Daniel Cormier rejects the notion that Francis Ngannou parted ways with the UFC so he didn’t have to fight Jon Jones.
The heavyweight division received a major shakeup Saturday when UFC president Dana White announced that Ngannou (17-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) had been stripped of the title and was exiting the promotion after the two sides failed to come to terms on a new contract.
White stated Ngannou wanted to fight “lesser competition for more money” and wasn’t super keen on sharing the octagon with Jones. Cormier, a UFC Hall of Famer and two-time opponent of Jones, disagrees with that notion and was happy to see Ngannou get the freedom to choose his next career move.
