Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou wants to get his career in motion after some free time.
Francis Ngannou last participated in MMA for the last October when he finally made his long -awaited debut in the PFL after shockingly saying goodbye to the UFC, leaving his heavyweight title behind.
'The Predator' then won the PFL Heavyweight Super Fights title after completely dominating Renan Ferreira, and hit him in one round.
Since then, however, the former UFC champion heavyweight has been out of operation while the PFL continues to struggle to find a relevant opponent with which he can be confronted.
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Conversations have started for potential Francis Ngannou Mixed Rules Super Fight
During his time on the sidelines, Ngannou teased that he would be interested in a return to the UFC to fight Jon Jones.
However, UFC boss Dana White was recently announced that Jones was officially retired from the sport, so that Tom Aspinall is promoted to the undisputed heavyweight champion.
Not only that, but White claimed that he is not interested in bringing Ngannou back to the promotion, although it would add a much needed excitement to a division that is missing.
Although 'The Predator' may not get the chance to combat Aspinall, he might get the chance to fill it up against Aspinall's kickbokkkampioen teammate, Rico Verhoeven.
Verhoeven recently defended his glory heavyweight title against Artem Vakhitov, who marked champion for more than ten years.
The Dutch kickboxer has been talking to a potential fight against Ngannou for several months now, while he is looking forward to making his debut in MMA.
And he recently admitted that he has already had conversations with the PFL and the Saudis for a potential mixed rules super fight against the former UFC champion.
Verhoeven recently told Ariel Helwani that conversations started for a potentially mixed ruler fight, including one round in MMA, one round in kickboxing and one round in boxing.
“(The PFL is interested) and the Saudis are interested, so I think there are many things that can happen and simply combat sports change in general,” said Verhoeven.
Who could fight Francis Ngannou differently?
Ultimately, if Ngannou does not match the PFL for a potentially super fight against Verhoeven, there are not many other opponents who are logical to him.
And that is why he has only fought under the PFL banner once so far and has easily beaten their heaviest heavyweight on the Roster.
Nevertheless, 'The Predator' continues to take a potential return to boxing, where Deontay Wilder is the most likely opponent.
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