Francis Ngannou Vs Renan Ferreira 19 October MMA, PFL

[Baofeng]

It was not a friendly face-off, Ferreira was more fired-up but both looked confident and well-prepared. Francis usually has a size advantage, but not this time. The height and reach advantage is on Ferreira's side, but in terms of weight Renan is only 4.7 pounds heavier, which is nothing in the heavyweight category.

Yes, I saw them going head to heat and Ferreira was fired-up even heat batting Francis if I'm not mistaken.

Bookies are giving Renan a bit more chances than before, but he's still the underdog.
Everyone expects the fight to end by KO and betting on it going to distance you could get a payout of x8.0, and I can envision a scenario of that happening, i.e. if Ngannou is dominant in his striking, it could force Ferreira to take it to the ground, but it won't be easy to keep him there or submit him.

Ngannou is the slight favorite, but yes, Ferreira is what we call a live underdog, and bookies are giving him a chance to win here. And in this case, I think this fight could really ended up in a knock out by either of this two. Specially Francis who wants to make a comeback in MMA and so he wants a impressive win again to hype his name.

[target]

The marketing isn't so bad at all with this Battle of Giants. Lots of publicity for this card, so much media covering this fight too. I think the PFL marketing is becoming wider already I think because of Ngannou.

PFL is becoming competitive with UFC. Although it's not much of th most popular but so many of MMA promotions are sprouting in every region, ONEchamp is just big in Asia.

Wish to see Ngannou win so he can comeback to boxing as well.

[pawel7777]

The marketing isn't so bad at all with this Battle of Giants. Lots of publicity for this card, so much media covering this fight too. I think the PFL marketing is becoming wider already I think because of Ngannou.

I don't know about that. There seemed to be very little hype initially and things improved only very shortly before the fight day. Personally I wasn't getting any feeds until I started looking up for that fight, but I guess that widely differs between each person and their search history etc.

I wonder if the UFC would prefer Francis to win that fight or lose it, either way, it's not a good look to lose your heavyweight champion to a rival organisation. I hope they will learn their lesson.

[Baofeng]

Damn, scary Francis Ngannou as he knockout Renan Ferreira in round 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV5LsxBF7IM

So obviously he is back again, I thought the fight will last a good 3 rounds. But Francis is still in his prime and Ferreira has good strategy and almost had Francis hands and I thought that he is going to lock it out.

[SmartGold01]

Damn, scary Francis Ngannou as he knockout Renan Ferreira in round 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV5LsxBF7IM

So obviously he is back again, I thought the fight will last a good 3 rounds. But Francis is still in his prime and Ferreira has good strategy and almost had Francis hands and I thought that he is going to lock it out.

I didn't watch the fight although have been trying my best to keep afloat the all section but it's still not that possible for me, but I believe the fight was yesterday being 19th.
I have to follow up with the link you drop here fo get updated how they goes.
Thanks.

[target]

The marketing isn't so bad at all with this Battle of Giants. Lots of publicity for this card, so much media covering this fight too. I think the PFL marketing is becoming wider already I think because of Ngannou.

I don't know about that. There seemed to be very little hype initially and things improved only very shortly before the fight day. Personally I wasn't getting any feeds until I started looking up for that fight, but I guess that widely differs between each person and their search history etc.

I wonder if the UFC would prefer Francis to win that fight or lose it, either way, it's not a good look to lose your heavyweight champion to a rival organisation. I hope they will learn their lesson.

It just come up on my feed recently the day before the fight and normally yahoo don't publish fights like this but this time it was on their sports section.

Anyway congrats to Ngannou, I forgot to bet. But if I had it could have been Ngannou. I didn't imagine winning by KO in the 1st Rnd. Good for him. Seem an easy win when I look at it on YouTube.

[pawel7777]

Ngannou did not disappoint. I expected Ferreira to cause much more trouble and maybe even get a surprise win (given Francis' long time off of the MMA) but he got destroyed in less than 4 minutes of round one. So pretty much what most people expected.
I wonder what's next for Ngannou.

Results of all the fights of the event:

Francis Ngannou def. Renan Ferreira - KO (punches)
Cris Cyborg def. Larissa Pacheco - Decision (unanimous)
Johnny Eblen def. Fabian Edwards - Decision (unanimous)
Zafar Mohsen def. Husein Kadimagomaev - Decision (unanimous)
Paul Hughes def. A. J. McKee - Decision (split)
Raufeon Stots def. Marcos Breno - Submission (rear-naked choke)
Makkasharip Zaynukov def. Dedrek Sanders - Decision (unanimous)
Ibragim Ibragimov def. Nacho Campos - Decision (unanimous)
Taha Bendaoud def. Tariq Ismail - Submission (triangle choke)

[36B]

Damn, scary Francis Ngannou as he knockout Renan Ferreira in round 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV5LsxBF7IM

So obviously he is back again, I thought the fight will last a good 3 rounds. But Francis is still in his prime and Ferreira has good strategy and almost had Francis hands and I thought that he is going to lock it out.

I didn't watch the fight although have been trying my best to keep afloat the all section but it's still not that possible for me, but I believe the fight was yesterday being 19th.
I have to follow up with the link you drop here fo get updated how they goes.
Thanks.

At times we may fail to bet, but at least we can watch the event and the manner in which it ends – such as that fight – during its final moments. I mean Ngannou is a beast and a first-round knock out definitely had many of us awestruck. If you saw the fight, whether live or through a YouTube link , it was rather obvious that Banghwan used his power advantage well in this fight. But even if we weren’t able to bet, it was gratifying to see such a drubbing being dealt out.

A victory like this should actually make the fans have a even more believe in the resilience of the young star. It is also critical in the fight world different things can occur at any given time and that Ngannou is still among the best in the ring. Well done to him, and who knows, maybe there will be another opportunity to try to predict the result of his next fight!

[robelneo]

Ngannou did not disappoint. I expected Ferreira to cause much more trouble and maybe even get a surprise win (given Francis' long time off of the MMA) but he got destroyed in less than 4 minutes of round one. So pretty much what most people expected.
I wonder what's next for Ngannou.

Ngannou is more determined to win the fight and win it decisively; he really needs to because of his humiliating loss to Joshua and he wants his son to be proud of him.
He is much better and at ease with MMA than boxing because he can use all his skills, from boxing and kicking to wrestling, I expect a lot of great fights ahead of Ngannou and he will also make PFL great with him around.

[Rruchi man]

Ngannou is more determined to win the fight and win it decisively; he really needs to because of his humiliating loss to Joshua and he wants his son to be proud of him.

I saw this as a motivation to win the fight, as he did win it in he first round in a dominating manner.

He is much better and at ease with MMA than boxing because he can use all his skills, from boxing and kicking to wrestling, I expect a lot of great fights ahead of Ngannou and he will also make PFL great with him around.

I noticed his as well, he looks to be a better fighter with his legs and hands than just hands alone. Maybe he should stick with it and get less involved with boxing.

[Zed0X]

I said before that it would not go past round 2 which most of us predicted anyway. What I didn't expect is how the fight stoppage happened. A takedown followed by a ground and pound is what wrestlers usually do but not someone like Ngannou or maybe I got used to watching him knocking out opponents while they are on their feet?

[Jating]

And we could also say that Francis did the right decision, to go out on the UFC because Dana White doesn't want to give his due. And then he goes to boxing, almost beat Tyson Fury and then earn millions, getting knockout by AJ and still get a ton of money.

Now he goes back to his roots and win decisively ad for sure make a lot of money as well. So he did what is good for him and so he is making the fruits out of it.

[pawel7777]

I really wouldn't mind seeing Francis returning to the UFC. They should be able to offer him more than the PFL, the question is whether they are willing to.
But even Dana White was to take him back, I don't see a superfight with Jones likely to happen. If Jones wins with Stipe, he would either have to face Aspinall or vacate his belt. I think Ngannou Vs Aspinall would be much more possible, with a winner facing the winner of Jones Vs Miocic later on. That would be something.

I don't quite understand the format of the PFL and what type of contract Ngannou has with them. It's supposed to be a league, but Francis (or Ferreira) is not even listed in the Heavyweight 2024 standings:
https://pflmma.com/standings/2024

And, according to the Tapology, Francis is currently ranked 4th with Ferreira being No. 1:
https://www.tapology.com/rankings/4733-pfl-heavyweights-ranking

[robelneo]

I really wouldn't mind seeing Francis returning to the UFC. They should be able to offer him more than the PFL, the question is whether they are willing to.
But even Dana White was to take him back, I don't see a superfight with Jones likely to happen. If Jones wins with Stipe, he would either have to face Aspinall or vacate his belt. I think Ngannou Vs Aspinall would be much more possible, with a winner facing the winner of Jones Vs Miocic later on. That would be something.

I saw Aspinall fight and he is good, Dana should make a Jones - Aspinall fight happen, Aspinall has the potential to reign as a champion if given the chance, Right now the best MMA fighters are on UFC, Ngannou will eventually lose opponents on PFL or on other organizations, its on their deal if they can make a deal for Ngannou to make a comeback because Ngannou is the lenial champion of the UFC, UFC heavyweight will have huge attraction if they have Ngannou there again.

[Blaze]

I saw Aspinall fight and he is good, Dana should make a Jones - Aspinall fight happen, Aspinall has the potential to reign as a champion if given the chance, Right now the best MMA fighters are on UFC, Ngannou will eventually lose opponents on PFL or on other organizations, its on their deal if they can make a deal for Ngannou to make a comeback because Ngannou is the lenial champion of the UFC, UFC heavyweight will have huge attraction if they have Ngannou there again.

Aspinall has prospect that can become a fighter and rise the rank and become a champion as he was seen when he challenged for the championship against Jones. Right now, the UFC currently harbors many of the best fighters, and the inclusion of Ngannou at heavyweight would be an extra incentive for viewership of that division. Since something can be arranged, one or two heavyweight bouts could really heat up the competition and become more popular in the organization.