A few minutes before the match between MU and Dortmund officially started, Allegiant Stadium welcomed a special audience. With the number 7 shirt named on his back, Francis Ngannou came to meet and interact with the MU players. This is part of football promotion activities in the US and nunnou happily accepted.
Ngannou is not afraid to share love with football and shirt No. 7. The former UFC champion said he felt very happy because he could meet football stars in the US. However, the results of the friendly match seemed not as expected of nunnou. MU lost the final with a score of 2-3, with Diogo Dalot and Antony were goalscorers.
The last time Ngannou played a professional martial arts match in January 2022, when he defeated Ciryl Gane to protect the UFC champion of Heavyweight. Ngannou was later asked by UFC to extend the contract, but he refused because he wanted to have a new experience, as well as encroach on other fields.
Shortly after officially leaving UFC, Ngunnou announced that he had joined the PFL, the MMA market share was growing rapidly in Europe. This boxer also reached the boxing competition with Tyson Fury. The match between the unbeaten boxing champion and the former UFC king will take place later this year.
The professional MMA competition of the nunnou is 20 matches, including 17 wins (12 no, 4 submisison) and 3 defeats. He had 8 years with UFC before breaking up with this tournament. Shortly after the nunnou left UFC, the tournament held a matching match of Heavyweight and Jon Jones to become a new champion.