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On To The Next One | What's Next For Francis Ngannou? Plus Matches To Make After UFC Vegas 99

MMA Fighting

Vox Media Podcast Network

Sports, News, Sports News

4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Francis Ngannou left no doubt that he’s still one of the best heavyweights in the world. The question is what will he do for his next act? After a resounding knockout of Renan Ferreira in the PFL Battle of the Giants main event, Ngannou appears to have numerous options ahead of him once again, with the MMA community welcoming him back with open arms and the boxing world still beckoning. Whatever the former UFC champion decides to do for his next fight, you can be sure everyone will be watching. On an all-new edition of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee discuss the possibilities for Ngannou after his emotional return to the cage. Additionally, future matchups are discussed for UFC Vegas 99 winner Anthony Hernandez following a dominant win over Michel Pereira, bantamweight veteran Rob Font after a streak-busting performance, plus main card winners Charles Johnson, Cameron Smotherman, Darren Elkins, and more. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow Alexander K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee  Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Fox Media Podcast Network. Well, hello there everybody and welcome to a brand new edition of On to the

0:26.2

next one the matchvaking crowns have returned following UFC Vegas 99 which capped off a double-headed mixed martial arts action on

0:37.0

Saturday it was kicked off by the professional fighters league who put on the most important events of their

0:45.4

short promotional history battle of the giants in Saudi Arabia it was the

0:50.4

return of lineal heavyweight champion Francis and Ghana

0:53.8

taking on Henan Fajara and Francis Ghana needed a little less than four

0:58.4

minutes to dispose of the problema, takes him down, does a little wrestling and then just pounds them out

1:05.6

knocks him unconscious with some brutal ground and pound and then the emotions poured out for

1:10.5

everybody to see it was an incredible moment the

1:13.2

MMA gods don't smile upon the good guys in the sport that often but it

1:18.4

certainly happened for the former UFC heavyweight champion we'll talk about that

1:22.4

plus we had

1:23.7

U.F. Vegas 99 and an unbelievable performance in the main event from one

1:29.8

Anthony Fluffy Hernandez. We'll talk about what is next for him and the rest of the main card

1:34.4

winners and more on today's show.

1:36.7

I am Mike Kac, thank you for joining us and joining me, always proud to be joined by the co-host, the co-matchmaker, the Prince of Positiveity,

1:45.9

and my best darn friend in the whole world, Mr Alexander Kay Lee,

1:50.8

AK, we're wearing matching Red

1:53.0

Red and feeling good on the Sunday morning.

1:55.9

If only people could see us.

1:57.6

If only people could see us right now, my best friend.

1:59.3

Yes, we're feeling really good, man. It was a fun Saturday I think if you were watching like I

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