{"id":275826,"date":"2025-11-11T06:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T06:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/275826\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T06:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T06:54:11","slug":"is-francis-ngannou-vs-jon-jones-a-possibility-for-ufc-white-house-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/275826\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Francis Ngannou vs. Jon Jones a Possibility for UFC White House Card?"},"content":{"rendered":"

PFL Super Fights heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou<\/a> firmly believes that there is no bigger fight in MMA, than a clash with former UFC heavyweight titleholder Jon Jones<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ngannou (18-3) knocked out Renan Ferreira in the first round at PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants in October 2024, to claim the symbolic PFL Super Fights heavyweight title. However, he hasn\u2019t returned to action since then, and his status with the promotion is currently uncertain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a secret that the native of Bati\u00e9, Cameroon, has been at odds with the PFL. As the Chairman of PFL Africa, Ngannou missed two PFL events that were held at the continent, in July, and August. PFL Founder and Chairman Donn Davis was reportedly not happy with Ngannou\u2019s absence for both events.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m waiting for the PFL these days,\u201d Ngannou told TMZ Sports<\/a>. \u201cI think by mid-November they will tell me exactly where we are at. But so far, nothing. Basically not on MMA.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ngannou vs. Jones still a possibility?<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Predator\u201d had a dominant run with the UFC, where he compiled a 12-2 record, before his departure in 2023. He defeated Stipe Miocic by first-round knockout for the UFC heavyweight title, at UFC 260 in March 2021. In his only defense, Ngannou retained the championship title with a unanimous decision win against Cyril Gane at UFC 270 in January 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After his contract expired in December 2022, Ngannou was unable to reach an agreement with the UFC on a new contract. In January 2023, he was stripped of the UFC heavyweight title, and became an unrestricted free agent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The former two-division UFC champion Jones previously eyed a superfight with Ngannou at heavyweight. That became less of a reality after Ngannou signed a multi-fight deal with PFL in May 2023. But the PFL Super Fights heavyweight champion hasn\u2019t ruled out the possibility that they can meet inside the octagon in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBiggest fight of all time, can only happen with Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou,\u201d Ngannou said. \u201cThat\u2019s all what I can say about that. No disrespect for other fights, or for other fighters. If you want to say biggest of all time, you make it biggest.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\tBorn and raised in New York City, Jimmy Robles received his journalism degree from Queens College in 2017. Prior … More about Jimmy Robles<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PFL Super Fights heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou firmly believes that there is no bigger fight in MMA, than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,25249,1866,638,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-275826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-francis-ngannou","12":"tag-jon-jones","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}