Francis Ngannou has walked away from his UFC heavyweight title and has secured his freedom from the UFC. The Cameroonian fighter opted to not re-sign with the UFC, citing the shortage of independence in UFC offers (which stop fighters from competing in boxing and anything the promotion would favor they didn’t).
Ngannou joined the UFC in 2015 and went on a tear to earn a UFC title struggle in opposition to Stipe Miocic. He was outworked by Miocic and misplaced by unanimous resolution. Just a few months later he dropped a lacklustre resolution to Derrick Lewis.
After a change in camps, Ngannou started preventing like a person possessed. He steamrolled the heavyweight rankings, KOing anybody who was put in entrance of him to earn a rematch with Miocic at 2021’s UFC 260. That evening he knocked out Miocic within the second spherical.
After a prolonged spell on the sidelines, Ngannou returned to face Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 final 12 months. He defeated Gane by unanimous resolution and shortly made it clear that he was not all in favour of persevering with on with the UFC.
Ngannou is now probably the most precious free agent in fight sports activities (maybe ever). Bloody Elbow will monitor Ngannou’s free company and convey you all of the information and updates because the world’s greatest heavyweight decides what to do subsequent.
