{"id":2180,"date":"2023-09-28T21:43:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T20:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2023-09-29T15:57:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T14:57:14","slug":"francis-ngannou-sees-jon-jones-vs-stipe-miocic-fight-at-ufc-295-as-50-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/francis-ngannou-sees-jon-jones-vs-stipe-miocic-fight-at-ufc-295-as-50-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Ngannou sees Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic fight at UFC 295 as &#8217;50-50&#8242;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">LAS VEGAS \u2013 Francis Ngannou returned to the fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic and also talked about facing Jones one day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Francis Ngannou trained yesterday with Mike Tyson in a session open to the public. He took the opportunity to answer questions and addressed two topics: his potential fight against Jon Jones, but also the clash between Jones and Stipe Miocic which will take place at UFC 295 in November.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I don\u2019t want to keep being negative about Francis Ngannou, but when there\u2019s millions of people out there thinking he could beat or compete with a top ten world ranked boxer, It\u2019s important to explain the truth. Which is, at this point of his career, he\u2019s way below British level <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HezzbV2hIV\">pic.twitter.com\/HezzbV2hIV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fight Club 247 (@fightclub247) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fightclub247\/status\/1707300223343571445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI put 50-50 on that fight,\u201d Ngannou said during Tuesday\u2019s open workout media scrum in Las Vegas. \u201cI fought Stipe twice, and I know Stipe is pretty good. I know he doesn\u2019t look like it, but I know how tough he is, I know how good he is. I know very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_44973\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8DizLUy2EEg?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;\">Jones, the current UFC heavyweight champion, succeeded Francis Ngannou who vacated that title when he left the UFC last January. While everyone was hoping to see a fight between the two men, hopes were dashed that day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But this confrontation is still on everyone&#8217;s minds and even in that of Ngannou:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI don\u2019t feel like I need a Jones fight, more like I want one. I want it, but it&#8217;s not a need. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As for who would emerge victorious, the &#8216;Predator&#8217; is very explicit:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPut us in the Octagon and you\u2019ll know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then, Francis Ngannou gave his opinion and prediction for the UFC 295 fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI bet 50\/50 on this fight. For what ? because I fought Stipe twice and I know Stipe well. I faced him twice and I know he doesn&#8217;t look like that, but you would see how tough he is, I know how good he is. I know him very well. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And before that fight, Ngannou will have a huge challenge ahead of him: defeating Tyson Fury in his first pro boxing fight. And it won&#8217;t be an easy task, even if Francis Ngannou could knock out Tyson Fury according to the latter&#8217;s promoter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS \u2013 Francis Ngannou returned to the fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic and also talked about facing Jones one day. Francis Ngannou trained yesterday with Mike Tyson in a session open to the public. 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