Information Francis Ngannou delayed the contract extension with UFC starting to appear about 10 days. On the side of the nunnou, he almost had no move on the media. UFC also confirmed this information right after the UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs Imavov event officially closed.
“We have given the new nunnou and the highest remuneration in the history of the tournament for a boxer in the Heavyweight weight class,” said UFC representative. However, the last nunnou still did not agree to extend. At the present time, he is a free boxer and can sign a contract with any tournament.
Helpless in renewing the contract with the nunnou, UFC immediately announced the deprivation of the championship of this boxer. The organizers of the tournament later also announced the plan to organize a UFC Championship match against Heavyweight in the near future, as a measure to quickly find a replacement of Ngunnou.
37 years old Francis is 37 years old, MMA boxer with two nationality Cameroon and France. Ngunnou's professional martial arts performance is 20 matches, including 17 wins (12 no, 4 submission) and 3 defeats. He won the UFC Championship Heavyweight at the UFC 260 event, Ngannou defeated Stipe Miocic with a second blow.
Since the official crowned UFC championship, Ngannou has only once successfully protected the belt. At the UFC 270 event in January 2022, the nunnou won against Ciryl Gane with a score after 5 rounds. He was also the first Cameroon boxer to conquer a UFC championship.
In early 2021, Sports Keeda also noted the nunnou as the most powerful fighter in the world. On the journey to win the UFC championship, Ngannoi used to win many fighters like Curtis Blaydes, Cain Velasquez and Jairzinho Rozenstruik. The new destination of the nunnou can be a MMA tournament in Europe or Asia.
The failure to reach the contract extension agreement with the nunnou is a bad signal for UFC. In recent years, this tournament has suffered a number of criticism about “eating thick” on the blood of the martial artist. Statistics show that UFC only used less than 20% of the tournament revenue to pay for fighters to attend, the number is very low compared to other prizes.