Francis Ngannou: Dana White ‘massive obstacle’ for dream matchup with Jon Jones

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Francis Ngannou would still love to fight Jon Jones, but he just doesn’t see it happening — with the biggest reason being UFC CEO Dana White.

“If you can get past Dana White, it could happen, [but] that’s a massive obstacle,” Ngannou told Sportsbook Review about a fight with Jones. “But personally, I don’t care. I’m doing well. I’m doing my stuff at my pace. I don’t care. That won’t change my sleep for me.

“Finishing my career without fighting Jon Jones would be OK. I have tried to fight Jon Jones for four years since I fought Jairzinho Rozenstruik [at UFC 249] back in 2020. I’ve been trying to fight Jon Jones and then they were holding it out like a trap until the moment that I was about to leave and then they said, ‘OK, here’s the Jon Jones fight.’ But it was bait. I felt they were very tricky.”

Francis Ngannou: Dana White ‘massive obstacle’ for dream matchup with Jon Jones

Francis Ngannou would love to fight Jon Jones, but he believes Dana White is the reason it likely won’t ever happen.

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[jason73]

how does he expect to fight jon jones when he is signed to PFL? you cant put this all on dana at this point .there is no scenario where he co promotes with PFL. it is entirely more likely that PFL wont be able to afford francis and he will try to come back . by that time jon will be retired (probably still ducking aspinal)

 

[Papi Chingon]

View: https://Twitter.com/DonnDavisPFL/status/1904556385091662072


LOL @ PFL ruining Jones v Aspinall negotiations. Well played PFL, well played.

 

[Rambo John J]

View: https://Twitter.com/DonnDavisPFL/status/1904556385091662072


LOL @ PFL ruining Jones v Aspinall negotiations. Well played PFL, well played.

All this talk of Jones vs Ngannou or Jones vs Aspinall is a waste of time

Jon didn't want to fight Francis and doesn't want to fight Aspinall
He should be stripped

Beating Gane off a loss and beating Stipe of a KO loss after he had been long retired doesn't make him a Champ

Shit or get off the pot, they need to strip his ass asap and book the top HWs vs Tom

 

[Papi Chingon]

All this talk of Jones vs Ngannou or Jones vs Aspinall is a waste of time

Jon didn't want to fight Francis and doesn't want to fight Aspinall
He should be stripped

Beating Gane off a loss and beating Stipe of a KO loss after he had been long retired doesn't make him a Champ

Shit or get off the pot, they need to strip his ass asap and book the top HWs vs Tom

This is the last fight of his career, so there is no future upside to him. He's dumb enough to think he's holding all the cards, but he isn't holding shit. This $50m suggestion is really going to make him think he needs to hold out. He needs to be stripped.

 

[Rambo John J]

This is the last fight of his career, so there is no future upside to him. He's dumb enough to think he's holding all the cards, but he isn't holding shit. This $50m suggestion is really going to make him think he needs to hold out. He needs to be stripped.

100%
He has two MMA fights in the last 49 months(1500 days), both against hand picked HWs coming off embarrassing losses.

 

[Suicidalforlife]

All this talk of Jones vs Ngannou or Jones vs Aspinall is a waste of time

Jon didn't want to fight Francis and doesn't want to fight Aspinall
He should be stripped

Beating Gane off a loss and beating Stipe of a KO loss after he had been long retired doesn't make him a Champ

Shit or get off the pot, they need to strip his ass asap and book the top HWs vs Tom

This , he’s playing pretend at HW, fight the number one contender or retire, no one gives a shit, careers over let Tom get on with his, with or without Jones.

 

[Robbie Hart]

Very tired of all these “jones vs” talk
Just get on with it and stop pissing around

 

[BeardOfKnowledge]

how does he expect to fight jon jones when he is signed to PFL? you cant put this all on dana at this point .there is no scenario where he co promotes with PFL. it is entirely more likely that PFL wont be able to afford francis and he will try to come back . by that time jon will be retired (probably still ducking aspinal)

Yeah, man. Dana is the obstacle, not him quitting the company. Ffs.