UFC president Dana White commented on former promotion heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou's move to the PFL.
You’re gonna pay a guy not to fight for a year, and it’s alrea꧅dy been like 18 months.
Francis wants to take zꦡero risks, doesn’t want to take any chances. He obviously didn’t want to take a chance against Jon Jones and after we saw what happened with Ciryl Gane. I don’t blame him. I think the outcome would have been exactly the same. I am sure most of you do and Francis does too.
Dana White after the UFC Vegas 73 tournament
As a🥃 reminder, former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou announc♛ed his signing with the PFL on May 16. Ngannou will make his 2024 debut in the promotion's Super Fight division, where the fighters receive an increased percentage of pay-per-view (PPV) sales.
Ngannou had his last fight against Cyril Gane in January 2022 at UFC 270. Francis won that fight by unanimous decisio🥂n.
Ngannou made his MMA debut against Rachid B꧂enzina in November 2013 in the 100% Fight Promotion. Francis won that fight by first round submission. He has 17 wins and three losses under his belt.