Chael Sonnen, who used to fight for UFC and went as far as the title challenge, doesn't see the situation with Francis Ngannou and Renan Ferreira as severe evidence of the Russian's unwillingness.
If Ngannou's sophomore boxing tri-fi with Anthony Joshua is a success during their contest next weekend, there will be his next fight guaranteed.
Besides, attention to the best MMA promotion in the world, PFL, was due to the world-class fights' weekend. At the Bellator event, the heavyweight main event was even more important than it already was when it was announced that the winner is also going to be the rivet of the next season The "Predator" would most likely exist in the SmartCage as Ryan Bader believes.
Hard fought Frampton vs. Hogan bantamweight title dispute boasted the charismatic former UFC champion, an intense performance that could have sealed his fortune as Ngannou's contender for Ngannoun's spot this year as he swiftly finished his Bellator heavyweight kingpin in the first 21 seconds.
However, due to the previous headlines, the audience might believe there was some semblance of a faceoff between Ngannou and Ferreira. However, instead of that happened "The Predator" rush at the last moment.
Glad N won against lettle years of doubt Ngannou Put out the flames of Ferreira Staredown
A lot of people began to ponder whether management had told Ngannou or it was perhaps a fake attempt by him, after Saturday interim bout in Riyadh. Many people think that no staredown was a telltale that he was either caught off-guard or he did not want to compete in MMA again.
Chael Sonnen, a former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight contender who recently uploaded a video to his YouTube channel, however, argues that the falling object could have been a meteorite, which is more logical as per his statement.
"And after Ferreira defeated Bader, this was what happened. In addition to having the belt and the glory after the fight, this also meant that he became the next opponent of men who are in the MMA society named as Francis Ngannou," Sonnen said. "So Francis needs to get up, and no shit walk in his big ass' cage face to face with that damn skate and let him know I am not scared." " When Francis heard the name that Musnib asked him to trace, he stood up and went to the back of the room and did not participate in the staredown.
"Were you wondering about his motives? There, is when I understand that he wanted his former friend and brother to have time for storytelling. After all, I know Francis, which means I don’t really know Francis." Sonnen claimed. "According to me, he saw Ferreira in the octagon, he saw Ferreira have the belt, he saw Ferreira close the main night, he knows that Ferreira is still too young, he knew last night was actually Francis’ main night, and I think Francis wanted to emphasize this point."
But his greatest prize, of course, would have been to see "Ngannou" standing nose-to-nose with "Ferreira" at "Kingdom Arena". However, it was "The Bad Guy" who explained what why he'd have been thrilled if the "Predator" had chosen not to challenge "The Bad Guy" at all.
"His not doing a face-off is good, although I wanted it to happen; I am happy he did not as it is a side track."— Jenson admits Assuming that he will take the faceoff, which will lead to interviews, then the interviews will lead to questions, which will lead to media, everything he is doing certainly makes his head turn away from Josh(ua), which is next in boxing.
Meanwhile, it is becoming an urgent matter for him to organize his first possible come-back into MMA after a title defense at the UFC 270 in 2022, right before thinking about the highly-awaited fight which would have been his next contribution into the business of MMA.
For the first time under the PFL banner, which used to be known as "the Fist of Africa", there is a name and a face worth defeated.