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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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@bsar11 Год назад

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.

@TheDXJC56 Год назад

probably because it went from Jon asking for too much money to Francis asking for too much money 🤯

@stonecold316339 Год назад

Yet fans are still dumb enough to think Dana is being genuine

@murrenpower2513 Год назад

dana white number 1 gaslighter

@joondagoon6774 Год назад

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

@Whatever-ku1hg Год назад

Who cares finally the division gets moving

@AshuPunjabi Год назад

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.

@keyboardcommando7000 Год назад

Gane vs Jones seems better in terms of technicality but jones vs Ngannou would of been super fun too.

@papaya3550 Год назад

@@keyboardcommando7000 yea mate, lets be honest francis kill jones

@heassik3088 Год назад

That's how I feel, I wanted to see Ngannou vs jones sooo bad, but well... it'll never happen

@the_auditor1017 Год назад

Jones vs gane is still a pretty badass fight though

@T1tusCr0w Год назад

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?

@henrythomas5771 Год назад

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.

@jasonmaguire7552 Год назад

Francis has fought once since March 2021. He wasn't fighting anyone else. He's the one log jamming the entire division.

@heassik3088 Год назад

Francis clearly just denied fighting with Jones because of the pay, Jones has been ready to fight for some months now

@BrD4GOD Год назад

Definitely some bullcrapery happening on all sides here.

@nathanclearyschin7100 Год назад

He said for these last few months.

@leecastro3602 Год назад

He was waiting the HW champ, just happened to be Francis

@Dkdogbehaviorist Год назад

Dana acting like Francis was scared , no one believes that 😂😂.

@Denzel_Watchington Год назад

No he is acting greedy & a bit too cocky.

@diazromario7586 Год назад

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.

@lap19 Год назад

More money in boxing, he can always get more pay elsewhere

@mosa4370 Год назад

@@Denzel_Watchington yeah because he kinda owns the company 😂and there literally many fighters way more more popular then Francis

@ABAO322 Год назад

@@diazromario7586lmao Francis wanted health insurance and fighters advocate he said on Ariel that he was fine with the pay. Dana is a coward

@janzbot71 Год назад

"We did everything we could." Translation: "We kept low-balling him and his management wouldn't accept the deal."

@spookshow6999 Год назад

Wrong.

@Wshilighlights Год назад

Were you in the meeting?

@joshuaharms9564 Год назад

Offered him more money than Lesnar. No one can honestly think that is low-balling.

@Afflictamine Год назад

"he didn't wanna fight"

@toddsimister71 Год назад

@@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.

@OrochiGeese7 Год назад

Mad props to Ngannou to going after his real worth and telling Dana and the cheap UFC to kick rocks.

@ShutUpBubi Год назад

Whatever you gotta do to cope with his cowardice

@jasonmaguire7552 Год назад

Ngannou literally said it wasn't about money, and nobody will pay him more anyway

@russianbot2630 Год назад

He’s going to get paid less in any other organization unless he does a 1 off in boxing.

@smirking8457 Год назад

What is this “real worth” exactly. You people live in fairy tale land.

@samuelhunter4631 Год назад

@@smirking8457 Being paid more.for fights?

@rajendranadarajan8931 Год назад

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.

@franco30528 Год назад

It’s not about money, it’s about the option to box under contract

@jasonmaguire7552 Год назад

No badminton player on earth has ever gotten a million dollars for a single badminton match you doofus

@SwaziPrince Год назад

@@YungPrince2k16 he will get more money now outside the UFC

@godlygoose_gaming543 Год назад

Not about money he was going to paid more than Brock

@SwaziPrince Год назад

@@YungPrince2k16 what good is legacy when you have no money?

@profane253 Год назад

They did everything they could to try and keep Francis, except give him what he wanted.

@fredfred4086 Год назад

Truth

@ramirezz101 Год назад

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.

@crackheadbiden7269 Год назад

@@ramirezz101 FOH I’m a casual fan even I know him. Ur crazy.

@mosa4370 Год назад

@@crackheadbiden7269 that doesn't make him popular 🤣🤣

@crackheadbiden7269 Год назад

@@mosa4370 Yeah it does

@Hahah100 Год назад

“Fight lesser opponents and make more money” who wouldn’t wanna do that lmao ??😂

@vicconstruction9126 Год назад

It's not a champion mindset. It's not really what the UFC is about.

@Hahah100 Год назад

@@vicconstruction9126 so the UFC is about paying the least to fight the best ?

@RatedashutoshKumarO Год назад

@@Hahah100 just the fighting the best part. They don't like to talk about paying

@vicconstruction9126 Год назад

@@Hahah100 He would have made $5 - 8million for the fight. I think its decent for one fight.

@ashleyd1379 Год назад

Ya I agree but I don’t think Francis wants to fight lesser he just wants what he thinks he’s worth

@uhrig7377 Год назад

Respect to Francis actually willing to step out to seek what he is worth.

@vict1435 Год назад

He's in for a rude awakening. No one outside of the MMA community knows Francis.

@CR1T1KaL714 Год назад

lmaooo..yeah sure

@ChristianchosenG Год назад

Yeah hey

@akritasdigenis4831 Год назад

@@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.

@braxtonvestal777 Год назад

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.

@Subfightr Год назад

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.

@charlestomlinson3236 Год назад

Not

@rickDArula Год назад

@@charlestomlinson3236 yes Dana is greedy

@georgeoy932 Год назад

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

@charlestomlinson3236 Год назад

@@georgeoy932 lol

@rp2895 Год назад

@@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!

@JupiterRhys Год назад

This is one of those rare occasions where EVERYONE can see through Dana's spin.

@johnkicks1198 Год назад

It’s really sad people can’t see his lies and bulshit more often

@jamesmiller5331 Год назад

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.

@patriotplays6990 Год назад

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.

@darrell9294 8 месяцев назад

Now ngannou has zero options outside a fight with fury. If fury is smart he'll lowball him to irrelevancy. Lulz @@patriotplays6990

@michaelfranzese4975 Год назад

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.

@zacklarson2918 Год назад

Francis isn't a PPV star. He'll be lucky to make what he would have resigning.

@michaelbonhomme3677 Год назад

💯💯💯💯💯 You have to build it first

@TheTalk23 Год назад

Yeah go fight for company with no ppvs (bellator) making practically the same, if not less than in UFC. What a deal. 😒

@jsphlml Год назад

@@TheTalk23or he goes to boxing and makes millions from one fight

@schilling2438 Год назад

He can go to pfl and smoke that tournament every year for an easy mill haha

@JohnDoe19xx Год назад

Dana fought with his wife and he is here talking about "lesser opponents "

@fucu41 Год назад

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@floreslopezmiguelangel6029 Год назад

Bro you killed him

@Dkdogbehaviorist Год назад

Broooooooooo Savage

@checkmate8487 Год назад

Andddddd Stillllllll..the undisputed wife beater of the worldddddddd

@esengomamonga9292 Год назад

@Adam Hazza you make it sound this woman has a brute force of a heavy weight champion. come on dude.

@breakingthenorm3259 Год назад

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.

@2cents250 Год назад

Not with the UFC.

@mopnem Год назад

Right?! Like that statement in itself incriminates DW’s position

@melthework4511 Год назад

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.

@kreed82 Год назад

I don't even know where this idea Jones was ready comes from all this remains to be seen

@m3gad4n67 Год назад

They kept offering Jones to Francis?

@uthred6664 Год назад

Nobody knows Ngannu. He’ll be back in the mine in 10 years 😂

@evlinalw325 Год назад

Who is this guy you gang keep talking about? Frederick.. no that’s not it. Farquart? Am I getting warmer? Frankfurter?….

@MuneebBhat Год назад

100% he wants to spin it on Ngannou but I remember Francis’ interview before his last fight. Dana is a piece of 💩!

@ARR409 Год назад

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.

@mediahernandez Год назад

Facts

@VIi726 Год назад

I feel like Cyril is worse match up then Francis for Jones

@kylecompton9781 Год назад

@@VIi726 right!!!

@bboybreezi2417 Год назад

@@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.

@godgunsandgoldens Год назад

@@VIi726 Jones will grapple Gane every chance he gets. Tire him out against the cage IMO.

@surajpremnath1515 Год назад

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🤣🤣🤣

@kevinlewis8162 Год назад

great comment and oh so true!

@vanhattfield8292 Год назад

Stipe also beat Francis...

@Sccoppe Год назад

Jon beats everybody

@djdoomy Год назад

@@Sccoppe he beat his meat at home for a couple of years

@djdoomy Год назад

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

@ranran2218 Год назад

Dana wants to offer his wife a helping hand but not Francis. Can't say I'm surprised

@kp-ce1uk Год назад

Dana earned the belt with that KO

@ranran2218 Год назад

@user-ik1yv3ol9t Dana and Jon can fight for the wife beater title and the one who causes the most physical and mental trauma wins.

@dangsickname Год назад

Francis ain’t scared of Jones he just wants more money. More power to him

@williambryant2635 Год назад

Bruh he scared. Here y’all go with excuses

@ISYMFS863 Год назад

@William Bryant lmfao, no he isn't ya goof.

@rabbithole8858 Год назад

Lol he doesn't want to work first. He wants to get paid first.

@sharkfinsurfchannel Год назад

He doesn't want more money necessarily, he wants a contract that let's him do other fights outside the UFC

@jimsmith9744 Год назад

Why would he!Francis is more dangerous, not saying he’s a better fighter just more dangerous and naturally bigger

@unforeseeableness Год назад

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.

@jasonmaguire7552 Год назад

Oh? His worth? You think some second run promotion is going to give him a >million dollars per fight?

@heassik3088 Год назад

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

@KiimiKooooo Год назад

@@heassik3088 They offered the greatest pay in heavyweight history. What more can Dana really do?

@paulahetherington1801 Год назад

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

@deecee292 Год назад

Please. His hardly a star. Stop this "deserved worth" bs. No one deserves anything. Either be marketable or not.

@ajendra1 Год назад

Its sad that there’s absolutely no mention of stipe anywhere! Not Dana and not even the journalists

@mattboyce3276 Год назад

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.

@africanculture81 Год назад

And that one fight will give him more money than his entire career in UFC! How about that!??

@guru6393 Год назад

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.

@motodudu 7 месяцев назад

And now his getting ready to fight Tyson Fury for a 10 million dollar purse …go figure 🙄

@ctimehaynes Год назад

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 🤣

@melthework4511 Год назад

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.

@papi-sauce Год назад

how do u know he is not scared ? there could be a chance.

@eddievargas704 Год назад

He is . Frances couldn’t sleep at night knowing jones was forreal

@GoodStuff1992 Год назад

@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

@jarmangill5911 Год назад

Lol Classic Dana white tactics .

@CxsG90 Год назад

“Highest paid HW in the history of the company” that’s a pretty low bar

@funkspinna Год назад

Not when it's set higher than any other MMA organization.

@stanleysantos8422 Год назад

@@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

@voidtankage4289 Год назад

@@funkspinnaeven trash mma companies pay fighters more than UFC and makes way less $$

@IknowMoreThanYou Год назад

@@funkspinna lmfaooo no one wants that woman beater's chump change

@4evahodlingdoge226 Год назад

Brock Lesnar got paid millions per fight, it's not that low.

@Stats2BackIt Год назад

Finally the division can move on

@YungPrince2k16 Год назад

Facts, mfckr hasn’t fought in how long? And for what reason

@majortom331 Год назад

Nah, its gonna go at the same pace. Same with Stipe. Same with DC.

@suhailshaikh8529 Год назад

@@majortom331 how ?,gane may defend it 3 times a year, and jones may be yr right about him

@ZidaneDaMan10 Год назад

Francis isn’t even a big draw anyway, so I can see why they the UFC didn’t agree to his terms

@googleuser2031 Год назад

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.

@taejon4370 Год назад

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

@robbiewizz658 Год назад

Ok company man ..

@guru6393 Год назад

@@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.

@arawiri Год назад

I knew that spinning back elbow would come in handy one day 💪🏻

@Ricksonkimura Год назад

Now Francis can box and make way more money when he fights Fury than he ever did with the UFC

@guru6393 Год назад

Nope

@joeskill4663 Год назад

If your injured then vacate the title like Jiri did. 🤷‍♂️..the division was totally on hold. Time for Fran to move on..👍🏽

@heroofharo Год назад

Can literally watch Dana's lip stiffen as he tries to stop it from curling as he goes on to lie.

@chasg8183 Год назад

😂

@808franko Год назад

😂😂😂

@masterscheme1 Год назад

So you insult him by hinting that he is a coward and that's why he left... this guy lol...

@woodbuffalomaids7062 Год назад

same guy hits woman

@johnkicks1198 Год назад

Dana always shits on fighters in public of refuse their shitty deals and contracts

@matrix35 Год назад

And there are people that buy into his BS. Can't wait till this guy either disappears or leaves this life!

@JohnpaulDejoria666 Год назад

@@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 😂😂

@Luna_Anonymous Год назад

@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.

@blingblah5304 Год назад

It feels so good to see Francis pull that move on Dana , THANK GOD

@dedragun Год назад

They fumbled the bag haaaard on this one

@katana_3558 Год назад

Man Francis vs Jones would have been epic...sad it's not happening....

@CryptoJunkie Год назад

➡️➡️ “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

@GrizzlyX Год назад

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.

@BishopM1 Год назад

This is what happens when you want to be properly compensated and your boss knows it’ll change everything if he does that.

@cimi93x Год назад

"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.

@Mr-Opium Год назад

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)

@arronpatterson1600 Год назад

You couldn’t be more of a clown with that statement

@davidtammaro7137 Год назад

Facts it would set a new president for other fighters. Dana doesn't want that

@davidtammaro7137 Год назад

@@Mr-Opium Conar Mcgregor

@willsalinas8725 6 месяцев назад

And Francis is the Final Winner !!! He looked for a better Opportunity and got a close Fight with Fury! What truly inspiring this is !

@joset.5322 Год назад

Does anyone know the numbers $$$? 🤔

@bryanmoseley9887 Год назад

Francis will make more in his first fight outside The UFC, than the rest of hia fights combined.

@spookshow6999 Год назад

If you don't like the UFC then don't watch it.

@stevonwhite8933 Год назад

@@HaCubbeeIt’s funny seeing so many bootlickers in these comments😂

@kingmidas430 Год назад

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?

@lacosa24x Год назад

Nobody cares I want him gone he fights once a year and holds the division up glad he’s gone

@johnoberio9118 Год назад

@Awoke Awoke without daddy Dana there won’t be UFC

@jasonmackay2604 Год назад

I’m excited to see where Francis goes now that he’s free.

@m3gad4n67 Год назад

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

@ShutUpBubi Год назад

Maybe Bellator for 1 or 2 years until his knees finally give up on him or his age starts catching up with him

@firestarter924 Год назад

Pfl it's coming watch big things happening there

@firestarter924 Год назад

@@ShutUpBubi lol stupid 🤣

@mrlee3294 Год назад

@@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.

@moonvenerable7897 6 месяцев назад

He is still the heavyweight champion of boxing and MMA

@JNJ1014 Год назад

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 🤷🏽‍♂️

@Vvaysion Год назад

lmao facts

@thorazine0076 Год назад

Also he can have his own sponsorships

@BillySmith-np5zn Год назад

Everybody is hyped about Jon Jones coming back, nobody is talking about how this sets up the super fight with Tyson Fury.

@chaoticnudeboy8408 Год назад

Tyson Fury would absolutely destroy Francis. Francis is not a boxer, Tyson is considered one of the greatest heavyweights at all time.

@m3gad4n67 Год назад

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

@donovanmagyer782 Год назад

You can leave🚪

@DOMDZ90911 Год назад

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.

@briansolares8885 Год назад

Tyson fury fight will suck

@terryterhaar7495 Год назад

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

@m3gad4n67 Год назад

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

@ShutUpBubi Год назад

Ariel literally hates Dana's guts and you're going to sit here and talk Bias? Yeah great logic lmfao

@terryterhaar7495 Год назад

@@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?

@hiddenknowledge2012 Год назад

@@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.

@JAM_2024 Год назад

Because he’s a narcissist

@improveself3263 Год назад

*As soon as Francis goes jon Jones is back jon Jones is scared af*

@TheOne-zn5ik Год назад

Excellent decision. No big loss.

@angusyoung5398 Год назад

"Gave up our right to match" you won't match, that's why you HAVE to let him leave, good for Ngannou

@kimborampage Год назад

Exactly, ufc can’t match. UFC cares a lot of keeping fighter pay low.

@austinmooneyhan557 Год назад

He obviously said they were waiting on Francis to sign the fight was ready Francis wasn’t

@ShutUpBubi Год назад

Francis isn't worth matching he's going to be 40 in a few years. His career is OVER.

@firestarter924 Год назад

@@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 !

@andreprefontaine3824 Год назад

@@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

@stianw.danielsen2943 Год назад

What is FA?

@jusflyy3943 Год назад

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.

@Ghostdog4 Год назад

He went for more money. It can be a short career and it's his body on the line. Go get em Champ

@melthework4511 Год назад

Facts. Anybody who takes the UFC’s side over the fighters ain’t a real fight fan.

@lacosa24x Год назад

Ufc doesn’t need franny lol relax

@kreed82 Год назад

I think he wants to do a Conor which they flat out refused to cave on

@Timduo Год назад

@@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 🤷🏽‍♂️

@m3gad4n67 Год назад

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

@douevenlift9147 Год назад

“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

@vonbetter6478 Год назад

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

@ballchinian838 Год назад

Hopefully he fights wilder or Ruiz in a exhibition match if he goes the boxing route not sure who's at PFL

@repsol118 Год назад

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

@WaveGod813 Год назад

1.5 not enough

@06rtm Год назад

50% revenue is a joke

@kingrider75 10 месяцев назад

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😂😂😂😂

@wilson599 Год назад

Bellator just needs to be a little more easily accessible and they would would have a lot more fans.

@Crazy_e193 Год назад

They’re literally on Showtime, not even ppv most of the times. Bellators problem is promoting fights and having the wrong main events

@jackdaniels2905 Год назад

Dana: well, we tried our best to retain him, we offered him $10 and a burrito.

@chasg8183 Год назад

🤣

@stanleysantos8422 Год назад

I WISH Dana would disclose the numbers of the contract that would've made Francis the highest paid heavyweight in UFC history

@voidtankage4289 Год назад

He won’t disclose it because Dana doesn’t want to pay anyone

@MRios1128 Год назад

@@voidtankage4289tell me you've never run a business without telling me you've never run a business.

@jmill5995 Год назад

He has before. I bet he would if Francis fires off at all.

@steventolliver575 Год назад

Well Brock made 2.5 million his last fight.

@TheTalk23 Год назад

@@steventolliver575 he actually got paid more. 5 million dollars. So Francis probably got offered 7 Million.

@flyinpolack6633 Год назад

there has got to be more to this story. Francis isn't afraid of anyone

@michaelpatterson9119 Год назад

If he is still under contract how is this possible?

@SoupErrScar Год назад

Whoa does this mean we'll see Francis vs Roman Reigns at WrestleMania?? 😯

@jimenezjose1752 Год назад

More like the royal rumble

@dustin.4400 Год назад

Nahh. Francis vs Jake Paul. Winner takes all

@suhailshaikh8529 Год назад

More like Lesnar vs ngannou

@RightBackInRehab Год назад

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.

@djdoomy Год назад

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

@olliemurphy7654 10 месяцев назад

Francis was scared to fight high level competition. That's why he's fighting some nobody named Tyson Fury outside the UFC

@Jrocc811 Год назад

Best of luck to Francis. The show will go on like it always does. Lot of good fights coming up this year still 😁

@mopnem Год назад

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

@Jay-se2ym Год назад

This is a huge, legacy alternating change to Francis legacy

@ramoniglesiasdiaz3164 Год назад

ufc could give francis 10 mil so easily as well shame we never see francis vs jones best ufc fight ever

@jackdaniels2905 Год назад

So disappointed.

@JJ-pv8xu Год назад

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.

@jasonmaguire7552 Год назад

@@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.

@SoupErrScar Год назад

Francis should go to PFL, fight on the Jake vs Nate PPV, make more bread than his entire UFC career

@ronaldmurphy394 Год назад

He just said this has happened to other UFC fighters. However I don't remember him putting any of those other fighters on blast like this!

@claypearson8380 Год назад

Facts!!!! This guy is a piece of work!!!

@godlygoose_gaming543 Год назад

When he costs you company million of dollars, I wonder why

@diazromario7586 Год назад

@bilsid Год назад

Good job Francis Ngannou

@wc1803 Год назад

Y????

@jasonmaguire7552 Год назад

Good job getting tf out of the way and stop holding up the division

@wc1803 Год назад

@@jasonmaguire7552 HAHAHA, that was spot on funny

@bilsid Год назад

@Jason Maguire thank your come daddy Dana for that

@Invictus-Solaris Год назад

FINALLY! The Heavyweight Division has been a mess for a long while.

@jackdaniels2905 Год назад

That's Dana.

@kimborampage Год назад

Yeah ever since the ufc has been low balling Ngannou.

@YawKhepra Год назад

Seriously Francis has destroyed almost everyone.

@kreed82 Год назад

Wasnt due to Francis, who has emerged since Francis has been injured?

@mosa4370 Год назад

@@kreed82 come on man

@piotrd7355 Год назад

Rizin needs good heavyweight division. Just saying.

@dh3940 Год назад

At the end of the day we’ll never know the real story behind situations like this

@bladecastlevania3653 Год назад

It's on. Francis vs Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania 39😮

@drodavidian1497 Год назад

@Blade Castlevania I KNOW RIGHT BUT FOR THE UNDISPUTED WWE UNIVERSAL WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE ONLY

@suhailshaikh8529 Год назад

Francis vs Brock

@drodavidian1497 Год назад

@@suhailshaikh8529 IF FRANCIS IS IN THE ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH AND FACES BROCK AT WRESTLEMANIA 39!

@mediahernandez Год назад

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

@coolseaking3757 Год назад

Gane has no ground game and Jones would easily finish him on the ground

@mediahernandez Год назад

@Rafa Arellano and yet he will still make millions more outside the ufc because he’s getting a larger share of the pie.

@mediahernandez Год назад

@@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

@jackrichardson3446 Год назад

@@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

@Westcoast3d2a Год назад

Who cares about Francis dude got greedy asf lmao

@anasshahid224 Год назад

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 👏👏👏👏

@robd3529 Год назад

I’m pretty sure most fighters if given the opportunity would prefer to fight lessor opponents, take less damage, for way more money 🤷🏼‍♂️

@WhatsOnYourMind. Год назад

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.

@bochito99 Год назад

Exactly why his wife did what she did

@yusuke502 Год назад

@@bochito99 yup that’s why his wife is swimming in money and never have to work in her life.

@bochito99 Год назад

@@yusuke502 facts.

@jhales313 Год назад

“Highest paid ufc heavy weight “ which was probably 20 million less then they could of offered him compared to what boxers make

@MrElephantBeach Год назад

So then be happy for him. It all worked out.

@jhales313 Год назад

@@MrElephantBeach yeah I just like to call Dana’s BS out. They could’ve offered him a lot more.

@Invictus-Solaris Год назад

@@jhales313 Francis didn’t deserve the numbers he was asking, even if Dana could pay it with ease.

@stevonwhite8933 Год назад

@@Invictus-SolarisNgannou has brought in more money than, many boxers have who make more than him. Stop the bs.

@lassorb4752 Год назад

He didnt say anything about sandmines??

@skullier13 Год назад

It's such a shame tbh. Ngannou Jones could be the biggest or at least top 3 heavy Weight fight (not including Lesnar of course) PPV buys.

@xShounenx Год назад

"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 🤷‍♂️

@BustANUt0600 Год назад

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

@jerjo7824 Год назад

@@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

@d.6786 Год назад

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

@evlinalw325 Год назад

Francis Who? Everyone is talking about some now even more anonymous fighter…

@kingscooby4191 Год назад

Lmao you mean John jones

@thesportsguy126 Год назад

Lets see how well the viewership is for his PFL fight.

@d.6786 Год назад

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

@Rmtplug1 Год назад

Anyone notice the prime bottle

@bennylevine387 Год назад

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.

@DrugsAreBadMmkay Год назад

" dont stick up for me, this is my punishment" Lol this guy

@captainrwcg3558 Год назад

His punishment will come soon in form of karma for sure he just needs to be patient cause he thinks he'll be fine 🤣🤣🤣

@buryato_banderovets Год назад

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)

@MRios1128 Год назад

Nobody puts a gun to these fighters head and makes them sign the contract. Own up to your actions. Stop making excuses.

@stevonwhite8933 Год назад

@@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.

@gbp3616 Год назад

We offered to pay him more than lesnar? How about pay him what he deserves. Good on him

@PRESD4TIME Год назад

Who’s next? Paulo Costa?

@axel_adams4988 Год назад

Francis will now fight Tyson Fury for a lot of money that he could retire for good lol

@xboxgaming5307 Год назад

Mate fury isn’t fighting him in 10000 years😂

@jhndrxxufc Год назад

@@xboxgaming5307 right he bout to fight usyk nobdoy care about franics outside the ufc

@3EqualsMCduh Год назад

Fury would smoke em

@taejon4370 Год назад

He'll fight Deontay.. Tyson is banned from the US atm

@AndGuo Год назад

ez win for ciryl gane, Jones been out for 3 years and we saw how last couple fights

@saltydice5 Год назад

Easy win against jon jones ? Yoir smoking that good stuff man

@thedarkestsoul Год назад

This is not an easy win for either fighter. They both match up exceptionally well it'll be a tough fight for both.

@jorgeconkle9730 Год назад

It's gonna be close Too close Santos and Reyes give him a run for his money So Gane has a advantage on the feet but Jones has a advantage on the grappling

@AndGuo Год назад

@@saltydice5 he been out for 3 years...and he arguably lost his last fight at lw. Maybe not easy but I see Gane coming in as thr betting favorite

@importantmancommenting9336 Год назад

Casual

@trudysfun Год назад

looks unwell

@patpittz6709 Год назад

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 😂

@thomas82160 Год назад

This is a hard blow for the ufc

@UnrulyLK Год назад

its not lol. francis hasnt fought in like a year and the company has done well

@meinvolkuberalles Год назад

Francis sells no ppvs, idk what you're talking about.

@thet-rex4521 Год назад

@@UnrulyLK people don't realize this. Francis would still be unknown if not for the ufc.

@ShutUpBubi Год назад

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.

@wc1803 Год назад

@@thet-rex4521 Who is arguing that point???? NOBODY!

@olliemurphy7654 10 месяцев назад

"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.

@tisigrozen Год назад

How was Francis vs Gane a close fight?! Ma boy Cyril got manhandled the last two rounds...

@1.21gigawatts2 Год назад

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.

@awakenedanarchism4202 Год назад

exactly

@franco30528 Год назад

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

@jasonmaguire7552 Год назад

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.

@catreaper9286 Год назад

@@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.

@suhailshaikh8529 Год назад

@@catreaper9286 so how much dana offered him to fight ngannou, I heard it was almost around Brock Lesnar pay,

@jarmangill5911 Год назад

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 .

@franco30528 Год назад

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

@jarmangill5911 Год назад

@@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 .

@joescaletta9665 Год назад

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