet and is calling for a fight against Francis Ngannou, the PFL heavyweight world champion
Ngannou entered the Jones vs. Aspinall saga after his coach revealed the ex- UFC heavyweight champion is interested in returning to the promotion, having departed in 2023 after a contract dispute. That immediately alerted 'Bones', who seemed to turn his attention to Ngannou over Aspinall.
After Ngannou's coach mooted a return to the UFC, Jones called for a "super-fight", to which the Cameroonian has now responded to. "You take care of the UFC, I'll take care of the PFL, and we'll finally find out who's the king of the heavyweight," Ngannou said on social media.
Ngannou’s head coach Eric Nicksick recently said that he believes Ngannou would ‘100 percent’ entertain a return to the UFC in the future. After feeling mistreated and undervalued by the UFC as heavyweight champ,
UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones has dropped a bomb that a superfight with Francis Ngannou could be in the works.
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The pair first went head-to-head in the boxing ring back in 2023 - but a former boxing world champion has called for the two heavyweights to rematch in a different setting
While heavyweight MMA legend Francis Ngannou left the UFC on bad terms, there have been rumblings of his potential return to the organization. Recently, his coach Eric Nicksick even hinted that he might be interested in coming back to fight for Dana White,
Jake Paul recently found himself in an uncomfortable position after his high-stakes pitch for a Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou bout went public - and ended in embarrassment. The Y