Francis Ngannou is still optimistic a fight with Jon Jones could take place if the UFC are open to working with the PFL.
Ngannou, 36, vacated his UFC heavyweight title and left the promotion at the beginning of the year in the hopes of pursuing a boxing fight. 'The Predator' is yet to have a fight lined up but he did sign with rival promotion PFL last month as he will make his debut for the organisation in their pay-per-view super-fight division next year.
Jones, 35, won the belt that Ngannou vacated by tapping out his former opponent Ciryl Gane in just two minutes at UFC 285 in March. 'Bones' labelled Ngannou as a "big a** p****" for leaving the UFC as the pair were linked to a fight for over three years. They recently came face-to-face at a PFL event in Atlanta and Ngannou has remained hopeful of a potential meeting in the cage.
