{"id":2674,"date":"2025-12-11T13:13:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T13:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=2674"},"modified":"2025-12-11T13:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T13:13:56","slug":"francis-ngannou-pfl-contract-ends-soon-and-everything-can-happen-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=2674","title":{"rendered":"Francis Ngannou: PFL contract ends &#8216;soon&#8217; and &#8216;everything can happen&#8217; in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If Ngannou leaves the PFL, the likelihood of him signing a deal with the UFC would largely depend on his relationship with White.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ngannou said he left the promotion for &#8220;freedom&#8221; rather than money, citing frustrations at being bound by UFC contract rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Last month White described Ngannou as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/457214\/dana-white-claims-francis-ngannou-physically-accosted-him-another-ufc-official-hes-a-bad-guy\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">&#8220;bad guy&#8221;,<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a> citing an alleged confrontation they had after one of Ngannou&#8217;s UFC fights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">White claimed Ngannou &#8220;pushed&#8221; him in his office after not being awarded a post-fight bonus, and later grabbed another UFC official by the shirt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Asked about the allegations, Ngannou said: &#8220;Why am I not surprised?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If Dana says this, then I&#8217;m out here to defend myself. Whatever he said, if he&#8217;s at peace with it, it&#8217;s OK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Maybe I&#8217;m getting old. I have less energy for drama. I just want to be at peace and for people to leave me alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/mixed-martial-arts\/articles\/crl927gr3ggo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Ngannou leaves the PFL, the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[251],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}