News Saudi's have made an offer to Ngannou for his next fight

[HitMachine]

Turki Alalshikh went on Ariel's show and said he met with Ngannou and has given him a contract offer with "options" and that they are currently waiting Ngannou to make a decision. I assume by options he is referring to different opponents which are most likely AJ and Wilder. Eddie Hearn also went on Helwani's show and said he wants to make Ngannou vs AJ happen.

One can only assume that whatever the Saudi offer is probably in the ball park of tens of millions based on other Saudi boxing deals, and considering how much hype and attention there is on Ngannou right now it shouldn't be a surprise.

Dana White's henchmen like O'Malley, Sonnen, and DC who earlier in the year said Ngannou made a mistake by not accepting the UFC offer look like a bunch of fools.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

 

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They might get behind him and the scorecards might go his way next time. Just needs to sign the rematch with Fury before his next fight and it's a guaranteed win.

 

[Leinster Rugby]

Hahaha.
Fuck you Dana.

 

[Contempt]

As expected, never going back to MMA after that fight.

 

[chardog]

AJ is gun shy, wilder or bust

 

[Thesnake101]

As expected, never going back to MMA after that fight.

I could see him fighting like once a year under the PFL banner just to keep some momentum up in case he loses his next boxing fight. Most of the guys there are easy pickings, and if they do get the bellator guys, we might even see Ngannou vs Bader.

 

[Iroh]

I hope they make the AJ fight happen.
I think Wilder might be too fast and explosive and has a good chance of catching Ngannou with some serious power. While AJ isn't as explosive and doesn't hit as hard, so that possibly creates a few more opportunities for Ngannou to land himself.

Ngannou has an anvil of a chin, but I still wouldn't want Wilder to test it if it's not necessary.

Also curious to see how AJ would approach Ngannou.

 

[ryun253]

Boxing is dying. Francis can potentially be first MMA and Boxing double champ :|

 

[Thepaintbucket]

I wonder where are all those people who said Francis made a mistake lol.

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

to me, from the interviews with the head of PFL, it sounds like they are going to do Wilder vs Ngannou, in the PFL smartcage, boxing rules, MMA gloves next year either March or end of the year. And then that'll open up a Fury rematch / another boxing fight as well. either way, francis has secured his future, has done the unthinkable, and it couldn't have happened to a better dude. achieved the UFC's highest, didn't bend the knee to uncle fester, and proved every hater/doubter wrong. amazing to see.

 

[Poirierfan]

to me, from the interviews with the head of PFL, it sounds like they are going to do Wilder vs Ngannou, in the PFL smartcage, boxing rules, MMA gloves next year either March or end of the year. And then that'll open up a Fury rematch / another boxing fight as well. either way, francis has secured his future, has done the unthinkable, and it couldn't have happened to a better dude. achieved the UFC's highest, didn't bend the knee to uncle fester, and proved every hater/doubter wrong. amazing to see.

They said mixed rules, like kicks too.

 

[CombatCyborg]

Great interview with Eddie Hearn

 

[Busgosu]

even if he loses his next couple of boxing fights he will still have cashed in millions and he can always fall back to B-Side (mma) to make some extra $ by beating some scrubs

 

[NationWideNinja]

Including the Fury fight, after its all said and done Francis will probably make in the ballpark of 50-100 mil in the final stages of his career.

Really shot himself in the foot there by not staying with the UFC LMAO

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

Francis bet on himself and won. Good on him. Francis FTW.

 

[MigitAs]

As expected, never going back to MMA after that fight.

He’s got massive paydays ahead in boxing, I hope he takes them and forgets about MMA, his knees are more suited to boxing.

 

[nhbfan8080]

to me, from the interviews with the head of PFL, it sounds like they are going to do Wilder vs Ngannou, in the PFL smartcage, boxing rules, MMA gloves next year either March or end of the year. And then that'll open up a Fury rematch / another boxing fight as well. either way, francis has secured his future, has done the unthinkable, and it couldn't have happened to a better dude. achieved the UFC's highest, didn't bend the knee to uncle fester, and proved every hater/doubter wrong. amazing to see.

Ngannou is teasing some news that Wilder is training MMA but I really doubt that Wilder would want to fight MMA especially against Ngannou.

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

 

[jooohnmatrix]

Sad that people sell out to work in a country that still uses slave labour.