Dana White says Francis Ngannou is a free agent, stripped of heavyweight title | ESPN MMA
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- čas přidán 13. 01. 2023
- UFC president Dana White speaks with reporters about the promotion and Francis Ngannou not coming to an agreement and that Ngannou is now a free agent and has been striped of the title. White also discusses Jon Jones making his return against Ciryl Gane at UFC 285 for the now vacant heavyweight belt.
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1.5 years ago, Dana was saying that Jon was pricing himself out, because he didn’t want to fight Francis. Now it’s the opposite.
probably because it went from Jon asking for too much money to Francis asking for too much money 🤯
Yet fans are still dumb enough to think Dana is being genuine
dana white number 1 gaslighter
Dana says whatever. He’ll say oh Nate turned down fights then when Nate is going to fight someone he will say oh he’s never turned down a fight
Who cares finally the division gets moving
"We did everything we could." Translation: "We kept low-balling him and his management wouldn't accept the deal."
Wrong.
Were you in the meeting?
Offered him more money than Lesnar. No one can honestly think that is low-balling.
"he didn't wanna fight"
@@joshuaharms9564 he didn’t want the money. He wanted a contract that allowed him to go off and box Tyson fury. He didn’t wanna be kept in 1 place.
How can Dana say with a straight face that Jon's been "willing to fight anyone" when he's been sat at home for 2 years supposedly waiting for Francis.
Francis has fought once since March 2021. He wasn't fighting anyone else. He's the one log jamming the entire division.
Francis clearly just denied fighting with Jones because of the pay, Jones has been ready to fight for some months now
Definitely some bullcrapery happening on all sides here.
He said for these last few months.
He was waiting the HW champ, just happened to be Francis
Dana acting like Francis was scared , no one believes that 😂😂.
No he is acting greedy & a bit too cocky.
Ngannou wanted a big pay day his whole career, but when he got the biggest contract in HW history to fight Jon Jones he said no. whereas Jon Jones said yes to a smaller contract. So ngannou clearly ran cos he knows Jon Jones has too many weapons. Ngannou only has missiles.
More money in boxing, he can always get more pay elsewhere
@@Denzel_Watchington yeah because he kinda owns the company 😂and there literally many fighters way more more popular then Francis
@@diazromario7586lmao Francis wanted health insurance and fighters advocate he said on Ariel that he was fine with the pay. Dana is a coward
Sucks that Ngannou Vs Jones is going into the list of dream fights that never happened. But all the best Francis in all your future endeavors.
Gane vs Jones seems better in terms of technicality but jones vs Ngannou would of been super fun too.
@@keyboardcommando7000 yea mate, lets be honest francis kill jones
That's how I feel, I wanted to see Ngannou vs jones sooo bad, but well... it'll never happen
Jones vs gane is still a pretty badass fight though
He could do a massive fight with Tyson then walk back in the door in a year. Aspinal is back, Gane is a superstar or Jones is a heavyweight monster who just demolished Gane. That biggest fight of all time probably only gets bigger - no?
Dana fought with his wife and he is here talking about "lesser opponents "
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Bro you killed him
Broooooooooo
Savage
Andddddd Stillllllll..the undisputed wife beater of the worldddddddd
@Adam Hazza you make it sound this woman has a brute force of a heavy weight champion. come on dude.
They did everything they could to try and keep Francis, except give him what he wanted.
Truth
Francis thinks he’s something but he’s just a no name non marketable heavy weight and he needs to wake up and accept this, instead of acting like a little princess.
@@ramirezz101 FOH I’m a casual fan even I know him. Ur crazy.
@@crackheadbiden7269 that doesn't make him popular 🤣🤣
@@mosa4370 Yeah it does
I don't think it was a matter of low balling him like people say. It was the principle of the matter. Francis didn't want to be owned by anyone. He said he would rather go broke again. He wanted to be able to be the UFC champ, AND do boxing etc. I say the man is a hero, he actually stook to his principles. He did that fight against ciryl gane injured and almost as a favor to the UFC. Because he said he would do it, and he did it. Thanks for the memories Francis. You will be missed in the octagon.
Not
@@charlestomlinson3236 yes
Dana is greedy
He is a massive Hero and deserves all the respect… I herd he may be returning to his native country to start his own fighting league to compete against the UFC… he’s a modern day robin hood
@@georgeoy932 lol
@@georgeoy932 I heard he's partnering with SBF with an FTX sponsorship so he can jumpstart the whole Cameroun's economy, they're both modern day Robin Hoods!
“Fight lesser opponents and make more money” who wouldn’t wanna do that lmao ??😂
It's not a champion mindset. It's not really what the UFC is about.
@@vicconstruction9126 so the UFC is about paying the least to fight the best ?
@@Hahah100 just the fighting the best part. They don't like to talk about paying
@@Hahah100 He would have made $5 - 8million for the fight. I think its decent for one fight.
Ya I agree but I don’t think Francis wants to fight lesser he just wants what he thinks he’s worth
Mad props to Ngannou to going after his real worth and telling Dana and the cheap UFC to kick rocks.
Whatever you gotta do to cope with his cowardice
Ngannou literally said it wasn't about money, and nobody will pay him more anyway
He’s going to get paid less in any other organization unless he does a 1 off in boxing.
What is this “real worth” exactly. You people live in fairy tale land.
@@smirking8457 Being paid more.for fights?
Oh man. I've been a UFC fan for 15 years and the Ngannou VS Jones fight was THE heavyweight fight everyone was waiting for. I find it bizarre why the UFC refuses to pay their fighters. Even badminton pros get paid more.
It’s not about money, it’s about the option to box under contract
No badminton player on earth has ever gotten a million dollars for a single badminton match you doofus
@@YungPrince2k16 he will get more money now outside the UFC
Not about money he was going to paid more than Brock
@@YungPrince2k16 what good is legacy when you have no money?
This is one of those rare occasions where EVERYONE can see through Dana's spin.
It’s really sad people can’t see his lies and bulshit more often
Yeah I don't like to see the biggest fights either.
I worry more about the particular Financial situations of certain Fighters and their personal preferences (like what kind of cereal they like) and stuff like that.
Keep those massive, big time fights away from me. Give me Francis vs KSI on DZN pay-per-view and let me know how much each fighter made and if you took out all of the yellow m&ms like they asked.
ESPECIALLY if the fighter has the same skin color as I do. My Little pea brain doesn't work much harder than that.
offering a guy millions and not letting him box is not exactly putting him in chains, it was a difference of opinion. You guys all act like dana should be some sort of charity dispensary.
Now ngannou has zero options outside a fight with fury. If fury is smart he'll lowball him to irrelevancy.
Lulz
@@patriotplays6990
Dana "woulda, coulda, shoulda" White. We know Dana didn't offer Francis his worth. He's stumbling on his words. He's full of it.
Oh? His worth? You think some second run promotion is going to give him a >million dollars per fight?
Francis isn't a superstar for the casual fans, he doesn't draw that many ppvs that's why he doesn't get paid a lot, he should have learnt from Izzy, he fought very often and that helps him to get more popularity and earn more money
@@heassik3088 They offered the greatest pay in heavyweight history. What more can Dana really do?
Francis will have a fight in China or Saudi and get 10+ million easy no wonder he didn’t accept the deal why would he
Please. His hardly a star. Stop this "deserved worth" bs. No one deserves anything. Either be marketable or not.
Hate how dana tries to paint it like he's scared cause the negotiations failed through and everyone saying Francis is scared of Jones is dumb af 🤣
Facts. Francis is just trying to get paid. Why get locked into a 10 fight contract when you can box a couple people and make the same amount if not more.
how do u know he is not scared ? there could be a chance.
He is .
Frances couldn’t sleep at night knowing jones was forreal
@Mel TheWork exactly, people forget that cyborg could have got a rematch but she didnt want to be tied down with a multiple fight clause with re signing with the ufc
Lol Classic Dana white tactics .
Dana is such a business man that, he was saying jon to rethink of fighting francis when francis beat stipe and now, he's saying this🤣🤣🤣
great comment and oh so true!
Stipe also beat Francis...
Jon beats everybody
@@Sccoppe he beat his meat at home for a couple of years
When francis got the 2nd chance at stipe, it was solely because ufc wanted so. They could have given it to someone else, Stipe could have been champion for a long time.
Francis needs to remember this
Respect to Francis actually willing to step out to seek what he is worth.
He's in for a rude awakening. No one outside of the MMA community knows Francis.
lmaooo..yeah sure
Yeah hey
@@vict1435 PFL would pay Ngannou what he deserves. And you're a real clown for supporting Dana and the ufc when they're underpaying almost all of their athletes.
Unless he fights fury or a top 5 boxer and wins that's gonna be rough for him. Hope it works out for him but I don't know.
Francis ain’t scared of Jones he just wants more money. More power to him
Bruh he scared. Here y’all go with excuses
@William Bryant lmfao, no he isn't ya goof.
Lol he doesn't want to work first. He wants to get paid first.
He doesn't want more money necessarily, he wants a contract that let's him do other fights outside the UFC
Why would he!Francis is more dangerous, not saying he’s a better fighter just more dangerous and naturally bigger
The fact that "making more, fighting lesser opponents" is even a thing, is the problem to begin with. Fighting the greatest of all time you'd think would bring the most money possible for him.
Not with the UFC.
Right?! Like that statement in itself incriminates DW’s position
Dana wants to offer his wife a helping hand but not Francis. Can't say I'm surprised
Dana earned the belt with that KO
@user-ik1yv3ol9t Dana and Jon can fight for the wife beater title and the one who causes the most physical and mental trauma wins.
Absolute win for Francis. I believe Dana has been on record saying "this isn't a career, it's an opportunity" and Francis heard that loud and clear. He leaves with his hype and his first fight outside of the UFC will probably be worth his entire contract. Eventually, these fighters will smarten up and want to test FA. Can't start losing all your draws, eventually the UFC will have to pony up. O'Malley has already said that he's not going to extend and hit FA when the time comes. Glad these fighters are finally going into business for themselves.
Francis isn't a PPV star. He'll be lucky to make what he would have resigning.
💯💯💯💯💯 You have to build it first
Yeah go fight for company with no ppvs (bellator) making practically the same, if not less than in UFC. What a deal. 😒
@@TheTalk23or he goes to boxing and makes millions from one fight
He can go to pfl and smoke that tournament every year for an easy mill haha
Good for Francis. I’m glad he didn’t get locked into an insanely long fight contract. Dana is making Francis seem lesser for not fighting Jones but at the end of the day Francis is an individual who can do what’s best for him and his family.
I don't even know where this idea Jones was ready comes from all this remains to be seen
They kept offering Jones to Francis?
Nobody knows Ngannu. He’ll be back in the mine in 10 years 😂
Who is this guy you gang keep talking about? Frederick.. no that’s not it. Farquart? Am I getting warmer? Frankfurter?….
100% he wants to spin it on Ngannou but I remember Francis’ interview before his last fight. Dana is a piece of 💩!
Francis over priced his worth. He will almost certainly live to regret it. One loss in a boxing ring or at the PFL and he will be completely forgotten about.
And that one fight will give him more money than his entire career in UFC! How about that!??
You were spot on! One FC just declined sending Francis their final offer. No boxing. No one FC. No PFL. No BKFC. Just a moronic free agent.
And now his getting ready to fight Tyson Fury for a 10 million dollar purse …go figure 🙄
So happy Francis is a man of principle 👍👍👍 "Our offer woulda made him the highest paid HW in UFC history" a.k.a. It would take 5 UFC fights for Francis to make 1/5th of what he'll earn in 1 fight as a free agent 🤷🏽♂️
lmao facts
Also he can have his own sponsorships
Things are working out perfectly for Jones now that he’s actually gonna fight at heavyweight.
Man really played the long game and it worked.
Facts
I feel like Cyril is worse match up then Francis for Jones
@@VIi726 right!!!
@@VIi726 How when he has zero grappling and even his striking is still not as versatile plus Jones still has a reach advantage. As soon as Jon gets a grip Cyril is going straight to the ground and getting strangled. At lease Francis has the one shot power and some grappling.
@@VIi726 Jones will grapple Gane every chance he gets. Tire him out against the cage IMO.
“Highest paid HW in the history of the company” that’s a pretty low bar
Not when it's set higher than any other MMA organization.
@@funkspinna I'm sure Francis was offered a higher number than what the UFC offered him.. let's see what comes out the next few days hopefully a big announcement from Francis
@@funkspinnaeven trash mma companies pay fighters more than UFC and makes way less $$
@@funkspinna lmfaooo no one wants that woman beater's chump change
Brock Lesnar got paid millions per fight, it's not that low.
Francis isn’t even a big draw anyway, so I can see why they the UFC didn’t agree to his terms
He is still the heavyweight champion of boxing and MMA
So you insult him by hinting that he is a coward and that's why he left... this guy lol...
same guy hits woman
Dana always shits on fighters in public of refuse their shitty deals and contracts
And there are people that buy into his BS. Can't wait till this guy either disappears or leaves this life!
@@woodbuffalomaids7062 I like how you attempted to frame it as he hit her first. Clearly that wasn’t the case. You have a future in politics or the media 😂😂
@John Paul DeJoria It is one of the great qualities of a man with good character and self-control to not hit a woman. So, all this justification for it being okay for Dana to hit his wife is invalid. Dana is a powerful man with a lot of money, and it is a high possibility that he may have cheated on his wife many times. Maybe they could have been having an argument about that, and his wife slapped him because she was emotionally broken.
Can literally watch Dana's lip stiffen as he tries to stop it from curling as he goes on to lie.
😂
😂😂😂
And Francis is the Final Winner !!! He looked for a better Opportunity and got a close Fight with Fury! What truly inspiring this is !
Now Francis can box and make way more money when he fights Fury than he ever did with the UFC
Nope
Francis will make more in his first fight outside The UFC, than the rest of hia fights combined.
If you don't like the UFC then don't watch it.
@@HaCubbeeIt’s funny seeing so many bootlickers in these comments😂
I seriously doubt it. While he was the heavy weight champion of the UFC he wasn’t a big PPV draw so why would he be a big draw when you take away his belt and he’s fighting on a lesser promotion?
Nobody cares I want him gone he fights once a year and holds the division up glad he’s gone
@Awoke Awoke without daddy Dana there won’t be UFC
I’m excited to see where Francis goes now that he’s free.
Why though, he’s more likely going to lose any high profile boxing fight they offer him. Literally who does he beat in boxing with a relative name. Fury, Ruiz, Joshua, Usyk and even Wilder all beat Francis. Sure he’ll get paid a shitload but say goodbye to his legacy
Maybe Bellator for 1 or 2 years until his knees finally give up on him or his age starts catching up with him
Pfl it's coming watch big things happening there
@@ShutUpBubi lol stupid 🤣
@@m3gad4n67 I’m a huge Francis fan but he’s gonna get dominated in boxing, Francis definitely needs some extra years before he enters a boxing ring. Any high level heavyweight boxer would see his punches coming from a mile away.
*As soon as Francis goes jon Jones is back jon Jones is scared af*
Finally the division can move on
Facts, mfckr hasn’t fought in how long? And for what reason
Nah, its gonna go at the same pace. Same with Stipe. Same with DC.
@@majortom331 how ?,gane may defend it 3 times a year, and jones may be yr right about him
Ngannou doesn’t draw in big crowds period…the money that he wanted was unjustified. The UFC felt they would give that money to Jones to bring him back. Smart business is all this is.
It's not about drawing big crowds. It's about getting your fair share of the revenue you generate. UFC fighters are the most underpaid in all of major sports. You generate billions in revenue but can't pay your most dominant heavyweight champ in history 1-2 million a fight?? And won't let him box on the side to earn a different more massive stream of revenue. Pigs get fat and slaughtered. UFC is failing to sign the best talent. Failing to pay their fighters an even share.. when the Muhammad Ali act becomes law in MMA they have themselves to blame
Ok company man ..
@@robbiewizz658 so far, this is exactly the case. One FC just declined their final offer. After stating for weeks that they will offer Ngannou his best offer yet. No boxing. No one FC. No PFL. No BKFC. Just a moronic free agent. It's about having smarts. Anyone who supported this move by Francis is playing checkers. Anyone who was against that move is playing chess. Simply said.
➡️➡️ “Francis wanted to make more money fighting lesser opponents” - Dana white
“We wanted to pay Francis less money compared to lesser organizations” - also Dana White
I mean fair point, but just because a “lesser organization” is willing to pay more doesn’t mean it’s a good idea for that organization. It doesn’t always work out.
Or maybe the cost benefit for them is more than the UFC. Idk, just throwing it out there.
Everybody is hyped about Jon Jones coming back, nobody is talking about how this sets up the super fight with Tyson Fury.
Tyson Fury would absolutely destroy Francis. Francis is not a boxer, Tyson is considered one of the greatest heavyweights at all time.
I can’t believe you people actually think Francis has any chance against fury or any quality boxer at that matter. It’s actually laughable how ridiculous it is going to be if they ever end up fighting and fury ends up schooling Ngannou. Literally Francis has never been known for having amazing boxing, it’s always been his power pulling him through. Just look at his last fight, he literally couldn’t touch Cyril
You can leave🚪
Tyson Fury is gonna be busy with Usyk for a long time. What if it Usyk loses? Trilogy. Fury loses? Rematch for the WBC belt and possibly a trilogy. There's also Joshua, Ruiz, and possibly Wilder for a fourth time. Ngannou has really no business in that business. He's just being used as a bargaining tool.
Tyson fury fight will suck
It feels so good to see Francis pull that move on Dana , THANK GOD
Its sad that there’s absolutely no mention of stipe anywhere!
Not Dana and not even the journalists
Man Francis vs Jones would have been epic...sad it's not happening....
Does anyone know the numbers $$$? 🤔
If your injured then vacate the title like Jiri did. 🤷♂️..the division was totally on hold. Time for Fran to move on..👍🏽
I rather wait till francis get with Ariel to hear his side of the story
Dana tend to be bias when he's talking about people who don't do what he wants
It’s obvious he wanted to what Conor did which is go off and get a boxing fight, make big money but still be under contract by the ufc
Ariel literally hates Dana's guts and you're going to sit here and talk Bias? Yeah great logic lmfao
@@ShutUpBubi but it's about what francis will say right? Don't matter what Ariel personally thinks of Dana we've heard Dana side and now we have to wait to hear francis side that will be much longer and more detailed probably also a interview with the trainer of francis and his point of view on things
And according to your own logic because Ariel don't like Dana you won't get a way better understanding of the situation then what you know right now?
@@terryterhaar7495 Francis is the least brand savvy fighter in the organization. You literally never hear from him unless it's something about money.
He has no brand, no star power and now he's no longer a UFC fighter. Just another washed up fighter that will be forgotten about in less than a year as he tries to beg Fury for a fight. Even though Fury has shown to intent to fight him at all, no plans, no nothing. He's fighting Usyk next and then retireting. Why would he want to fight a random fighter than doesn't hold any belts?
Francis has lost his leverage because he's no longer a champ.
Because he’s a narcissist
"Gave up our right to match" you won't match, that's why you HAVE to let him leave, good for Ngannou
Exactly, ufc can’t match. UFC cares a lot of keeping fighter pay low.
He obviously said they were waiting on Francis to sign the fight was ready Francis wasn’t
Francis isn't worth matching he's going to be 40 in a few years. His career is OVER.
@@ShutUpBubi stupid heavy weights peak around then late 30's like right now Francis is healthy no wars lowest fight time in ufc most fights less than a minute dude is great shape ko possible way his areer is almost over ko way !
@@firestarter924 he is not healty he just got two major surgery on his knee for a 300 pounds guys.. sorry but the money fight for hw was john jones or brock
Dana’s words out 2:32 will go down in history 😂😂😂 Francis just signed a fight that will generate him more money than every fighter on the UFC’s next 5 cards😂😂😂😂
Francis probably figured since Joe Frazier made 5M like 52 years ago that the 400K Dana White was offering wasn't really up to snuff.
This is what happens when you want to be properly compensated and your boss knows it’ll change everything if he does that.
"properly compensated" he'd make in a fight what most people make in their entire lifetime. Keep wishing for fighters to get paid more and soon UFC will become just like boxing and you can say bye bye to exciting matchups between the best in the world.
Francis doesn’t sell as much as you think he does. The highest selling PPV have been without him on it. You know who’s really worth it tho? The people who fight consistently and sell the most (Izzy and Charles)
You couldn’t be more of a clown with that statement
Facts it would set a new president for other fighters. Dana doesn't want that
@@Mr-Opium Conar Mcgregor
“The highest paid heavyweight in the history of the company” probably means $1.5 million per fight. I hope Francis can get at least 50% of the revenue he brings in, wherever he fights next
If you're saying 1.5 mil is low-lying you're an idiot. Maybe he can get decent money in boxing but in mma he won't make that money
Hopefully he fights wilder or Ruiz in a exhibition match if he goes the boxing route not sure who's at PFL
He should get 50% boxing but not UFC no way for one he’s not that big of a drawl number two there’s way to many other fighters on a card for one man to get 50 of a purse and most of all there’s too much overhead ufc pays to put on a show compared to any boxing match
1.5 not enough
50% revenue is a joke
Excellent decision. No big loss.
What is FA?
I WISH Dana would disclose the numbers of the contract that would've made Francis the highest paid heavyweight in UFC history
He won’t disclose it because Dana doesn’t want to pay anyone
@@voidtankage4289tell me you've never run a business without telling me you've never run a business.
He has before. I bet he would if Francis fires off at all.
Well Brock made 2.5 million his last fight.
@@steventolliver575 he actually got paid more. 5 million dollars. So Francis probably got offered 7 Million.
Whoa does this mean we'll see Francis vs Roman Reigns at WrestleMania?? 😯
More like the royal rumble
Nahh. Francis vs Jake Paul. Winner takes all
More like Lesnar vs ngannou
Why is everyone defending Francis? He's the one who's held the division hostage while he filmed movies and didn't want to fight.
They fumbled the bag haaaard on this one
Dana: well, we tried our best to retain him, we offered him $10 and a burrito.
🤣
He went for more money. It can be a short career and it's his body on the line. Go get em Champ
Facts. Anybody who takes the UFC’s side over the fighters ain’t a real fight fan.
Ufc doesn’t need franny lol relax
I think he wants to do a Conor which they flat out refused to cave on
@@kreed82 yeah he want to box Tyson fury.. but he’s not brining in any revenue like conor did.. beside from his physique and power, he’s a pretty prong guy 🤷🏽♂️
Who is he gonna beat in boxing though? Please tell me. Ruiz, Usyk, Joshua, Fury and Wilder all beat Francis and it’s not even close
Ngannou wanted a big pay day his whole career, but when he got the biggest contract in HW history to fight Jon Jones he said no. whereas Jon Jones said yes to a smaller contract. So ngannou clearly ran cos he knows Jon Jones has too many weapons. Ngannou only has missiles.
stop being cheap dana!
FINALLY! The Heavyweight Division has been a mess for a long while.
That's Dana.
Yeah ever since the ufc has been low balling Ngannou.
Seriously Francis has destroyed almost everyone.
Wasnt due to Francis, who has emerged since Francis has been injured?
@@kreed82 come on man
Dana's ability to spin is next level. Making out that Francis does not want to fight top level opponents anymore! I would have loved to heard Dana asked "What was the sticking point in the negotiations, if it was not money" and hear his answer.
I stopped believing what Dana says since a long time ago.
For Dana Ngannou is something which UFC has made a star. Ngannou now considers himself a star. Disagreement, end of story
Francis was scared to fight high level competition. That's why he's fighting some nobody named Tyson Fury outside the UFC
there has got to be more to this story. Francis isn't afraid of anyone
Night made, Francis Ngannou thinks he's way more famous then he actually is. Nobody is gonna pay to watch him box
ufc could give francis 10 mil so easily as well shame we never see francis vs jones best ufc fight ever
So disappointed.
yeah in boxing the amounts of money for such a super fight would be crazy. Floyd mayweather was racking up 300 million in the fight against mcgregor. the ufc probably would give 1.5 such a disgrace.
@@JJ-pv8xu This is so dumb. Floyd didn't make 300 million, and that fight was only huge because Conor was a superstar. Nobody knows or cares about ngannou outside mma.
Good job Francis Ngannou
Y????
Good job getting tf out of the way and stop holding up the division
@@jasonmaguire7552 HAHAHA, that was spot on funny
@Jason Maguire thank your come daddy Dana for that
Best of luck to Francis. The show will go on like it always does. Lot of good fights coming up this year still 😁
Yeah the issue is if we continue to see lesser fights why not see DW’s proposed “lesser fights” competitors cause what’s the difference. Gotta say I’m not that excited to see Jones fight a guy Francis just literally beat
2.5 million is really not that much considering the fact that prize fighters in boxing could walk away with up to 15/20 mill and challengers are getting about 8/10 million like the Fury/Chisora fight.
It's on. Francis vs Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania 39😮
@Blade Castlevania I KNOW RIGHT BUT FOR THE UNDISPUTED WWE UNIVERSAL WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE ONLY
Francis vs Brock
@@suhailshaikh8529 IF FRANCIS IS IN THE ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH AND FACES BROCK AT WRESTLEMANIA 39!
I knew that spinning back elbow would come in handy one day 💪🏻
For the vacant belt 👀 Let’s go! This is the perfect stylistic match, Ciryl Gane is almost the HW version of Jon Jones, well rounded overall fighter, this is a fight of the year incoming, tough test for Jon Jones after a 3 year layoff 👏👏👏👏
They wanted Jon Jones to be heavyweight champion and were offering Francis peanuts to keep him away from Jon. Disgusting disrespectful and shady business tactics.
“Highest paid ufc heavy weight “ which was probably 20 million less then they could of offered him compared to what boxers make
So then be happy for him. It all worked out.
@@MrElephantBeach yeah I just like to call Dana’s BS out. They could’ve offered him a lot more.
@@jhales313 Francis didn’t deserve the numbers he was asking, even if Dana could pay it with ease.
@@Invictus-SolarisNgannou has brought in more money than, many boxers have who make more than him. Stop the bs.
Lol and then proceeds to call him fat with a bad knee pretty much after saying they couldn’t come to terms for two years 😂
Dude couldn’t even knock out Gane.
How was Francis vs Gane a close fight?! Ma boy Cyril got manhandled the last two rounds...
Francis should go to PFL, fight on the Jake vs Nate PPV, make more bread than his entire UFC career
" dont stick up for me, this is my punishment" Lol this guy
His punishment will come soon in form of karma for sure he just needs to be patient cause he thinks he'll be fine 🤣🤣🤣
"he's got it in his head that there are bigger opportunities outside the UFC, with lesser opponents"
Yeah, I guess Tyson Fury is really a lesser opponent compared to Jairzinho Rozenstruik. Francis should have been happy to have been making that $500k paycheck in the UFC. He really fumbled the bag leaving the UFC to make $30 million plus for the Fury fight. Like Dana says: Francis is scared, and doesn't want to take risks.
John Jones is 35 and hasn't fought in 3 years. UFC is a circus
When someone says, "if you wanna go you don't have to stay here,"
it translates into I never cared about you in the first place regarding Dana.
Exactly why his wife did what she did
@@bochito99 yup that’s why his wife is swimming in money and never have to work in her life.
@@yusuke502 facts.
Francis will now fight Tyson Fury for a lot of money that he could retire for good lol
Mate fury isn’t fighting him in 10000 years😂
@@xboxgaming5307 right he bout to fight usyk nobdoy care about franics outside the ufc
Fury would smoke em
He'll fight Deontay.. Tyson is banned from the US atm
Yes the first question on everyone’s mind was the heavy weight fight lol 😉
So Dana walks away Scott free from beating his wife, but Francis gets the shade
Sad to hear, but makes sense all things considered. Francis is arguably the most marketable HW fighter the UFC has ever had and he simply felt like he was under valued
Francis Who? Everyone is talking about some now even more anonymous fighter…
Lmao you mean John jones
Lets see how well the viewership is for his PFL fight.
Marketable being the key phrase here ladies. If you think there’s someone else or that I’m wrong I’m more than happy to hear who or why. The way I see it is most people watch HW fights to see them brawl, and to knock each other out. No one does it like Francis
"This isn't a career, this is an opportunity" - Dana White
So Francis took the opportunity, became HW champion, and is now looking for a career. All he did was follow Dana's advice 🤷♂️
You you’re just gonna ignore where he says he was offered the most money out of any heavyweight of all time we’re not talking a chump of change anymore that was enough
@@BustANUt0600 that's not the full details of the contract it could of been a shitty contract that nobody is aware of except for him and UFC
Dana white slapping his wife seems to have aged him a decade. He looks like he’s in his 60s here. 😂
No news here because even after Francis beat Gane last year at UFC 270 he said that would be his last fight. He knew Dana was going to screw him over.
That was the worst fight in the history of mma... good riddance
Man this is good for Francis he stood up for himself and what he is worth , maybe he wanted lot of money and ufc said no . But will they pay jon jones now cause he was asking big amount .
It’s not hard to do a little research and figured out that it wasn’t about pay , he got let go because of his right to box while in contract
@@franco30528 if you should have researched more then you should know that francis wanted money after stipe fight . Champion was paid as much as contender . He did not wanted to continue so good for him .
Dont know if its true or not coming from Dana but if Francis truly turned down 10 million dollars to fight Jon hes a idiot lol 10 million dollars is lifechanging not to mention Francis is rich already Greed and cowardice from Francis is all in staring to believe also Jones took nearly 3 years to fight and wasted alot of time as well
Power move by Francis. Gotta respect it. He’s gonna make millions more outside the ufc and get to box. Jones vs Gane is very interesting. I think the biggest factor is how much will Jones weigh on fight night. But right now i got Gane by dec or maybe late tko
Gane has no ground game and Jones would easily finish him on the ground
@Rafa Arellano and yet he will still make millions more outside the ufc because he’s getting a larger share of the pie.
@@coolseaking3757 maybe. Jones has never fought someone bigger than him. And he couldn’t even get Reyes down or keep him down last time we saw him fight
@@mediahernandez where is he going to make these millions the ufc is the biggest mma organisation in the world lol the only place is fake wwe
Who cares about Francis dude got greedy asf lmao
my guy has the prime bottle turned around even tho everyone knows what that bottle is😂
If he is still under contract how is this possible?
Lol... this is the ideal outcome for Francis. He's going to go into the world of boxing and make double, maybe even triple of what he made in the UFC. Even Tyson Fury has spoken about fighting Francis. And if he wants to come back to the UFC he'll be signed because he'll be a bigger star than he was before.
exactly
Fight who? All the top fighters have legit opponents plus Francis is a free mma agen who’s 36 years old and has no crazy following of his own
Francis would be lucky to fight any of the top guys, and if he does he gets trounced. And once he loses, nobody cares about watching him box again. He's not a boxer and would get destroyed.
@@jasonmaguire7552 lol Tyson Fury want to fight him. He just need that match to bag minimum 10 millions dollar which he will never get in UFC.
@@catreaper9286 so how much dana offered him to fight ngannou, I heard it was almost around Brock Lesnar pay,
Dana can shuffle with numbers, but we know that the main problem is options. They could've given him "slave" contract when he can't have any freedom (adv contracts, fights, taxes, future fights)
Nobody puts a gun to these fighters head and makes them sign the contract. Own up to your actions. Stop making excuses.
@@MRios1128ctually it isn’t much of a choice, if you’re being treated like an “independent contractor” by your boss, without the benefit of being one.
Get off your knees.
Dana stop throwing shade and painting this picture that he’s intimidated by Jon Jones…stop lol
Sean Strickland was talking about how broke most retired UFC fighters end up... can't blame Francis for looking out for himself
He called Francis scary 😂
It's a travesty that the UFC couldn't make a deal with their Heavyweight Champion. Absolutely pathetic by the UFC. Ngannou could've been their biggest star, but they rarely ever wanted to promote him and now don't want to pay him. Brutal for all the fans.
Agreed
Brother, they offered him Brock Lesnar money and he turned it down, come on now.
they were gonna pay him lmao and who really cares about him hes not interesting
@@4evahodlingdoge226 stop holding water and defending the ufc. You have no clue what he was offered and whatever it is, the ufc heavyweight champ deserves 10x of that. It's time these champions take a stand and stop with the b.s. UFC fighters make 18% of the revenue. Its criminal. Stop defending them. The UFC is 100% in the wrong.
Right. Now he’s gonna go box Fury.
This is a huge, legacy alternating change to Francis legacy
IF Gane wins it gives Francis even more value considering he dominantly beat him
Nah only made DC look better, since he wore Stipe down for two years before Francis picked at his leftovers
He barely won that fight
He barely won which is true but Francis who’s is a power puncher and uses loads of explosivenesses was significantly impaired by a blown out knee which was very impressive
That’s also the reason they didn’t go with blades because ngannou already beat him twice by stoppage
@@merrymelodiesfan2294 don't forget Ngannou won that fight while he was injured and needed surgery, so stop talking nonsense clown.
This is a hard blow for the ufc
its not lol. francis hasnt fought in like a year and the company has done well
Francis sells no ppvs, idk what you're talking about.
@@UnrulyLK people don't realize this. Francis would still be unknown if not for the ufc.
Hard blow for Francis tbh biggest thing he's done in the past 3 years was star in Jackass Forever and get a takedown against Gane... Time waits for no man, the Ngannou era is over.
@@thet-rex4521 Who is arguing that point???? NOBODY!