Nearly two years after leaving the UFC, Francis Ngannou still has a hard time against the organization's boss, Dana White.
If he were still an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter, Francis Ngannou would be preparing to celebrate nine years in the global mixed martial arts (MMA) organization led by the all-powerful Dana White . But this is not the case since the Cameroonian decided to cut the cord at the end of 2022 following an insoluble contractual dispute between him and his former boss. Although he has since signed up with the Professional Fighters League (PFL), “The Predator” maintains real resentment towards Dana White.
And he expressed it again during an interview given to “The Team explores”accessible on the sports media website. If he seemed to regret the way things ended, he especially targeted the UFC boss, rejoicing at having been able to stand up to him. “This is the bitterest pill Dana has ever had to swallow in her life. He lost to a simple guy. He ruled over his empire, overpowered everyone. And I dared to get up. »
Dana White compared to a bully
Not a little proud, Francis Ngannou also remembered the way Dana White saw things when he told him that he would not continue in the UFC. “He said: 'It's not going to happen like that, no one has ever left the UFC without the UFC deciding to do so.' » Then the heavyweight champion between 2021 and 2023 made a comparison between the film
« 300 » and what he experienced in the face of the one who recently affirmed his total support for Donald Trump in the race for the American presidency: »In the movie 300one of my favorite films, King Xerxes asks Leonidas: 'You want land, to be rich, for your men to be free? I will give you all of Greece but bow down.'
He did not prostrate himself (…). I was a free man, and Dana White, the tyrant. »
Since his departure from the UFC, Francis Ngannou has offered himself a stint in boxing with (lost) fights against Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. He then returned to his favorite discipline in MMA, this time with a victory by knockout. against Renan Ferreira.
