After leaving UFC, Francis nunnou was quite precarious when he did not have any clear plans in the future. Before that, there was rumors that he would return to UFC after earning enough money from Boxing. But President Dana White denied this and certainly had no return to the former UFC heavy champion.
Next is the scandal of African boxers who will return to play at ONE Championship, but Chatri President Sityodong also shared that the two sides have no common voice about the terms of the contract, leading to no signing between nunnou and one.
After all, the world MMA received a shock when Francis nunnou put pen to the contract with PFL. Accordingly, “predators” will play exclusively for MMA company to rank the second largest in the world.
Ngannou will have a MMA competition in 2024 and he can play Boxing later this year. Dazn is a PFL partner and will distribute events on PPV platforms in Europe and other international markets.
The CEO of PFL – Peter Murray said: “PFL is very happy to announce a breakthrough strategic cooperation relationship with Francis Ngannou, the greatest heavy MMA boxer in the world. Nunnou will be the pillar of the PFL Super Fight Star of PFL, serving in the PFL Global Athletes Advisory Board, and will be the president of the African and the owner of the African PLL.”
Peter Murray also added that the nunnou can freely negotiate and full control of separate agreements on the boxing career of the Cameroon boxing.
The nunnou is the president and ownership of the African PFL will promote the MMA sport and expand the global PFL scale. He also pledged to fight for communities in Africa and around the world, giving African boxers the opportunity to play globally.