Off the again of his gorgeous victory in a PFL debut battle final month, Francis Ngannou has been challenged to the perceived “greatest battle in African historical past” by ONE Championship megastar, Reug Reug — with the Senegal native recent from a contentious title win over Antaloy Malykhin.
Ngannou, a former undisputed UFC heavyweight champion, made his long-anticipated SmartCage debut final month, that includes in opposition to PFL heavyweight knockout artist, Renan Ferreira.
And returning to fight sports activities with aplomb, Batie native, Ngannou turned in a surprising first spherical knockout win over Ferreira, taking down the previous unleashing a slew of floor strikes.
Linked with a bunch of potential foes to share the PFL cage subsequent, Ngannou has been the topic of a name out from ONE Championship heavyweight kingpin, Reug Reug — who labelled a possible cross over pairing because the “greatest battle in African historical past.
Reug Reug provides to battle PFL star Francis Ngannou in huge cross over match
“The Boss, you have been glad to make Francis Ngannou vs Anatoly (Malykhin) occur,” Reug Reug wrote on Instagram in an official publish. “I beat the man, so let’s make the most important battle in African historical past: Ngannou vs Reug Rueg / PFL vs ONE.”
“Everybody has instructed me I can’t beat who’s in entrance of me each battle, so let’s take a look at it in opposition to the best African MMA star in historical past,” Reug Reug added. “Let’s present the world what we will do!!! #AfricanLegacy #MMAHistory.”
Successful the ONE Championship heavyweight crown simply earlier this month, Senegalese behemoth, Reug Reug turned in a controversial cut up resolution win over the above-mentioned Malykhin in Bangkok.
Struggling only a single blended martial arts defeat since his debut again in 2019, Reug Reug suffered a TKO retirement loss to Kirill Grishenko, earlier than registering notable wins over the likes of Bucheca Almeida earlier than his title battle with Russian favourite, Malykhin.