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Farah Hannoun

Francis Ngannou unsure if Jon Jones fight happens: ‘He finds himself a better battle on Twitter than the octagon’

If Francis Ngannou works things out with the UFC, he’s not confident that Jon Jones would be his next opponent.

Ngannou (17-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) successfully unified his heavyweight title against Ciryl Gane in the main event of UFC 270, and one of the sport’s biggest stars has been waiting in the wings.

But with former UFC light heavyweight king Jones (26-1 MMA, 20-1 UFC) inactive since February 2020 and having his own negotiations to sort out with the promotion, Ngannou is tired of addressing him as a potential next opponent.

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