FRANCIS NGANNOU is about to return to MMA for the primary time in two years following his brutal boxing loss to Anthony Joshua.
Ngannou walked out on the UFC final yr to pursue a profitable swap to boxing however he did so after signing with the Skilled Fighters League.
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The PFL gave the inexperienced mild for the transfer to boxing and the ex-UFC champion confronted Tyson Fury, 35, in October.
He sensationally dropped the unbeaten heavyweight boxer solely to lose a controversial split-decision.
Ngannou then confronted Fury’s British rival Joshua, 34, in March however it resulted in a sickening second-round knockout loss.
And the second successive boxing defeat seems to have despatched the Cameroonian hero again to MMA for his subsequent bout.
PFL boss Donn Davis mentioned: “We talked to Francis and he mentioned earlier than the combat in Saudi Arabia that he deliberate to come back in MMA this yr.
“It simply trusted the end result of that combat, he mentioned if he misplaced that it’s be sooner and if he received it’d be later, so it’ll be sooner.
“He says he’s recharging, he went residence to Cameroon after the combat.”
Brazilian Renan Ferreira, 34, knocked out ex-UFC star Ryan Bader, 40, in 20 seconds in February to earn a combat with the returning Ngannou.
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SunSport understands one other PFL pay-per-view is heading again to Saudi with Ngannou to prime it.
Davis added: “We expect it’ll be autumn, it may very well be as early as September or as later as October. I feel it’ll be a type of two however he’ll be prepared.
“It’s be a little bit over two years since we’ve seen in MMA and we’re excited to see him within the SmartCage in opposition to Renan Ferreira.”
