Dana White revealed her feelings towards Francis Ngannow in a very personal rant from the former UFC champion at this week’s press conference, but the feelings seem mutual.
Dana White Burst Francis Nganoo
There appears to be no lost love between Dana White and Francis Ngannou after White targeted a personal attack on his former fighter, who recently debuted in the Professional Fighters League (PFL).
“No. I didn’t like Francis as a person,” White told UFC 308 Post-Praser. “I wasn’t the guy I wanted to do business with. My boy said he was misunderstood. When someone showed you who you were, he said he believed them.
“It wasn’t about him becoming the world’s heavyweight champion. Francis is not a good guy. He plays a good guy.
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However, the UFC CEO didn’t stop there as he ruled out the possibility that Ngannou would step into the octagon again after his debut in the PFL.
“He’s not the guy I wanted to do business with the duration of the story.”
Fans have dreamed of fighting Ngannou and Jon Jones for many years, but it appears that they won’t get a white-age collision, burning all the bridges with the original champion.
“We’ll never do business together,” White continued. “I mean you can say. We don’t like each other.”
Ngannou won his first match in the PFL with an emphatic knockout against Saudi Arabia’s Renan Ferreira in the beginning of October.
The Cameroon-born heavyweight-born heavyweight is not sure who he will fight next, or whether it will become boxing or MMA, but I hope he will face his next opponent at some point in the first half of 2025.
