UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is supposedly down to the last fight in his current contract. That should be his maiden title defense in a unification title bout against interim champion Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 on January 22, but his champion’s clause and various extensions the UFC implements make things a bit trickier for him.
“The Predator” will have to weigh his choices soon, but as of right now, signing a contract extension isn’t part of his list of options.
“They’ve been trying to apply pressure with those extensions, but I did not sign a new deal,” Ngannou told Ariel Helwani in a recent guesting on The MMA Hour.