Dana White explains the Francis Ngannou incident

Dana White has clarified his claims astir Francis Ngannou that helium made past month. The UFC brag wants to extremity the communicative with the erstwhile heavyweight champion and has nary volition of revisiting the subject. In November, helium claimed that helium and Ngannou got into a carnal altercation astatine UFC office successful Las Vegas. Ngannou spoke astir the incidental successful an interrogation with Ariel Helwani and did not straight contradict White's story, saying, 

"I don't deliberation it's [important] to respond to that."

White tried to calm the concern down successful an interrogation with TheMacLife, though helium claims that Ngannou was wrong. 

"Let maine beryllium wide astir 1 happening erstwhile I speech astir carnal contact. It's not similar Francis Ngannou came successful present and threatened america oregon thing similar that. But, arsenic men, we each cognize that determination are situations where... we've been there, he's like, 'I merit that $50,000. I privation that $50,000.' I'm like, 'You're not getting it.' I was determination with them for a while, we talk, and I accidental I'm done. I had different meeting. And this feline conscionable utilized to locomotion astir UFC office similar it was his house. He virtually spent the full time here. Breakfast, lunch, 1 dinner. I'm astir to permission and helium puts his manus connected my thorax and says, 'We're not done talking yet.' And I'm like, 'Oh, we're done talking.' It's not similar Francis Ngannou came successful present and physically… That's what happened. I ever archer you, we're successful the f*cking combat business. All sorts of things happen."

White's narration with Ngannou

White's narration with Ngannou began to unravel aft his nonaccomplishment to Stipe Miocic astatine UFC 220, and worsened aft his nonaccomplishment to Derrick Lewis astatine UFC 226. 

"My doctrine with Francis is: erstwhile idiosyncratic shows you who they truly are, spot them. Nobody was much 'in' with Francis than me. When I met him, I was like, 'Holy shit, you look similar a existent heavyweight champion.' I had implicit assurance successful him. At first, helium was sitting down maine successful the f***ing Zuffa section, successful my seats. Then we were successful Boston and helium showed maine who helium was. I told the guys, aft helium mislaid a mates of times, 'I don't privation to bash concern with that feline anymore.'"

Ngannou went connected to combat six much UFC fights, including a rematch against Miocic and a rubric defence against Cyril Gane. After lengthy negotiations, Ngannou became a escaped cause successful January 2023 and signed with the PFL. White has nary involvement successful doing concern with him again now.

"Nothing made maine happier than erstwhile we moved that feline to the f***ing PFL. Let's occurrence them for a reason. I don't privation to bash concern with guys I don't similar and don't deliberation are bully people. There's a batch going connected and I'm beauteous lenient erstwhile it comes to 'I'm a atrocious guy' behavior. But I'm not lenient erstwhile it comes to atrocious people."