Dana White didn’t maintain again when requested about Francis Ngannou throughout Saturday’s UFC 308 post-fight press convention.
White and Ngannou have engaged in a back-and-forth by way of the press for the previous two weeks, with White claiming “The Predator” fumbled the bag by accepting much less cash exterior the UFC than he’d make if he stayed. Francis, already practically $40 million in earnings over the previous 12 months, disagrees.
Now White is pulling a Mad Males on Ngannou. When a reporter quoted Franny saying he was certain White “prays for his downfall,” Dana let ‘er rip.
“I don’t take into consideration Francis that a lot,” he stated. “You guys requested me the query concerning the PFL, and I responded. Aside from that, the one one who’s praying for his demise might be the PFL, as a result of they signed a shitty contract with a man that doesn’t ship any numbers. And ticket gross sales and pay-per-views. So they usually gotta preserve paying this man for nonetheless lengthy. Good for him. Not good for them.”
“He can he can play these video games all he desires,” White insisted. “He he would have made extra money right here.”
Who’s telling the reality? Properly, the numbers have been crunched, and even when Ngannou went 3-0 in his subsequent three UFC fights together with two superfights with Jon Jones, he nonetheless would have solely made round $31 million. He’s already made greater than that previously 12 months shedding twice in boxing and defeating Renan Ferreira within the PFL.
He has another $8 million struggle with PFL earlier than turning into a free agent in MMA once more, however don’t count on Dana White to bid for his providers. In actual fact, if White had had his manner he would have lower Ngannou after his bunk struggle with Derrick Lewis in 2018.
“I didn’t like Francis as an individual,” White stated. “Wasn’t a man I needed to do enterprise with. My boys had been telling me he’s misunderstood. And I advised them, when any individual reveals you who they’re, consider them.”
“Yeah, it wasn’t about him turning into the heavyweight champion of the world. Francis isn’t man. He performs the nice man. ‘I don’t perceive the language,’ so he looks like a pleasant man. He’s not. And he’s simply not a man that I needed to be in enterprise with. Interval. Finish of story. Whether or not he grew to become the champion or not.”
“We’ll by no means be in enterprise collectively,” he added. “I imply, you may inform. Yeah, we don’t like one another. And this goes manner again. This goes again to earlier than the primary Stipe struggle. He pulled some shit earlier than the primary Stipe struggle and I stated, ‘I’m carried out with this man.’ After which Stipe beat the shit out of him. Nice evening.”
Does that sound just like the phrases of somebody who prays for Ngannou’s downfall?
Now regardless of Ngannou declaring a Jones struggle received’t occur as a result of White received’t make it occur, White is saying it was Francis that’s at fault for the dearth of a possible heavyweight superfight.
“He didn’t need that struggle,” White stated. “He may’ve stayed and took that struggle. He didn’t need that struggle. Tom Aspinall deserves that struggle.”
