Francis Ngannou has 2 possible challengers for his upcoming launching with the Professional Fighters League (PFL), the organisation has actually stated.
Ngannou, who hasn’t combated in combined martial arts in more than 2 years, will handle his 2nd difficulty in the boxing in March when he handles the two-time previous heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia– a battle enabled by Ngannou’s excellent efficiency in his razor-thin split choice defeat to Tyson Fury last October.
And while his boxing profession is taking centre phase at the minute the identity of his challenger in his go back to MMA will be exposed this weekend, the PFL has actually stated.
“The PFL is thrilled to reveal Francis Ngannou’s go back to MMA in the PFL PPV Division will protest the winner of the PFL Champion vs Bellator Champion Heavyweight incredibly battle in between Renan Ferreira and Ryan Bader,” PFL CEO Pete Murray stated in a news release.
“Francis is a real battle sports icon with an international fan base and appeal,” he included. “We, in addition to the remainder of the MMA world, will be viewing to see who his very first challenger will be, Ferreira or Bader.”
Previous UFC fighter Bader is the ruling Bellator heavyweight champ, and likewise formerly held the promo’s light heavyweight champion and most just recently combated a year earlier, where he scored a 2nd first-round TKO win over MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko. Ferreira, on the other hand, is the existing PFL heavyweight champ and holds a 12-3 record, together with 3 no-contests.
“I believe the winner of this is the guy I’m going to combat in my MMA return,” Ngannou stated of this weekend’s battle in between Bader and Ferreira in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “It is my intent to go back to the sport. When precisely, I believe depends upon March 8. Whatever depends upon March 8.
[Bader and Ferreira] are both champs and among them is going to be a champ-champ. I believe there wasn’t a much better method to discover a challenger for me, considering that I am a champ myself, simply in case you have actually forgotten.”
