The odds are stacked against the highly anticipated heavyweight showdown between Francis Ngannou and Jon Jones; the chances of it happening are small, but there is still a possibility. The only way to make the desired fight happen is for the UFC and PFL to cross the street, collaborate, and make it happen.
The UFC tried hard but was unable to schedule what could have been one of the greatest heavyweight fights of all time. Ngannou refused to fight Jon Jones because he believed the UFC had ulterior motives.
Fans were ecstatic after seeing Francis Ngannou indirectly challenge Jon Jones to a fight in recent heavyweight tweets.
Francis Ngannou discusses his battle with Jon Jones.
Francis Ngannou discusses past possibilities to fight Jon Jones and explains why he declined them.
“I’d be on board. Listen, first of all, I always claim for this Jon Jones fight, I always wanted Jon Jones fight and then it seem like they didn’t want to make this Jon Jones fight happen”, Ngannou said as quoted by tmz.com.
“Until they wanna use Jon Jones as leverage to play me, and that wasn’t something that was going to happen. The Jon Jones fight wasn’t just coming as a fight,” Francis Ngannou further speaks about the deal with the UFC to fight Jon Jones.
“He came with strings attached. That’s what I would say. Jon Jones fight was coming with strings attached which was the thing that I couldn’t take it just like that”. Jon Jones recently tweeted in response to Francis Ngannou’s claim that he is the baddest man on the earth.
UFC fans and the MMA world are certainly hoping for Jon Jones to cross the street; only time will tell if fans will ever witness one of the sport’s greatest heavyweight battles.
