Dana White is done working with Francis Ngannou.
Earlier this year, White announced that Ngannou was leaving the company despite the fact that they had offered him more money to fight Jon Jones than any other heavyweight fighter in UFC history.
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During an interview on the Pat McAfee show, White revealed that Ngannou would never fight in the UFC again because he felt Ngannou had disrespected the company.
“No. We worked with this guy for two years, we tried to get him a fight. He’s absolutely impossible to deal with. He’s – no, he’ll never be in the UFC again,” White said emphatically. “So, he made his decision – we worked hard, man.
One of my guys, [Chief Business Officer] Hunter Campbell, who works for me, must have done 75 dinners with his guy, trying to get him on board. We offered him a lot of money and showed him nothing but respect. We wanted to keep him, and that ship has sailed.”
