It seems as though it took no time at all for the UFC’s relationship with heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou to become fractured and difficult.
Ngannou picked up the belt just this last March, with a second round knockout of Stipe Miocic. But when he wasn’t ready to defend his title for the UFC’s August PPV in Houston, the promotion put together an interim title clash between Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane. With Gane having since snagged a piece of the heavyweight belt, it’s left the ‘Predator’ feeling a bit at sea with his own place atop the division.