Quote from: TopTort777 on November 02, 2023, 12:40:48 PM

Dagestan fights wants to be things to be like you say, but reality is different Cheesy

If the things were as you say, we would see only them in pound-for-pound rating Cheesy

Still, and I am really glad of that, skill determines who is the best, not who and where you are from. As an example - look at light heavy and heavyweight division. Barely we see a guy from Dagestan there. And it does not mean that there are not LHW or HW Dagestan fighters. Other promotions are full of them.

Lets guys have a small discussion about recent Francis Ngannou vs Tyson Fury fight. But not about the fight itself, but on the possible changes in UFC or MMA promotion it might cause. Francis has showed, that MMA guys can compete on rather high level against elite boxers. So should we expect fighter migration to professional boxing? Give me your thoughts.

I haven't seen any Dagestan in the Heavyweight and maybe their height might have a reason for that but if Magomed Ankalaev goes up maybe he will have a hard time with that division right now he is struggling in winning in the Light Heavyweight but I guess it was the coincidence that he is not winning right now but maybe he could win against Johnny Walker but for sure but maybe those Dagestan wrestling is really on the advantage for sure

Well I would love a good discussion on the Francis Ngannou VS Tyson Fury fight for sure Ngannou really fought well and gave a good fight against Tyson Fury, and Fury was saying that he surely won and that he recovered from the previous rounds, is an understatement as Tyson Fury have gas out and was slowed down because of that for sure Francis Ngannou also was gas out but he is used in this kind of situation, for sure after this fight many fans wants to see Francis Ngannou fight another Heavyweight boxer,

Quote from: pawel7777 on Today at 09:35:17 PM

You could argue that the Fury fight brought UFC's stock anyway. In the eyes of the public opinion, Ngannou is still associated with the UFC despite not having a contract.
And I'm having a hard time imagining how such allowance (to let him compete in boxing) would even work. Would UFC want a share of the profits? I know they've done it with McGregor, but no idea how was that sorted from the contractual side. McGregor was on clear decline after the Mayweather fight, so no wonder UFC didn't love the idea.
Anyhow, things turned out surprisingly nicely for Francis. He probably will earn multiple times more than what he'd get by staying in the UFC for the rest of his career. Well done to his manager.

For sure PFL did a great job in getting what Francis Ngannou wanted because if Ngannou is fighting in a boxing fight that would be a big sale for the PFL and maybe after this fight Dana White then thought he made a mistake in not getting what Ngannou want and for sure he will not going to say it for sure,

And for sure PFL not only going to get a great profit with the boxing of Francis Ngannou but with his MMA fight as well, for sure Francis Ngannou in my opinion is an MMA fighter who is successful in transitioning him in the boxing aswell,