LAS VEGAS – Francis Ngannou reiterates that his departure from the UFC wasn’t about money. Ngannou is currently a free agent after failing to come to terms with the UFC on a new deal. As a result, his heavyweight championship was relinquished, and now Jon Jones and Ciryl Gane will battle for the vacant belt in Saturday’s UFC 285 headliner at T-Mobile Arena. UFC president Dana White said that Ngannou turned down a deal that would have made him the highest paid heavyweight in UFC history, but Ngannou said his demands were beyond just money. “The money is very important obviously, but as I said, the structure, the approach, the term of the contract, what comes with the contract is even more important,” Ngannou told MMA Junkie.
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Francis Ngannou: Leaving UFC was ‘about the terms’ of contract offer, not money – MMA Junkie