Google News Israel Adesanya: Ngannou is the one that kicked in the door. We are behind him
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Israel Adesanya spoke about Francis Ngannou and his decision not to renew his contract with the UFC. “Francis made the right call,” Adesanya said, as quoted by mmafighting.com “He’s the one that kicked in the door.
We’ve all been behind him, we’ve been saying this for how long, if you guys go back on the tapes
“I’ve been saying the same thing. I’m not gonna harp on about it, but he’s right, it’s little things — he’s asking for things that should be mandatory.He wasn’t asking for, you know, crazy, ridiculous diva-ish demands. There’s something as little as for the guys fighting on the opening [bout], having the fourth or third corner man being paid for and the hotel is being paid for.
That sets them up nicely, and they don’t have to fork it out of their 10 and 10, to pay for their fourth or third corner. Little things like that”.
Francis Ngannou and his demands
Francis Ngannou has made demands that would be a great thing for UFC fighters.
However, Dana White did not want to agree to such things, so his word had to be the last. “He’s not being a diva,” Adesanya said talking about Ngannou. “He’s asking for reasonable demands, and I felt like he should have got them.
But again, yeah, what [UFC President Dana White] said, ‘That’s not how we do business,’ but the way we do business has to change, and it will change. He’s just the guy to kick in the door, and you never know what the future holds.
Maybe he comes back or something”. Israel still hopes that Ngannou will one day return to where it all began. The Cameroonian left a big mark on the UFC scene and was one of the best. It is a great pity that he is leaving.
“I think he’ll come back [to the UFC]"- Adesanya said. “He’s the greatest heavyweight we’ve ever had. Not not even just like in the UFC, but in history. He left on his own terms with the belt, never lost it.
... So I feel he’s gonna do what he has to do in boxing or wherever else. But it’s a great hit to the company. I know he’ll be back, though. He’ll be back”.
