Francis Ngannou is still holding on hope that a fight with Jon Jones happens. Ngannou parted ways with the UFC and signed with PFL earlier this year, which put a major roadblock on a potential fight with Jones happening. The UFC isn’t keen on co-promotion, but Ngannou says PFL would be OK with him facing heavyweight champion Jones in the octagon. “It’s possible, but they have to go to the PFL now,” Ngannou said on a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience . “The PFL is down for that.” Rogan asked Ngannou what would happen if he beat Jones and became UFC champion, which Ngannou realized would be an issue. But the former heavyweight champion says fighting Jones isn’t about the belt for him

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Francis Ngannou doesn’t care about UFC belt, says Jon Jones fight would be ‘bigger than a title’ – MMA Junkie

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