Francis Ngannou will likely be heading again to MMA after his bout with Anthony Joshua, which will likely be dwell on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace on March 8.
The Skilled Fighters League (PFL) has introduced that Ngannou will make his PFL debut in opposition to the winner of the Heavyweight Superfight between Renan Ferreira and Ryan Bader.
Ngannou signed with the PFL in Could, simply a few months earlier than his break up choice loss to Fury after 10 robust rounds in his first boxing battle.
Fury was despatched to the canvas by Ngannou within the third spherical of the bout and now, Ngannou is in Saudi Arabia once more as he trains for his battle in opposition to two-time unified champion Joshua, which is dwell on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace.
“Francis is a real fight sports activities icon with a worldwide fan base and enchantment. We, together with the remainder of the MMA world, will likely be watching to see who his first opponent will likely be, Ferreira or Bader,” mentioned Peter Murray, PFL CEO.
Claressa Shields, the boxing star who additionally competes in MMA, expects Joshua vs Ngannou to be a detailed battle. The truth is, she thinks will probably be so tight she is tipping it to be a break up choice.
“I feel it’ll be battle. At first I form of felt that AJ was going to knock out Ngannou, that is how I noticed the battle. Now it is form of shifted on, I really feel prefer it’ll be a break up choice going both man’s approach,” Shields informed Sky Sports activities.
“I say that as a result of it looks like AJ has loads to show and I really feel like when he is acquired loads to show typically he places an excessive amount of stress on himself and he does not battle his battle. And if he does not battle his battle in opposition to Francis, Francis is a giant, sturdy and highly effective man too so it may be a more in-depth battle.
“I consider that AJ has the whole lot within the tank to beat Francis. He simply has to do it.”
Watch Joshua vs Ngannou dwell on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace on March 8.