Renan Ferreira is ready to attain the most important payday of his combined martial arts profession and he owes all of it to Francis Ngannou.
After scoring a 21-second knockout in opposition to Bellator champion Ryan Bader in February, Ferreira earned the chance to be the previous UFC heavyweight champion’s first opponent underneath the PFL banner. The 2 titans will sq. off on Saturday, October 19 when the PFL returns to pay-per-view for the primary of its anticipated Tremendous Fights collection.
‘Problema’ goes into the combat together with his sights set on stunning the world and spoiling Ngannou’s large debut. However even when he comes up brief contained in the Good Cage, Ferreira goes to go away Saudi Arabia with a mighty large bag.
Lengthy earlier than their combat was introduced, Ngannou made it clear that whoever he competed in opposition to within the PFL would stroll away with a assured $2 million payday.
Talking with Sportskeeda MMA, the 2023 PFL heavyweight match winner praised Ngannou for attempting to maintain his fellow fighters, saying:
“I imply I believe it exhibits who he’s and the precedence he has. It’s nice! I’m positive he understands what it takes to be at this stage, to compete at this stage. So I commend him for that.”
Renan Ferreira Believes he and francis ngannou boast comparable types
In 30 mixed fights, Francis Ngannou and Renan Ferreira have an unimaginable 28 finishes between them, 22 of them coming by the use of knockout. Boasting comparable types and equally heavy fingers, ‘Problema’ expects the fireworks to fly in Kingdom Enviornment.
“Each Francis and I’ve comparable types,” Ferreira stated. “This simply occurs to be the model that followers take pleasure in watching and following. So it’s simply two large guys with heavy fingers that go on the market and drop individuals. So what’s to not love?”
The combat might be Ngannou’s first MMA bout since his profitable title protection in opposition to Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 practically three years in the past. Within the time since, ‘The Predator’ has competed twice in boxing, going toe-to-toe with Tyson Fury for 10 rounds earlier than struggling a brutal KO loss in opposition to Anthony Joshua in March.
