Recent News on Sherdog.com · Feb 18, 2019
Francis Ngannou: 'I Think I Deserve a Title Shot'
Freak accident or lethal punches. Either way it’s sliced, a 26-second technical knockout win over one of the greatest heavyweights in MMA history is massive for one’s career.
Francis Ngannou did just that to Cain Velasquez in the main event of UFC on ESPN 1 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Ariz., Sunday night and now the Cameroonian-born Frenchman wants a crack at the promotion’s heavyweight title.
“I think what is next for me is a title shot,” Ngannou told the assembled media at the post-fight press conference. “After tonight I think I deserve a title shot.”