{"id":203,"date":"2022-09-23T11:55:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T10:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=203"},"modified":"2022-09-23T16:12:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T15:12:53","slug":"deontay-wilder-talks-about-a-potential-fight-against-francis-ngannou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/deontay-wilder-talks-about-a-potential-fight-against-francis-ngannou\/","title":{"rendered":"Deontay Wilder talks about a potential fight against Francis Ngannou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For his part, Deontay Wilder, in a video on The Mac Life, spoke about the chance he had to train with the UFC champion at the UFC Apex:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cYes, of course, I have already met Francis Ngannou. He&#8217;s been to this area before, to this gymnasium. Him and I, we trained together, and we like each other. \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_41409\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dgpbJnHdCGk?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;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Deontay Wilder will fight against Robert Helenius on October 15 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. He&#8217;ll be trying to get back into the winner&#8217;s column after back-to-back losses to Tyson Fury. He hasn&#8217;t fought in a year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Asked about the possibility of facing Ngannou, Deontay Wilder is not against it and does not rule it out: <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cOf course, maybe one day, who knows, the future is bright. October 15 is the date we are most focused on. But hey man, a lot of things are going on for the future.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ccvoYb EjH7wc\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"AxqVh\">\n<div class=\"OPPzxe\">\n<div class=\"dePhmb\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<div class=\"eyKpYb\" data-language=\"en\" data-original-language=\"fr\" data-result-index=\"0\">\n<div class=\"J0lOec\"><span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b\"><span class=\"Q4iAWc\">Francis Ngannou on his side has been talking for a long time about a matchup against Tyson Fury, but can&#8217;t put it together with his current contract in the UFC. This is also why he takes his time in the negotiations of his new contract.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"UdTY9 Yb6eTe\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-location=\"2\">\n<div class=\"kO6q6e\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"BdDRKe\">\n<div class=\"aJIq1d DSmisd\" data-language-code=\"en\" data-language-name=\"Anglais\" data-text=\"Deontay Wilder spoke about Francis Ngannou, talking about their joint training and a potential fight.\n\nFrancis Ngannou has been out with a knee injury since his fight against Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 in January. Fight he won to keep his heavyweight championship belt. But he is now on his way back, even though he is waiting for a new UFC contract, a contract he is apparently in no rush to sign.\n\nFor his part, Deontay Wilder, in a video on The Mac Life, spoke about the chance he had to train with the UFC champion at the UFC Apex:\n\n\u201cYes, of course, I have already met Francis Ngannou. He's been to this area before, to this gymnasium. Him and I, we trained together, and we like each other. \u00bb\n\nDeontay Wilder will fight against Robert Helenius on October 15 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. He'll be trying to get back into the winner's column after back-to-back losses to Tyson Fury. He hasn't fought in a year.\n\nAsked about the possibility of facing Ngannou, Deontay Wilder is not against it and does not rule it out:\n\n\u201cOf course, maybe one day, who knows, the future is bright. October 15 is the date we are most focused on. But hey man, a lot of things are going on for the future.&quot;\n\nFrancis Ngannou on his side has been talking for a long time about a matchup against Tyson Fury, but can't put it together with his current contract in the UFC. 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