Francis Ngannou is currently convalescing from knee surgery that has kept him away from the octagon since January of this year. The Cameroonian has been openly vocal about the monopoly of the UFC and has hit out at the UFC’s top brass for their unfair payment structure. Ngannou has also expressed his desire to test himself inside the boxing ring and chase a big payday.
While scrutinizing the sitch, Chael Sonnen saw resemblances in Ngannou’s situation with the one that Nate Diaz was in. The Stockton native successfully fought out his contractual obligations with the UFC while not letting out any concrete information regarding his future endeavors.
Sonnen took to his Youtube channel to claim that while it would be great for Francis Ngannou to chase a big money fight with Tyson Fury, passing up four fights in the UFC for a payout that could potentially amount to the same value would not be wise:
Sonnen added that while MMA fighters are lured to boxing with money, he isn’t entirely sure that might be true:
Watch the video from the 7:30 mark below:
Why does Francis Ngannou want to fight Jon Jones?
Francis Ngannou was last seen in the octagon against former interim heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 in a title unification bout. Ngannou passed the test with flying colors and emerged victorious as the undisputed heavyweight champion in the UFC.
While he has been sidelined from action owing to knee surgery, there has been talk of a superfight with the former two-time light heavyweight champion and arguably one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time, Jon Jones.
In a recent interview with Jimmy Smith on the MMA on SiriusXM podcast, Ngannou claimed that a fight with Jones would be a great test for him:
Francis Ngannou also claimed on the podcast that he considers Jon Jones the greatest fighter to step inside the otcgaon and a move to heavyweight wouldn’t be a backbreaking task for the American.
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