The options for Francis Ngannou likely were plentiful, but we now know his next fight will be in boxing once again.
Ngannou, rather than return to MMA for his next fight, has signed on to box Anthony Joshua in March in Saudi Arabia. That fight comes on the heels of his impressive boxing debut against Tyson Fury. He dropped a split decision this past October, but he knocked the WBC champ down and plenty of people think he did enough to get his hand raised.
If nothing else, it appears to have given Ngannou enough confidence to sign right back up for another one in the sweet science rather than make his PFL debut in MMA