Francis Ngannou will make his extremely anticipated return to combined martial arts (MMA) later this month (Oct. 19, 2024) in opposition to Brazilian large, Renan Ferreira, headlining PFL Tremendous Fights: “Battle of the Giants,” which can happen at Kingdom Area in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The previous Final Preventing Championship (UFC) Heavyweight champion will take a break from boxing after getting knocked out by Anthony Joshua earlier this yr (watch highlights).
UFC CEO, Dana White, was requested about his former Heavyweight champion’s foray into skilled boxing and the large “life altering” multi-million paydays he has earned, evaluating it to if he had stayed with UFC.
“That is not essentially true,” White advised Kevin Iole. “It is not likely true. That is the bulls—t that the general public believes, however that is not the reality. Complete bulls—t. That is that entire delusion that makes everybody go, ‘ahh, lets f—king go to boxing’. It is f—king bulls—t. Boxing do not work. Boxing does not f—king work … it takes a f—king Saudi trillionaire to make boxing work.”
In response to Forbes, Ngannou banked a $10 million payday for his controversial bout with Tyson Fury again in Oct. 2023 and a $20 million purse for Joshua just some months in the past.
For what it’s value, White has been on file saying Ngannou would have been the highest-paid Heavyweight of all time if he had stayed in UFC. “The Predator” revealed he made $600,000 for his remaining UFC struggle.
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