PFL heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has not been a part of the UFC since 2022, but it sounds as though they would be interested in making a deal with the promotion to fight Jon Jones, although the UFC has shown no public interest in this fight.
The MMA community had longed for a match between Ngannou and Jones for years, assuming the former light heavyweight champion would move up to fight the then-current 265-pound king. But, by the time ‘Bones’ made his comeback, Ngannou had already moved on to chase a career in boxing and with the PFL as a fighter and chairman of their African division.
Since his dominating first round finish of Renan Ferreira in his PFL debut last October, many heave questioned what is next for ‘The Predator’ in MMA. Now, with no fight on the books with his current promotion, it is apparent what is on his team’s mind.
“Francis Ngannou versus Jon Jones, that’s the MMA fight that the world wants to see. That’s the Mayweather versus Pacquiao fight that the world wants to see in mixed martial arts. “I truly feel if you asked me if he’s willing to go to the table with a co-promotion, absolutely he would, because he wants that fight with Jon Jones as bad as anyone wants it.
“I’m sure he’s willing to negotiate some kind of partnership to do it. And if the business truly made sense, I think even if Dana would too – if it really made good business. “I don’t think Dana would be pig-headed to say no, but it has to be done a certain way, or there’s no way it could happen.”
(h/t MMANews.com)