Francis Ngannou on Jon Jones: 'He finds himself a better battle on Twitter than the octagon

[KazDibiase]

If Francis Ngannou works things out with the UFC, he’s not confident that Jon Jones would be his next opponent.

Ngannou (17-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) successfully unified his heavyweight title against Ciryl Gane in the main event of UFC 270, and one of the sport’s biggest stars has been waiting in the wings.

But with former UFC light heavyweight king Jones (26-1 MMA, 20-1 UFC) inactive since February 2020 and having his own negotiations to sort out with the promotion, Ngannou is tired of addressing him as a potential next opponent.

“I think the first thing we have to know is if Jon Jones is going to fight or not,” Ngannou said on Bruce Buffer’s “IT’S TIME!!!” podcast. “Because actually, he finds himself a better battle on Twitter than in the octagon.”

Ngannou entered his title defense against Gane with a grade 3 tear in his MCL, as well as damage to his ACL, which will need surgery to repair. The champion is planning on going under the knife in the first quarter of 2022, which will potentially sideline him for the majority of the year – if not the entirety of it.

“July is not possible because I’m having surgery in March,” Ngannou revealed.

When Ngannou’s negotiations with the UFC fell apart last year, the promotion made an interim title fight that saw Gane defeat Derrick Lewis at UFC 265 in August. So with Ngannou forced on the shelf for a much longer period this time, the UFC could be looking at another interim title, especially if Jones enters the picture.

But based on the division’s recent title history and activity, Ngannou doesn’t think that’s necessary.



“The past has shown that in the heavyweight division, they can wait for a year for a title defense,” Ngannou said. “We’ve been having one title defense (per year) in the heavyweight division for a long time, so I don’t think that’s the issue.”

Despite both UFC president Dana White and Ngannou questioning his actual return, Jones seemed excited to compete after watching Ngannou retain his title earlier this month.

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[2004 account]

Jon 'Twitter fingers' Jones has already taken years off his career due to bad decisions. Remaining on the social app twitter which is an echo chamber for the lowest common dem. fools of humanity is just another bad decision on top of all the rest.


Edit: btw tj de santis low key lookin like a mix between Dana and tito lol

 

[brownsmith76]

Ngannou is the "baddest man on the planet", "scariest man in the history of the sport", and "best mma heavyweight of all time".

Why wouldn't Ngannou be able to go toe to toe with a boxer?

 

[rear naked ankle pick]

Jones would son Ngannou

 

[fightfan70]

lol at big frank using jon jones name for relevance.

tank abbott was a more well rounded fighter than francis

 

[wlu.29]

Jones would son Ngannou

on twitter

 

[AbominableJoman]

Jones will never fight franny or any other hw.
I guarantee it!

 

[po_thead]

I can't fight for 9 months and will become a free agent...then who cares who he will or won't fight?!

 

[icemun]

Hoping this is the start to their fight promotion n

 

[VinceArch]

 

[Kos Fan]

Francis isn’t really guaranteed to sign the contract either. Both guys seems pretty difficult to negotiate with.

 

[ExxA]

Thats a lot of talk between one fighter who have not fought in the octagon in ages and another one who will probably not fight in the octagon again. I find this hard to be excited about.

 

[gaffbyknees2]

Jones would son Ngannou

In no world ever

 

[DS7]

Jones has more world title wins than Ngannou has ufc fights

 

[JustOnce]

Ngannou got Jones shook, but I think Jones regained his confidence after seeing Gane-Ngannou fight. I think he's gravely mistaken. Ngannou by heads right off.

I reckon Jones is going to come out with the game plan that they came out with for Zhang and Fig in title fights. Circle, circle, circle, then reactive TDs and then strikes that are to their strengths. Lame ass strategies, but it almost worked for Zhang, and worked for Figs.

 

[KazDibiase]

Jones would son Ngannou

How?

 

[Billthebutcher]

Yeah jon dont hurt his twat fighting on twitter. he best stay there.

 

[StoneColdSteveAustin]

Jones is done. His last few LHW fights were very lackluster and he would get beat at HW. It ain’t ever going to happen. I’ll be shocked if it does happen.

 

[chs140]

In no world ever

Lolol

 

[GORO]

Hello guy



enjoy ,

SUPER NGORO