Episode 534: Francis Ngannou KOs UFC in contract standoff

The Co-Main Event MMA Podcast

Chad Dundas

Sports, Leisure

4.8 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Well, he did it. Francis Ngannou waited-out his UFC contract while rehabbing from knee surgery during 2022 and now he's a free man. There's never been a better time to be a free agent in combat sports and Ngannou seems like he's in a unique position to capitalize on it. What will he do next? Where will he go? And how much will he make? Meanwhile, Dana White is still sitting in front of microphones telling obvious lies about why fighters increasingly choose to depart the UFC. His claims seem especially hilarious when he's talking about Ngannou, though, right? With the real champ gone, the UFC will now stage Jon Jones' long-awaited heavyweight debut against Ciryl Gane for the vacant title. Hooray? This episode is brought to you in part by NordVPN. Grab your EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal by going to nordvpn.com/comain to get a Huge Discount off your NordVPN Plan + a Bonus Gift! It’s completely risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.8	And now your host, Ben Fulks and Chad Dundas.
0:47.7	That's right.
0:49.0	You're listening to another episode of the co-main event mixed martial arts podcast.
0:56.4	I'm Chad Dundas. That's Ben, folks. We're both longtime MMA journalists, and for nearly the last 11 years, we've been
1:02.3	meeting here every week to break down all the action in the wild, weird, and occasionally
1:08.4	wonderful world of mixed martial arts.
1:12.0	Ben, I feel like in each of the new episodes of this show that we have recorded in
1:16.9	2023, I have started the show by talking about what a weird start it has been to the
1:23.8	year in MMA.
1:25.8	And you know what?
1:27.7	It kind of just keeps getting weirder.
1:30.1	This past week, we had not only a last minute change to the scheduled fight night main event and one where the late replacement actually won, by the way.
1:41.4	But the UFC heavyweight champion has departed the company, all of which leads
1:48.8	me to say, Ben, folks, what the fuck is going on?
1:54.3	I feel like is it maybe just going to be that kind of year?
1:58.1	Yeah.
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