Dana White: Francis Ngannou tried to demand 50 thousand dollars

The person of the astir elite MMA promotion revealed the details of the incidental with the "Predator". Dana White wants to adjacent the section with Francis Ngannou arsenic soon arsenic imaginable and has nary volition of returning to that story. In November, the UFC president claimed that helium and the erstwhile heavyweight champion had a carnal incidental astatine UFC office successful Las Vegas. Ngannou was asked astir the alleged incidental successful an interrogation with Uncrowned, but helium did not straight contradict it, saying lone that helium did not see it indispensable to reply it.

Speaking to TheMacLife, White tried to defuse the situation, but maintained that Ngannou crossed the line.

“Let maine beryllium wide erstwhile I speech astir carnal contact. It wasn’t similar Francis Ngannou came present to endanger oregon thing similar that. But arsenic men, we each cognize that these situations happen. He’s like, ‘I merit $50,000, I privation $50,000.’ I’m like, ‘You’re not getting it. We speech for a portion and I fig that’s capable due to the fact that I person different meeting.’ This feline utilized to bent astir UFC office similar it was his house. He was virtually present each day. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. I was walking retired the doorway and helium enactment his manus connected my thorax and said, ‘We’re not done talking yet.’ I said, ‘We’re done talking.’ That was it. It wasn’t a carnal threat, but that’s what happened. I ever archer you, we’re successful the combat business. These things happen.”

White's narration with Ngannou began to deteriorate aft the Cameroonian's nonaccomplishment to Stipe Miocic astatine UFC 220 successful Boston, and worsened aft his nonaccomplishment to Derrick Lewis astatine UFC 226.

Dana White shares his views

"I person a philosophy. When idiosyncratic shows you who they truly are, spot them. Nobody has been a bigger Ngannou protagonist than me. When I met him, I thought, 'This is it, this is what a heavyweight champion looks like.' I was each for him. At first, helium sat down maine successful the Zuffa box, and past we came to Boston and helium showed maine who helium was. That's erstwhile I told the team, 'He's mislaid a mates of fights and I don't privation to bash concern with this guy.'"

Ngannou fought six much fights successful the UFC, including a rematch against Miocic erstwhile helium won the heavyweight championship, and past defended it against Cyril Gane. Negotiations for a caller declaration past began, but Ngannou became a escaped cause successful January 2023, relinquishing his UFC loop and signing with the PFL. Dana White is present leaving nary country for a return. “Nothing has made maine happier than sending that feline to the PFL. When we merchandise people, we bash it for a reason. I don’t privation to bash concern with radical I don’t similar and who I don’t deliberation are bully people. What I person nary tolerance for is atrocious behavior.”