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Francis Ngannou is looking to get a pay raise.<\/p>\n

Ngannou, the current heavyweight champion, will defend his belt against Ciryl Gane in the main event of UFC 270. In the lead-up to the fight, it has been made clear that this is the last fight<\/a> on Ngannou’s contract and he has been unhappy with the UFC.<\/p>\n

Now, just a week ahead of the fight, Ngannou says he will never fight for the UFC again on his current deal as he believes he is very underpaid.<\/p>\n

“No,” Ngannou said to ESPN<\/a>, when asked if he would keep fighting under the deal. “I will not fight for $500,000 [or] $600,000 anymore. It’s over. I took this fight for personal reasons, because I want to make sure that regardless of [whether] it’s fair, I can make my case that I have completed the fights.”<\/p>\n

As it gets closer to fight night it does appear Ngannou is inching closer to possibly leaving the UFC. He hasn’t seen eye-to-eye with the promotion for months if not years now and now that he is the champion he does have more say.<\/p>\n

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Francis Ngannou has also said he wants to box which is something he hopes he can do with the UFC. Yet, whether the Las Vegas-based promotion has an interest in that is uncertain.<\/p>\n

“100 percent [I need to box],” Ngannou said. “We’ve been having discussions for years. It seems like they are OK with it. Let’s be honest, I do believe that whatever you are doing — whatever the event is — if the UFC is involved, it’s just going to make it bigger. There is no question. So, yes, if I box, I would like the UFC to be on board. Honestly, the only reason we are here is that at some point, there wasn’t good faith in this. I don’t understand why we can’t come to an agreement.”<\/p>\n

For now, Ngannou is focused on defending his belt<\/a> against his former teammate in Gane in Anaheim next Saturday. Should he win, the contract status of Ngannou will be something to keep an eye on.<\/p>\n

Do you think Francis Ngannou will leave the UFC?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Francis Ngannou is looking to get a pay raise. Ngannou, the current heavyweight champion, will defend his belt against Ciryl Gane in the main event of UFC 270. 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