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Which MMA promotion/organization do you think Ngannou will sign with?

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Darius0995 said:
Judging by his recent fights, evidence suggests that Jones’ skills as a fighter have somewhat deteriorated, or at the least many in MMA have caught up with him and he’s failed to evolve. I’d even argue that Gane is the much better overall stand-up fighter between the two.
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You make a very valid point, he was certainly not as dominant in those last few fights but I will offer up another potential reason. After becoming the youngest champion ever and defending the title so many times easily taking out MMA legend after legend after legend and decisively finishing his toughest opponent and only guy to hurt him (Gus) the dropoff in opponents was extreme and he just got bored, having a hard time finding motivation to put in the effort to fight complete nobodies like Reyes that he could beat in his sleep as he did.

It seems people have forgotten or maybe are new and not familiar with Jon Jones accomplishments and level of fighting but he is an extremely rare, freakishly gifted athlete, the best wrestler in UFC history who easily manhandled "Mr Olympic Wrestler", HW Champ and made him cry. Jones is a big, very strong guy that cut a ton of weight to fight at LHW and most likely could have beat Gane while he was competing at LHW. Gane looks athletic at HW in comparison to the division of Oompa Loompas. Jon Jones is a completely different beast, the only person that can beat him is himself.
 
Has anyone even considered the fact that Nnganou made this decision after seeing the footage of Dana curb stomping his wife? I don't think Nnganou is the type of guy to appreciate something like that. His Mom wearing the PFL t shirt could have something to do with it too I think
 
Eiger said:
I think some of y'all are crazy throwing around 25, 20, 10 million dollar purse figures for Francis in boxing. I think he'd be fortunate if he got 20% of what Conor got to fight Mayweather.
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That would be 20 million.
Not to mention he would still get other bonuses for different sponsorships.
The only way this blows up in Ngannou's face is if he gets less than 10 million and gets embarrassed so badly nobody signs him to anything
 
This situation
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I can understand Ngannou’s stance. It’s not about the money, it’s about the terms.

A person can’t just go around accepting money from anyone when their soul is attached to the agreement.
 
Bet the farm on Gane. He's a larger, stronger, more talented version of the guys that took Jones to close decisions 3 and 4 years ago. He's also 3 years younger than Jones. It will likely be the end of Jones.
 
seanwongster said:
Are you crazy, you think the PFL will pay millions? One of their highest paid star (Kayla Harrison) gets like 100K per fight (without winning the tournament), they are going to 100X their highest paid star? Don't think so.
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They just got Jake Paul. Things are going to be very different. Did you see how much money Pettis was making?
 
TheGreenMachine said:
Gane is an easier fight than Francis. If Ngannou can beat Gane on the ground, Jon should be able to sub him pretty quickly. Ngannou also has way more power than Gane. Could definately be a boring fight though if Jon just stays on the outside and kicks/jabs the whole time and Gane does leg kicks.
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Gane is going to bludgeon Jones. Jones is not the fighter he once was, and he's never even fought a good HW. Gane is large, strong, technical, and mobile. He's going to come straight at Jones and make him fight.
 
I think Ngannou is eventually back. No MMA promotion can offer him the money he wants, the UFC can get the closest. The boxing he insists on doing will be short lived, probably loses his first one if it's against a halfway decent opponent.
 
Cartiac said:
You make a very valid point, he was certainly not as dominant in those last few fights but I will offer up another potential reason. After becoming the youngest champion ever and defending the title so many times easily taking out MMA legend after legend after legend and decisively finishing his toughest opponent and only guy to hurt him (Gus) the dropoff in opponents was extreme and he just got bored, having a hard time finding motivation to put in the effort to fight complete nobodies like Reyes that he could beat in his sleep as he did.

It seems people have forgotten or maybe are new and not familiar with Jon Jones accomplishments and level of fighting but he is an extremely rare, freakishly gifted athlete, the best wrestler in UFC history who easily manhandled "Mr Olympic Wrestler", HW Champ and made him cry. Jones is a big, very strong guy that cut a ton of weight to fight at LHW and most likely could have beat Gane while he was competing at LHW. Gane looks athletic at HW in comparison to the division of Oompa Loompas. Jon Jones is a completely different beast, the only person that can beat him is himself.
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I agree with most of this, but its just speculation what caused Jones's decline. He could have got bored, lazy, unmotivated, etc etc, but the fact is no one knows. You would think even a bored Jones could finish an opponent with 2 heavily comprised legs. In his prime Jones was certainly a freak, but i don't think he is that guy anymore. If he was smart he would wrestle Gane, but we will see. Jones is one of the best ever for sure just don't think he has "it" anymore.
 
Francis probably gets 20-25 mil to fight Fury, he'll obviously lose badly. He'll then probably get a couple of million from either Bellator or PFL to fight there, as having the lineal UFC heavyweight champ will raise either company's profile and credibility considerably. He'll be okay and be set for life financially.

He bet on himself fighting Gane while injured, and he won.
 
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