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^  A cross promotion event is the only chance we see an Ngannou vs Jones match up.  And judging from what the UFC was willing to do with Nunes and Kayla Harris before, it's not outside the realms of possbility that we see a Ngannou vs Jones event happening.  It just needs to make some sense from a business perspective and it really does make a looot of sense.

With Nunes vs Harris...  It was supposed to happen after Nunes vs Pena at UFC 269.  But the huge upset happened with Pena winning the bout.  So the planned cross promotion event was cancelled.

When Jon Jones retires, PFL needs to sign him and organize a fight against Ngannou If they do that, Dana would smash everything and everyone, instead of slapping his wife

Overeem isnt that scare without roids, Cigano has already lost to Ngannou, Rothwell will be like taking a candy from kid for Ngannou, Delija - probably wont survive Ngannou pressure. But Werdum is able to pull some BJJ trick imho.

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Speculations already started for next Francis Ngannou opponents in PFL next year.
PFL needs to first sign good heavyweight opponents, and after stunt Ngannnou did I won't be surprised if some UFC fighters switch to PFL just to fight him and earn minimum $2 million dollars.
Here are the names circulating right now as his potential opponents, Junior Dos Santos, Ante Delija, Ben Rothwell, Alistair Overeem, Fabricio Werdum, and otthers.
Ngannou started teasing everyone with calling out Tyson Fury ands someone proposed super fight Ngannou vs Jones in cross promotion.

Good point about stamina. During early career, Ngannou fight mostly oxygen, not his opponent. He does not have much experience of long fights. Boxers imho are more endured than MMA fighters. They dont spend stamina on leg kicks, they dont have to try to move from 120+ kg that lays on them (even though some prefer dirty boxing and lean opponents). Quadriceps, humans biggest muscle, does not eat that much energy in boxing. Good that you have point that. I dont see Ngannou ready for 12 round fight.

Well, just like you I am having doubts about the heavyweight fighters of the PFL and I don't think they will try and make a dent in Francis Ngannou at all, but yeah maybe In the future, but I don't really see any PFL fighter that could make a great stand-up against Ngannou maybe his 1st fight with PFL there will be many PPV on that fight because for sure people are excited about it and really missed Ngannou inside the ring, but if that fight could end up with a dominant win for Francis Ngannou then the next fight it will sure don't have any PPV at all this is just my opinion, but if that is a boxing match in the PFL banner I think that will be a profitable for both parties,


In a heavyweight fight, Francis Ngannou is expected to KO/TKO his opponent very quickly, but yeah many never expected something from Ngannou if he could defeat a boxer because that is something really unexpected an MMA fighter shifting to Boxing just because he likes it doesn't mean that he's going to be very good at it,

But surely Francis Ngannou wants a large sum of money for every fight he made and as a very dangerous sport this should be the pay a fighter should get after the fight but for an MMA fight it was a very lucrative contract that the PFL has given him and for sure all given in that contract Francis Ngannou has a large benefit in them, but if this becomes a success then I think PFL will have an edge towards UFC, and I think that could be a plan by Francis Ngannou as well,

Ngannou is expected to have his boxing tune-up this year. Maybe he should start training early and then late-noticed someone that is past his prime and is also inactive. Someone that is not mobile and only has 4 weeks or less to train. Or maybe an agent can just pay someone to let Ngannou win in a KO. Still, I don't see Ngannou having enough energy after 4 rounds. Any of the top 20 with proper training camp can easily jab him to death. And fat guys like Andy Ruiz have more energy and speed.

The real target after his tune-up are Fury, AJ, and Wilder. All of them except Wilder possessed skills but after their previous losses, it seems like only Fury is capable of bringing a possible 1 million PPV buys with Ngannou. But 500k PPV buys is probably enough for Ngannou to earn around $15 million.

More interested to see Ngannou having a boxing fight against one of top heavyweights, than to see him having MMA fight against PFL heavyweight I dont think that any of PFL heavyweights are able to cause Ngannou serious troubles (if only they are not elite jitsers and can do something weight like leg or knee locks, because strangling or trying to break Ngannou hands is useless ). Ngannou talked a lot about how he wants big numbers and boxing fight. It will be fun to see how almost every his boxing opponent have similar knocking power and what Ngannou to put against them.

It was a  very lucrative deal for the PFL, for me it is not a contract signing like getting into a job, it was a Contract partnership, between Francis Ngannou and the PFL, and PFL taking this kind of deal with Francis Ngannou is a risk Francis Ngannou is going to have a fight next year, and every time he fights he will get 8 to 7 figures in every fight he has, his opponent will get a fair amount not a normal amount for a fighter, it means if you fight Ngannou you will likely get an amount larger than their pay cut, a fair trade fighting Ngannou, he can also be allowed that he can participate in any boxing match he desire, he will also get a large sum on his Pay per view, he would also get a salary for being the global ambassador for the PFL Africa for likely new fighters coming from Africa, going to PFL,

The biggest MMA contract offer an MMA fighter could ever get,


If this contract will be successful and if both parties are getting what they want this deal is a win-win for both parties, but if this is just a one-sided one then this will not likely going to be a good scenario for both parties, I really think this is still in progress and the PFL is just trying this kind of move they are totally risking this one, for Ngannou to get this kind of a deal PFL must be out of their mind, now Dana White will be very furious about this, but let's see if what may happen,

PFL conducts two PPV every year and they started the PPV model last year. Their PPV numbers are not public and with the popularity of PFL on a global scale do you think giving 50% to Francis Ngannou will be a huge number. The catch here in the contract is a future plan for PFL Africa where he will be the chairman and it looks like a long term plan and if everything goes as per the plan he will be making a lot of money, only time will tell.

https://www.pflmma.com/news/professional-fighters-league-and-francis-ngannou-announce-exclusive-global-mma-strategic-partnership

I told you guys.
Francis Ngannou and PFL blockbuster partnership announced and this is biggest deal in MMA history!
Ngannou will start fighting next years in PFL superfight pay-per-view division, and during 2023 he is going to have boxing fights before that!

Listen full interview between Ngannou and Ariel Helwani for MMA hour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f65b0kdp_Og

Mcgregor's exemption was really upsetting for many UFC fighters, no wonder a lot have a grudge.

It's said 8 figures per fight with lots of benefits and he gets a share of the profit in PPV. Sure a bright future indeed. He got what he wanted and seem a big influence in PFL where he might just make a lot of UFC fighters join him on that promotion. so it's a win for Francis vs Dana. His debut will be in mid-2024, seem like a long wait for us though.

He is going to be paid much more than what UFC offered and he will be allowed to have boxing matches, only Dana White is making stupid restrictions for everyone except Conor McGregor 
It was never only about the money for Ngannou, he was asking guaranteed payment and health insurance for everyone including his opponents, that means he wanted to change things for better in MMA.
Anyway in next 24 hours we are going to know more about his new deal, and he is saying this on twitter now:

https://twitter.com/francis_ngannou/status/1658177958379663361

PFL could be his last option if he is not going back to UFC so yes, it must be PFL. Is Francis gonna be paid higher than what UFC offered?  
We're gonna see him fight after all in MMA and not in boxing. It's what he was after when he looks for a boxing fight that could pay more than his UFC career.  

Dana will be furious but he might be interested in a fight against Pavlovich or Jones against Francis.

It is a done deal for Francis Ngannou, but we are going to have to wait few more days until he finally announces the company he signed deal with.
He teased us all a lot, and I think Dana White will be more angry after Ngannou make it official.
My prediction is that he signed with PFL and I said that before but lets wait and see.

Result of the Ares FC 15 event

Ares FC 15: Pena vs. Saadi

MAIN EVENT
Demarte Pena DEF Mehdi Saadi 

CO-MAIN EVENT
Amin Ayoub DEF Alaa Mansour

MAIN CARD
Ibrahim Mané DEF Juan Manuel Suarez
Felix Klinkhammer DEF Christopher Jacquelin
Jordan Zébo DEF Mickael Marie Sardi
Nikola Joksović DEF Vincent del Guerra
Moustapha Aida DEF Abdelmoumen Mssaate

PRELIMINARY CARD
Alexander Soldatkin DEF Benjamin Šehić
David Tonatiuh Crol DEF Asilder Badouiev
Assia Miri VS Joana Chevreuil
Islem Masraf DEF Azamat Aboukhanov

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Indeed a great fight Fabian Edwards was dominating the fight at 1st it was a very close one but Edwards was really something with the stand-up and getting Gegard Mousasi on the ground was easy for him to scuffled with Mousasi on the ground, and surely he dominated the stand-up so much, now the title shot is within reach for Fabian Edwards when Johnny Eblen shows inside the ring and have a scuffled against him until the officials have separated them,

Well Leon Edwards was so much proud on his brother and just like his brother Leon Edwards, Fabian Edwards is motivated in getting the Middleweight belt,

I really think that Fabian Edwards really did great against Gegard Mousasi Edwards destroys one of the biggest names in Bellator surely Fabian Edwards was composed towards the fight and started very competitively unlike it became very one-sided towards Edwards, he even got a takedown over Mousasi, and Edwards was hitting hard with his precise striking and even if he is on the advantage he didn't lose composure and stayed on their game plan and never went for a knockout or submission, and then when the fight was finished and Fabian Edwards announced the winner the champion Johnny Eblen got inside the ring to confront the winner Edwards and they got scuffles that the officials need to get in and stop the commotion well title fight is next for Edwards,

exactly in one week the oktagon #43 event will take place - this time in the czech capital prague.
The most anticipated fight (Patrik Kincl vs. Karlos Vémola) of the domestic scene for the king in the middleweight division will be the highlight of this evening. other cage fights you can see from the graphic

Fellows Bellator 296 Mousasi vs Edwards main event is starting soon but they had all prelims available for free live on youtube and you can watch them now!
I think Fabian Edwards can surprised Mousasi today and use advantage of bigger reach advantage and younger age.
My bets for today are Fabian Edwards, Mansour Barnaoui, Costello van Steenis and Thibault Gouti.
Watch Prelims: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjirH_JgvS8

At the age of 37 Cris Cyborg doesn't really want to stop, she got 2 recent fights in boxing last year and both are a win, a grappling matches 7 wins and 1 loss record, and a Muay Thai record of 2 wins and 1 loss, and in the MMA where she was known to UFC, but right now on Bellator and doing a great job right now, with 26 wins and 2 losses, Chris Cyborg is one of the best there is, and now that she is in Bellator she got a perfect winning since she debuts in Bellator that was one crazy feat aswell,


Unfortunately, Cris Cyborg is at her peak maybe she knows that she is nearing her limit inside the ring, but yeah Amanda Nunes would be great but she needs to resign from the UFC, and I think she will not get back to UFC she got an issue with Dana White the boss so yeah, but maybe years have past and bygones should be bygones, and let Cyborg back again but I think Chris Cyborg is really pissed off with Dana White than White was pissed of with Cyborg,

ONE Championship will return soon on 9 June 2023 with a World Championship clash at ONE Fight Night between Regian Eersel vs Dmitry Menshikov.
The main supporting match will also take place, namely between Kade Ruotolo vs Tommy Langaker.
There are also 8 other battle bouts that will take place on the same day.



Source : https://twitter.com/ONEChampionship/status/1656109421209202688?t=yn6vDAo80b0L0b51jRaLZg&s=19