Francis Ngannou was unfazed by Dana White not presenting the UFC heavyweight title to him after his win over Ciryl Gane in January.
There had been a lot of very public disagreements between Ngannou and the promotion ahead of UFC 270, where he was fighting out his controversial six-figure contract. Just two months prior, boxing heavyweight champions Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder had been paid tens of millions for their trilogy bout, while Ngannou and Gane's collective purses barely scratched seven-figures.
But no agreement could be reached between the two parties, with White slamming Ngannou's manager Marquel Martin publicly. And just hours before the event, Ngannou was hit with a legal letter for allegedly engaging in contract talks with Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions.
