{"id":404513,"date":"2022-01-26T17:34:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T01:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=404513"},"modified":"2022-01-26T17:38:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T01:38:27","slug":"dana-white-reacts-to-francis-ngannous-win-at-ufc-270-claims-he-meant-no-disrespect-by-not-presenting-the-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-reacts-to-francis-ngannous-win-at-ufc-270-claims-he-meant-no-disrespect-by-not-presenting-the-belt\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White reacts to Francis Ngannou\u2019s win at UFC 270, claims he meant no disrespect by not presenting the belt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dana White has provided a reason as to why he didn’t put the belt around Francis Ngannou’s waist.<\/p>\n

At UFC 270, Ngannou defended his heavyweight title for the first time with a decision win over Ciryl Gane. The big storyline, however, was the fact this was the last fight of Ngannou’s UFC deal and he and the Las Vegas-based promotion were not seeing eye-to-eye<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To many people’s surprise, White did not<\/a>\u00a0wrap the belt around Ngannou’s waist and he didn’t show up to the post-fight press conference. Instead, it was matchmaker Mick Maynard put the belt on Ngannou. According to White, the reason for his absence in the Octagon was due to some idiots in the back. Dana White \u00a0revealed the following during an ESPN+ Q&A.<\/p>\n

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Dana says Francis Ngannou was a \u201cgenius\u201d to use the game plan he did with Gane. Dana says there was "stuff going on" backstage when the belt was being handed to Francis, there was no disrespect #AskDana<\/a><\/p>\n

— Amy Kaplan (@PhotoAmy33) January 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n