Francis Ngannou\u2019s longtime coach, Eric Nicksick, admits he\u2019d like to see \u201cThe Predator\u201d back in MMA soon, but it doesn\u2019t appear to be high on the former UFC heavyweight champion\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n
Francis Ngannou (18\u20133 MMA, 0\u20132 boxing), who remains under contract with the PFL for MMA, has shifted his focus toward boxing, with ongoing speculation about a potential clash against former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder.<\/p>\n
Nicksick\u2019s Perspective<\/p>\n
Speaking to MMA Junkie Radio, Nicksick said he hasn\u2019t heard anything concrete regarding Ngannou\u2019s MMA future.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe talk regularly, but we just talk as buddies\u2026 It sounds to me like he wants that Wilder fight, and I haven\u2019t heard much more about the MMA side at all, to be honest with you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Francis Ngannou is coming off two high-profile boxing bouts: a controversial decision loss to Tyson Fury in his debut, followed by a knockout defeat to Anthony Joshua. He has openly said he wants to get a win in the boxing ring before considering anything else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Francis Ngannou\u2019s longtime coach, Eric Nicksick, admits he\u2019d like to see \u201cThe Predator\u201d back in MMA soon, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-101199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}