The Jon Jones vs Francis Ngannou grudge looks like it won’t ever be settled, with the reigning heavyweight champ declaring that he doesn’t really care about Jones any more.
He told MMA Junkie: “Personally, I don’t really care about [Jon Jones] anymore.
Ngannou has moved on from Jon Jones: “I don’t really care about that anymore
There’s a lot of talk about Jon Jones, he says a lot of things and yet we are still here. I wasn’t even expecting fighting someone other than Jon Jones after the Stipe fight but here I am, almost 10 months away and going to fight Ciryl Gane, which wasn’t in the picture, in the landscape at that moment at all.
So what Jon Jones says and what Jon Jones does are two different things and I can’t bet on that. I can’t put my money on that. So I just do what I’m gonna do. We don’t know what the future is going to hold for us.”
What happens “after” could be any number of things. Ciryl Gane has never lost a fight in MMA, and walked through the heavyweight division with unparalleled mobility and technicality.
At 265 pounds, where most fighters swing away, hoping for a knockout, Cyril Gane has pieced apart every single challenge so far. Francis Ngannou is not intimidated by the zero in Gane’s loss column at all.
“Undefeated opponent doesn’t mean anything. For me, I think undefeated just means he has a lack of experience because it’s not the full experience. Losing a fight is a learning process, as well, so if you haven’t (been) there, you can’t understand something. I think that’s the thing.
I have fought undefeated fighters before, so it’s not my first time. I know how it is. You can be undefeated, but when you get in that cage it’s just you and your opponent and nothing matters at that point.”
Despite the bad blood between Francis Ngannou and his former coach Fernand Lopez, who now coaches Cyril Gane, he was complimentary of his opponent.
“It’s going to be a very big night between Ciryl and me, because regardless (of the situation), they’ll promote this fight pretty good. You can’t take away his talent.
He’s a good guy. He’s very talented. He’s a good contender. He’s a good competitor. I am ‘The Predator.’ I am the champion. It’s a pretty good matchup and what I do know for sure is that people are going to see a good fight, probably end up with some exciting knockout.
It’ll be a good fight.” Do you still hope to see Ngannou vs Jones one day, or has that ship sailed? Let us know in the comments.
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