News Francis Ngannou in talks with GLORY

[Mike]

Does that matter? It’s interesting yeah so not trying to dig you out on it, but know where I’m coming from? If he’s happy to do it and it pays ‘enough’ then all gravy.

Not in the sense that I care what he gets paid. Just curious what kind of wallet they're working with, to see if it's even feasible. I'd love to see Francis in a kickboxing bout.

 

[Tweak896]

As far as the most impressive accomplishment outside of UFC, Glory has to be the top of the list. Oh sure maybe he could get a hail mary punch on Wilder or Fury, but really that's not feasible for him to win a contest there. All the mma orgs outside of UFC mostly have weak HWs, it's not too impressive to become a champ in any of them when he's already been UFC champ, maybe Bader would be a decent win but that's it. If he won a tourney or a mega fight in K1 he'd get more respect for stand up, and that's the only way I think Ngannou could look better outside of UFC.

 

[weaselkenievil]

Not in the sense that I care what he gets paid. Just curious what kind of wallet they're working with, to see if it's even feasible. I'd love to see Francis in a kickboxing bout.

I thought that was the angle you were coming from, with you Shermano.

 

[RogerB08]

Did he come to his senses and realize Tyson Fury would murder him in a boxing match?

 

[HAWTRIDDUM]

Yeah, Glory is going to cough up 30 million a fight lol

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

I always thought of glory as broke, what is their highest paid to guy?

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

The guy is just shopping around to see who will pay him the most.
Whoever he signs with he better do it quick. Every day he doesn’t fight or have something lined up his worth is going down. Especially after tomorrow night when the UFC has a new HW poster boy to parade around.

His worth will skyrocket when Fury vs uysk is officially dead, and they do the Queensbury cage match.

 

[kingmob6]

Book him in Eagle FC against Diego Sanchez

 

[Prelimtapper]

Glory isn't getting you the payday you want Ngannou

 

[StonedLemur]

Man, he looks a lot smaller there.

Does anyone know if Glory has the any minimum kicks per round rule like some older KB orgs? It has been awhile since I watched them (and normally muted) and I do not see anything on their website.

I never heard of any minimums since I have been watching sir.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Oh.. no way Francis gets the Gazillion dollars he wants per fight in Glory.

Also guys like Jamal Ben Saddik would mop the floor with him.

 

[StonedLemur]

I think his stand up regressed a lot in the UFC. In his first fight he was patient an more technical.

Then he started doing crap like he did against Rozenstriuk.

As of late he has looked good though.
He was far more patient with his last Stipe fight.

 

[Deleted member 585708]

Robbie Timmers, GLORY Kickboxing matchmaker & head of talent, revealed in two Dutch combat sports podcasts that they’re in talks with Francis Ngannou.

Robbie said Francis was interested in kickboxing and that he and his team were very positive about what GLORY has to offer, also in terms of contractual conditions (I assume he’s talking about a non-exclusive contract here, so that Ngannou is free to do whatever he wants outside of fighting for GLORY, something the UFC wouldn’t offer him).
According to Robbie, at the moment the biggest obstacle is a financial agreement. As of now Ngannou and GLORY are not aligned in terms of his pay, but they’re working on it.

If I hear anything relevant regarding the negotiations, I’ll post it in this thread

Wherever Ngannou signs, I just hope it's easy to watch here in the UK!

But good for Glory, might as well go for the biggest names

I'd love to see Glory on a proper channel here in the UK

 

[SalvadorAllende]

As of late he has looked good though.
He was far more patient with his last Stipe fight.

Yes.. he looked great in the Stipe rematch just to become a panic wrestler against Gane.

 

[BlueCat]

Francis in talks with the minor leagues. I don’t blame him if he gets paid. Wrestling scares away a lot of fighters

 

[HaulParris]

Overeem vs Ngannou 2 in Glory would be great.

I think Overeem failed a PED test in his kickboxing return - I defer to @BoxerMaurits for the details.

With regards to Ngannou, he could have fun slobber-knockers in kickboxing but someone like Verhoeven would piece him up.

 

[MGS]

All that talk to NOT box? That's a no for me dawg.

 

[campbecc]

If he ends up in Glory then he almost certainly made a big mistake, I doubt Glory will offer him more than the UFC did.

 

[StonedLemur]

Yes.. he looked great in the Stipe rematch just to become a panic wrestler against Gane.

If we're being honest the knee was a pretty big reason for the wrestling.
He didn't have the movement to catch up to Gane in that fight sir.

 

[joeson]

Ngannou is an idiot. He fucked himself out of a deal because his lazy ass didn't want to fight.

I will delete my account if he so much as thumb wrestles again, let alone fights.

Hopefully he fights again