Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou made his anticipated boxing debut against Tyson Fury last October, and after the controversial decision, UFC commentator Joe Rogan believes the ‘fix was in’.
Despite being nine months faraway from Francis Ngannou‘s boxing debut against Tyson Fury, the result continues to be being spoken about resulting from how controversial it was on the time.
Although ‘The Predator’ went on to lose a split decision, many within the combat sports world imagine him to be the true victor, especially after scoring a crushing knockdown in round three.
Joe Rogan speculates ‘the fix was in’ on the divisive debut
With it being Ngannou’s boxing debut, he wasn’t ranked on the time, whereas ‘The Gypsy King’ was scheduled to tackle Oleksandr Usyk just 4 months later.
UFC commentator, Joe Rogan, believes that to avoid wasting face and keep that fight intact, the result could’ve been skewed.
“I assumed he (Francis Ngannou) won that fight. But, you understand, they were establishing that (Oleksandr) Usyk fight. They weren’t going to let – yeah, it just gave the look of the fix was in somewhat bit,” Rogan speculated on the Joe Rogan Experience.
“It was close enough that they may pull it off and also you go, ‘Okay possibly, possibly you possibly can see (Fury) winning that,’ but I don’t think so, I assumed Francis won it, a whole lot of people thought Francis won it,” the UFC commentator continued.
Although he lost the fight, the 37-year-old was put into the rankings following his performance, and it set him up for a second boxing outing, against Anthony Joshua.
Unfortunately, that fight was indisputable as ‘AJ’ knocked Ngannou out cold within the second round.
“I’m blissful that he went and got paid, I’m blissful that he got that cash for the Tyson Fury fight because everyone was dismissing it, Dana (White) was dismissing it after which he drops Tyson Fury and in a whole lot of people’s eyes, won the fight.
“After which he gets an enormous payday against Joshua, I’m blissful that he made money, but I wish he would’ve made that cash within the UFC,” Rogan said.
Joe Rogan believes Francis Ngannou is the one way PFL will attract attention
Despite the fact that Ngannou signed with the PFL last yr, he continues to be yet to make his debut within the Smartcage, with PFL chairman Donn Davis hopeful that he’ll achieve this this yr.
PFL heavyweight champion, Renan Ferreira, beat Bellator heavyweight champion, Ryan Bader, earlier this yr on the PFL vs Bellator event, earning his probability to be the primary fighter to welcome Ngannou to the promotion.
Despite that, a date continues to be yet to be set for the fight. Joe Rogan believes the one way the PFL will be successful is in the event that they attract attention with Ngannou fights.
“If the UFC went away, the PFL would probably take up the slack. If something happened, the UFC decided, ‘You understand what, we’ve found Jesus. No more fights. Good luck. Take care. We’re gonna close shop.’ For some crazy reason. Those guys would go somewhere. Everyone has a reputation.
“At once, the one way a company may gain advantage – like PFL signed Francis. That’s probably the one way that PFL’s gonna get people to listen. You have got to have someone like Francis.”
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