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It didn\u2019t take long for Francis The former Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ngannou was released from his \u201dWhile the world was busy talking, I was busy evolving,\u201d Ngannou Lins, meanwhile, exited the UFC on a four-bout winning streak. He The two baddest MMA heavyweight champions in \u2014 Jake <\/center> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Francis Ngannou will return to MMA competition in May. | PFL MMA It didn\u2019t take long for Francis Ngannou to find a new home. The former UFC heavyweight champion will return to MMA competition when he faces Philipe Lins in the co-main event of a Most Valuable Promotions card on Netflix on May 16. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNgannou<\/a> to find a new home.<\/p>\n
\nUFC<\/a> heavyweight champion will return to MMA competition when he
\nfaces Philipe
\nLins<\/a> in the co-main event of a
\nMost Valuable Promotions card<\/a> on Netflix on May 16. The card
\ntakes place at the Intuit Center in Los Angeles and is headlined by
\na women\u2019s featherweight clash between Ronda
\nRousey<\/a> and Gina
\nCarano<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> contract late last week. The
\nCameroonian-born Frenchman competed once for PFL in three years,
\nknocking out Renan
\nFerreira<\/a> at the \u201cBattle of the Giants\u201d in October 2024. Ngannou
\nhas won his last seven MMA appearances \u2014 six of which came under
\nthe UFC banner. \u201cThe Predator\u201d has also competed twice in
\nprofessional boxing since parting ways with the UFC in 2023, losing
\na decision to Tyson Fury<\/a>
\nand suffering a knockout loss against Anthony
\nJoshua<\/a>. He owns notable wins over the likes of Ciryl Gane<\/a>,
\nStipe
\nMiocic<\/a>, Junior dos
\nSantos<\/a>, Cain
\nVelasquez<\/a>, Curtis
\nBlaydes<\/a>, Alistair
\nOvereem<\/a> and Andrei
\nArlovski<\/a>.<\/p>\nReady for a New Chapter<\/h2>\n
\nsaid in a release. \u201cSilence shouldn\u2019t be mistaken for absence\u2014it\u2019s
\nthe sound of a predator closing the distance. Stepping back into
\nthe cage isn\u2019t just a return; it\u2019s a reclamation. My return to MMA
\ndemanded a stage that matched the scale of my ambition, and
\npartnering with MVP to bring this event to Netflix ensures the
\nentire world is watching. I am ready for this new chapter, and I
\ncannot wait to entertain my fans again and remind the world exactly
\nwho I am and what I am capable of delivering on a highest
\nstage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nmost recently competed at light heavyweight and is coming off a
\nunanimous decision win over Ion
\nCutelaba<\/a> in March 2024. The 40-year-old Brazilian won the PFL
\nheavyweight title in 2018 by stopping Josh
\nCopeland<\/a> via fourth-round technical knockout.<\/p>\n\n
\nthe world are Francis
\nNgannou<\/a> and Jon Jones<\/a>. 1
\nof them is now fighting on Saturday May 16th live on Netlfix. The
\nlineal MMA heavyweight champion of the world Francis
\nNgannou<\/a> vs Brazil\u2019s Philipe
\nLins<\/a> + Rousey vs Carano pic.twitter.com\/QaFDqwmhWg<\/a><\/p>\n
\nPaul<\/a> (@jakepaul)
\nMarch 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n