Francis leaves the arena rather than enter the cage with PFL HW champ

[Emporio Alnino]

Ngannou puts up a front like he's trying to help everyone in MMA, but he'll chase the money just like everyone else. He's not going to do charity fights for PFL if boxing keeps the pay days coming.

the midwits here will continue to fall for le honorable ngannou's act.

 

[Siver!]

RIP PFL it was over before it even began getting swept 5-1 by Bellator was always going to make you a threat to UFC

Meh, buying Strikeforce and WEC produced some of the UFC's best ever talent.

 

[Neck&Neck]

PFL will be buying up UFC for pennies in no time

 

[Leonard Haid]

Lol at people still pretending he's ever fighting in PFL

Well, he did sign a contract with the PFL, a contract that gave him the option to box, so so far anyway there are no indications that I can see that he won't fight for the PFL.

 

[EndlessCritic]

I like how the main event was being presented as an eliminator to face a guy who's never fought in the promotion before. I don't watch other MMA aside from the UFC really so it's always strange hearing other organizations holding UFC fighters in higher regard. The UFC would almost never mention outside fighters but Bellator and PFL will name drop Jones, Ngannou, and whoever else at any chance.

Is this really surprising? The UFC is the recognized big show. Of course they're going to name drop the fact that they have the UFC champion.

 

[KOPPE]

Dude is not even bothering to pretend anymore.

when you taste meat you dont think of potato

 

[markg171]

Well, he did sign a contract with the PFL, a contract that gave him the option to box, so so far anyway there are no indications that I can see that he won't fight for the PFL.

The contract was to box ONCE and then fight for them in early 2024.

He instead signed another boxing fight in early 2024.

Mate. Wake up. He literally left the arena rather the faceoff with his "next" MMA opponent. He doesn't give a fuck about PFL.

 

[markg171]

How he does in his fight with Joshua will probably be the factor in how soon he fights for PFL. Even if/when he does fight he's probably gonna just win the title and never fight for them again.

Depends on how he does vs Joshua. If he wins, then you can bet he may do another boxing fight and it might be a world title. If he loses then he's 0-2 and likely does the mma fight.

Much depends on his next performance.

Win or lose against Joshua, Francis has better opportunities in boxing (unless Joshua utterly humiliates him, in which case perhaps PFL becomes more realistic).

If Francis had any intention of fighting for PFL he'd have entered the cage for the chance to get on the mic and do a faceoff to start selling the fight.

 

[TITS]

Big chicken.

 

[duke_droese]

Saint Francis is the African Saint Jonathon when it comes to honourability and selflessness.

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

He’s gonna duck Ferriera. He knows he’ll get knocked out

 

[MRT]

If Francis had any intention of fighting for PFL he'd have entered the cage for the chance to get on the mic and do a faceoff to start selling the fight.

Yes, right now he may not be thinking about PFL...but if Joshua embarrasses him, it might be another story.

The sad part is, even if Francis gets tooled, he could probably *still* find a higher paying fight in boxing than in PFL.

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

I still want Francis to box Wilder after the Joshua fight

 

[humdizzle]

PFL makes more money having francis box and then taking a %

setting up a HW mma fight where francis is expected to have a 1 round KO against a nobody is a risky proposition. if he loses, even by fluke, their golden goose is done.

 

[Goatenstein]

Franny will be crawling back to PFL after Joshua ends his boxing career.

 

[cws80us]

Bader was probably the bigger name opponent for Nganeau, but he showed once again why he's in the minor leagues. He was a big fish in a small pond in Bellator.

 

[AmericanUppercut]

LOL
PFL, AKA Bellator v.2.
AKA UFC Release Leagues,
Francis proving he doesnt want to fight MMA.
Making a joke of PF-LOL
UFC was too smart for his running.

 

[Foghorn Leghorn]

If Francis had any intention of fighting for PFL he'd have entered the cage for the chance to get on the mic and do a faceoff to start selling the fight.

I tuned in late to see this fight, knew nothing about the Brazilian, and was genuinely intrigued by the prospect of them facing off afterwards.

Aaaand it's gone.

 

[shh]

He fumbled the bag...

Spoiler

...again

 

[GrantB13]

Is this really surprising? The UFC is the recognized big show. Of course they're going to name drop the fact that they have the UFC champion.

Not that I'm surprised, but it's kinda putting themselves in their diminutive place. Like a backhanded compliment in a way.