News *** Francis Ngannou Free Agency/Contract/Decision Making Discussion MEGA THREAD ***

[French Canadian]

sprinkle in some UK vs france thing and a bit of racism angle.

Agreed, as someone from the community that undergoes the most racism in Europe, Fury could angle that more.

 

[MrLuke]

Fury isn't taking that fight, lol.

why not?

 

[Oz.Pride]

One legged brawlers?

The fuck are you smoking?

Ngannou is arguably the #1 scariest HW we have ever seen. Guys like him probably come around once a decade. Guy is a freak of nature.

Such a scary striker that he lay and prayed Gane lmao

Prime Reem or Cain would have murked him.

 

[podsox]

why not?

If he does it will be a 90/10 split

 

[brackis1]

Agreed, as someone from the community that undergoes the most racism in Europe, Fury could angle that more.

yeah french immigrants from africa are basically the ruling class... -_-

I meant mayweather-mcgregor style

 

[BROWNPRIDE]

I feel like this is going to hurt Francis more than it hurts the UFC.

I highly doubt it. The current ufc hw champion just walking away and sticking it to Dana. Francis is gangster!

 

[deadshot138]

Why would a company agree to let him go do a sport that directly competes with what he's doing, that will interfere with his ability to take fights and possibly lead to him getting injured? Moving on was the best thing for both parties in this situation. Say they let him box. He gets a taste of that money and he'd have never set foot in the octagon again

 

[Chalky White]

Such a scary striker that he lay and prayed Gane lmao

Prime Reem or Cain would have murked him.

Hahaha 2 guys he beat in less than 2.5 minutes combined.

 

[ryun253]

I feel like this is going to hurt Francis more than it hurts the UFC.

UFC survived w/o Conor & Ronda, Francis is nothing.

 

[MrLuke]

If he does it will be a 90/10 split

Francis will be an easy payday for Fury..

 

[surgeyou1]

Yeah how could a company ever let a current UFC champ box

 

[BROWNPRIDE]

Francis who?

For his sake, he needs to get out there before he’s forgotten. Maximize his monetary value ASAP.

Everyone knows who Francis is and he’s all over YouTube highlight knockouts. Dude ain’t forgotten.

 

[Darius0995]

Said company would have been getting a considerable slice of the pie.

 

[evergreenrider]

Francis will be in for a rude awakening. Dude is not a draw outside the hardcore sect.

 

[Captain Insano]

He'll get like 15 million, which will be like 3-4 times more than what UFC will offer him most likely.

Don't count your chickens

 

[Chalky White]

It was never simply about Francis.

If they had let him have what he wanted, every other champion would have some leverage going forward. The UFC’s entire model is fueled by exploiting fighters, they’ll never let them have flexibility or freedom.

They weren’t going to set a precedent by caving in to Ngannou.

 

[Hdfi]

cant believe the UFC lost the baddest man on the planet.
HUGE opportunity for other MMA organizations!

 

[brackis1]

It was never simply about Francis.

If they had let him have what he wanted, every other champion would have some leverage going forward. The UFC’s entire model is fueled by exploiting fighters, they’ll never let them have flexibility or freedom.

They weren’t going to set a precedent by caving in to Ngannou.

This.
Fuck the UFC.
Dana and his cronies should be the ones vacating.

 

[muhammadgoatli]

What is this? The money channel?

--Nate

 

[Bakayoko]

It was never simply about Francis.

If they had let him have what he wanted, every other champion would have some leverage going forward. The UFC’s entire model is fueled by exploiting fighters, they’ll never let them have flexibility or freedom.

They weren’t going to set a precedent by caving in to Ngannou.

I hope a few more top fighters leave.That would put at least some leverage to the fighters and UFC would be forced to up the pay at least a bit to keep piece in the house.