{"id":1160,"date":"2023-05-18T11:39:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T10:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2023-05-18T14:48:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T13:48:33","slug":"israel-adesanya-reacts-to-the-partnership-betweeen-pfl-and-francis-ngannou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/israel-adesanya-reacts-to-the-partnership-betweeen-pfl-and-francis-ngannou\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya reacts to the partnership betweeen PFL and Francis Ngannou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the recent announcement of Francis Ngannou signing with PFL, Israel Adesanya has shared his thoughts on the matter. Adesanya, a good friend of Ngannou, expressed his positive outlook on the lucrative deal in an interview for his YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/2023\/05\/17\/francis-ngannou-at-the-pfl-the-details-of-his-golden-contract\/\">FRANCIS NGANNOU AT THE PFL: THE DETAILS OF HIS GOLDEN CONTRACT | MMA MAG<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adesanya commended the news, stating, &#8220;It&#8217;s good news. It&#8217;s good for the game, I think.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_71688\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1pVNa-mI_w4?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He specifically highlighted the guarantee of a million dollars for Ngannou&#8217;s opponents, stating, &#8220;What I really liked is how his opponent is guaranteed a million [dollars] \u2013 that&#8217;s cool.&#8221; Adesanya also praised Ngannou&#8217;s involvement with PFL Africa, mentioning his appreciation for AKO (African KO), a promotion already showcasing promising fights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>He added, &#8220;Francis has a seat at the board, at the table \u2013 that&#8217;s cool.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prospect of facing Ngannou and the potential financial reward for opponents caught Adesanya&#8217;s attention, leading him to comment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;This thing like his opponent is guaranteed a million [dollars], how many fighters are gonna be like, &#8216;Right, I need to get to the PFL, I wanna fight Francis&#8217; because now, Francis is the guy, he&#8217;s the money fight. That&#8217;s another twist on it that I like,\u201d the UFC Middleweight champion added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adesanya also addressed the ongoing criticism of fighter pay in the UFC, expressing his belief that this deal could spark change within the promotion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I think the UFC, they&#8217;re not dumb, they&#8217;ll take notice, they know how to adapt. And when something like this happens in another field, it creates a big ripple in the game, and a big enough ripple can force the UFC to change the way [they do things], even if it&#8217;s a small change,\u201d Adesanya concluded.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"x76ihet xwmqs3e x112ta8 xxxdfa6 x6ikm8r x10wlt62\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpflmma%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0XTWwwBgAYdk4Xr9a2pgKiCYFP7HuZCi7Mr5Cg5aj3aFdC7JNFsosavJKcscvixNfl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"562\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Professional Fighters League (PFL) announced a groundbreaking strategic partnership with Francis Ngannou, Ngannou, the former UFC heavyweight champion and the first African heavyweight world champion in history, exclusively competed in MMA for PFL&#8217;s new PPV Super Fight Division.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"x76ihet xwmqs3e x112ta8 xxxdfa6 x6ikm8r x10wlt62\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpflmma%2Fvideos%2F267721835724295%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=476&amp;t=0\" width=\"476\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the recent announcement of Francis Ngannou signing with PFL, Israel Adesanya has shared his thoughts on the matter. Adesanya, a good friend of Ngannou, expressed his positive outlook on the lucrative deal in an interview for his YouTube channel. 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