{"id":533693,"date":"2026-03-11T16:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/533693\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:56:11","slug":"francis-ngannou-explains-his-focus-on-fair-pay-ahead-of-combat-sports-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/533693\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Ngannou explains his focus on fair pay ahead of combat sports legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

MMA legend Francis Ngannou has explained why his focus moving forward is on fair pay as opposed to his legacy.<\/p>\n

As we know, Francis Ngannou is one of the scariest power punchers in the history of mixed martial arts. He has achieved some truly wonderful things throughout the course of his time in the sport, and even over in professional boxing, he\u2019s had some blockbuster paydays against the likes of Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury.<\/p>\n

RELATED: VIDEO | Francis Ngannou threatens to \u2018beat Jake Paul\u2019s a\u2013\u2018 in fiery press conference exchange<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, Ngannou is preparing to take on<\/a> Philipe Lins in his return to the cage as part of the Gina Carano vs Ronda Rousey card on Netflix. One of the big reasons why he is no longer with the UFC is because of a pay dispute, with many siding with \u2018The Predator\u2019 following increased scrutiny regarding the promotion\u2019s fighter pay system.<\/p>\n

In a recent scrum, Ngannou explained why his focus right now isn\u2019t on legacy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ngannou discusses his thoughts on legacy<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me tell you what\u2019s the legacy,\u201d Ngannou told MMA Junkie. \u201cMy legacy right now, is my kids back home, with my family back home, getting healthcare, getting security, being able to put food on the table, being able to put a roof on their head. That\u2019s a better legacy. You can have the Muhammad Ali legacy or whatever you want.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf your kid cannot attend the school, he has no place in the society. If your kid doesn\u2019t have food in the stomach, that legacy doesn\u2019t help you for anything. You cannot go to the store or to the gas station, or pay a school fee with a legacy. You have to understand that this is bullsh*t that promotion tricks fighters with, and they\u2019re all out there fighting for legacy. Good for you. Keep your legacy and give me my pay \u2013 what I deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quotes via MMA Junkie<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you believe we will ever see Francis back in the UFC? Let us know your thoughts on this in the comments below, BJPENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MMA legend Francis Ngannou has explained why his focus moving forward is on fair pay as opposed to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-533693","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\/533693","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=533693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}