Francis Ngannou laughed off what former boss Dana White needed to say about him.
The previous UFC heavyweight champion — who made the selection to depart the promotion and vacate the title in 2023 — and present PFL star was a giant speaking level throughout White’s post-fight scrum after Thursday’s Energy Slap occasion. White was requested about Ngannou’s fast knockout win over Renan Ferreira at PFL Battle of the Giants, and it led to White ripping on PFL founder Donn Davis and saying he needed to chop Ngannou years earlier than.
“The Predator” reacted to White on Sirius XM Struggle Nation.
“I believe Dana’s making an attempt to make issues as much as purchase good religion within the place he has misplaced,” Ngannou mentioned. “Dana has misplaced on this state of affairs… and he can’t stand it. Bro, I gained all the pieces: I left. We’ve been aside virtually two years and the man remains to be on the market, he can’t stay with out it, and hounding me. No matter what occurred, I’m not about him.
“I went on the market, did a combat, had an excellent combat for my son’s reminiscence, however they man can’t stand… I don’t know what his downside is. He could make all the pieces up as he desires, that’s his downside. He must make peace with himself. …
“You might’ve simply mentioned, ‘We couldn’t discover an settlement, or couldn’t give you a deal, good luck to him. That’s it, good for him,’ and we proceed our lives,” Ngannou continued. “What’s the issue right here? However I believe the issue is that he can’t deal with this loss. I’m certain he’s been praying for my downfall, however I maintain doing my factor and rising as quickly as I left the UFC. In any senses, I’m greater than what I used to be.”
“Freedom isn’t free, however keep in mind that the advantages at all times outweigh the value. Don’t let the bully discuss you out of it,” Ngannou mentioned, responding on social media.
“Divert consideration to the true matter by manipulating the narrative,” Ngannou wrote in a follow-up tweet.
White has claimed that Ngannou left the UFC to earn more money preventing lesser competitors, and that he left as a result of he didn’t wish to danger preventing Jon Jones.
“Francis is all concerning the cash,” White mentioned. “Francis left as a result of he knew that if he fought Jon Jones and didn’t win, it could harm his possibilities of making the cash that he needed to make. However realistically, his deal was larger right here. His deal was larger right here if he stayed within the UFC. … They will deny all of it they need, why the f*ck would I lie? Why do I care? It doesn’t matter to me someway.
“I used to be going to chop Francis when he misplaced two in a row. I used to be going to chop him. Anyone round right here begged me to not do it. So it wouldn’t have mattered to me, someway. There’s a a lot deeper story to this entire factor, and he would have made more cash if he stayed within the UFC.”
Ngannou, as anticipated, fully disagrees, as he entered free company after capturing the UFC heavyweight title with a brutal knockout of Stipe Miocic at UFC 260 in March 2021, after which a profitable title protection in opposition to Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 10 months later.
“Which cash is he speaking about? The cash that he owes me?,” Ngannou mentioned. “Keep in mind, all of this ended with [them] saying, ‘Oh, we’ll backpay you from the cash that we owe you for the Stipe [Miocic] and Ciryl Gane combat,’ all of that. They by no means again payed me.
“Now I’ve made more cash than I’ve ever made within the UFC — I might say twice the cash that I might have ever made in my complete UFC profession if I had continued within the UFC. … However both manner, if I had made much less cash, if I’m not making sufficient cash that I might’ve made within the UFC, that’s my downside. Why is he so pissed about me not making that a lot cash? Like, c’mon man, stay your life.”