One of the biggest fights that UFC fans never got to see was the Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou heavyweight clash. During his prime as the UFC champion, Ngannou was expected to defend his belt against ‘Bones.
’ However, before that, the ‘Predator’ left the promotion. Since then, the narrative around this fight has gone through a variety of shifts. After Ngannou’s fallout with UFC, CEO Dana White made sure to spread the word that the former champion ducked Jones.
This new revelation was different from White’s previous comments where he backed Ngannou to beat Jones. In a recent interview, the fighter’s coach, Erick Nicksick , shares everything that happened behind the scenes about the fight. I remember Dana looking right at me, he goes can you have him ready in July to fight Jon? And then it was like, ‘Oh, Can’t get a hold of Jon.
Jon’s not ready. So, it’s just kept getting pushed back. Nicksick mentioned that in order to fulfill their title fight criteria, the UFC accused Ngannou of avoiding fights and made an interim championship.
However, this wasn’t consistent with White’s claims about Ngannou being scared of fighting Jones. According to the fighter, White had always controlled the narrative against him in order to manipulate the fans. A post shared by The Casuals MMA Podcast (@thecasualsmmapod) This has resulted in a nasty back and forth between both parties, which has even reached personal remarks .
However, as for the fans, all they want to see is.
