Off the again of his gorgeous victory in a PFL debut combat final month, Francis Ngannou has been challenged to the perceived “largest combat in African historical past” by ONE Championship megastar, Reug Reug — with the Senegal native recent from a contentious title win over Antaloy Malykhin.
Ngannou, a former undisputed UFC heavyweight champion, made his long-anticipated SmartCage debut final month, that includes towards PFL heavyweight knockout artist, Renan Ferreira.
And returning to fight sports activities with aplomb, Batie native, Ngannou turned in a shocking first spherical knockout win over Ferreira, taking down the previous unleashing a slew of floor strikes.
Linked with a bunch of potential foes to share the PFL cage subsequent, Ngannou has been the topic of a name out from ONE Championship heavyweight kingpin, Reug Reug — who labelled a possible cross over pairing because the “largest combat in African historical past.
Reug Reug presents to combat PFL star Francis Ngannou in large cross over match
“The Boss, you had been joyful to make Francis Ngannou vs Anatoly (Malykhin) occur,” Reug Reug wrote on Instagram in an official publish. “I beat the man, so let’s make the most important combat in African historical past: Ngannou vs Reug Rueg / PFL vs ONE.”
“Everybody has informed me I can’t beat who’s in entrance of me each combat, so let’s take a look at it towards the best African MMA star in historical past,” Reug Reug added. “Let’s present the world what we are able to do!!! #AfricanLegacy #MMAHistory.”
Profitable the ONE Championship heavyweight crown simply earlier this month, Senegalese behemoth, Reug Reug turned in a controversial break up determination win over the above-mentioned Malykhin in Bangkok.
Struggling only a single combined martial arts defeat since his debut again in 2019, Reug Reug suffered a TKO retirement loss to Kirill Grishenko, earlier than registering notable wins over the likes of Bucheca Almeida earlier than his title combat with Russian favourite, Malykhin.
