I was asked if I would be ready to face Francis Ngannou then … The answer is absolutely no

NgaПpo expressed loud and clear what he considers as questionable business practices on the part of the UFC: he won his heavy goods vehicle title in March, but is still waiting to know when he will have the opportunity to defend him. Last week, when Ngan was waiting for Cyril Gane, a former training partner, beat Derrick Lewis at the UFC 265 to win the intermediate heavyweight belt. The next Ngapooυ opponent could now be GscIs, but he could also be Jon Jones, one of the greatest fighters of all time in this sport. While waiting for an answer, Ngapooυ spoke
To GQDes difficulties in which he has faced in recent months, his frustrations with the UFC and the way he plans to keep his emotions out of the octagon the last time he dwell on it.

GQ: The best in the world is what we say, isn’t it? Francis Ngaпυ: is they saying! Have you looked at the UFC 265? Yeah, of course. It was a good fight, a great performance of the French Cyril Gпe. Very good performance from him. I am disappointed, because I want to see you in the main event. [Smiles] It will happen. It still happens. Good things always take more time. [laughs]

What has happened from your point of view, to explain why you were not involved in this case or! I think it was a matter of business, and the UFC wanted to make a pay-per-see in Houston. It was not the right time for me, but they wanted to do it whatever happens. Just before that, they asked me if I was ready to fight in September and I told them that I would be more than ready. And then, suddenly, we saw that they just had a provisional title … I don’t know what happened. Everything comes from the UFC side. They will be the only ones to know what happened.

But you are the UFC heavyweight champion… I am the heavy goods vehicle champion! And I want to be the UFC heavyweight champion. From this game, as you advance, you find out how political it is. The commercial side is not very simple, it is not as easy as sport itself. Before the fight [against Stipe Miocic], the only thing that the UFC was talking about was whether the winner of Stipe and I would face Jon Jones, and that happened. And here we are: with a provisional title and everything. [Laughs]