UFC star Francis Ngannou has made an audacious move by challenging two of the biggest sports stars in the world to MMA matches.
Brock Lesnar and Anthony Joshua are on top of the Cameroonian's wishlist in a surprising call out, despite other offers from fighters such as Derrick Lewis and Mark Hunt.
The heavyweight fighter, who has the record for the hardest punching power that's ever been measured by the UFC, has not competed in MMA since losing to Stipe Miocic at UFC 220, but now seems to be looking for a huge match to reignite his career.
Lesnar is continuing his dominance in the WWE, where he has been reigning Universal Champion for almost a year. But with his contract up in two weeks, he'll need to make a decision about whether to stay or make a return to the UFC.
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"Please Brock, come back, come back my friend. We need you here. We need you to put the fun in this division. I need you to give me that f*****g fight I've been waiting for for a long time, I've been dreaming about," pleaded Ngannou.
However, the issue is that even if Lesnar came back to the UFC, he will still have to serve the ban which was imposed after he tested positive for a banned substance in UFC 200.
The 31-year-old Ngannou didn't stop with Lesnar, though, as he heard murmurs that undefeated boxer Joshua is considering making the switch to MMA."I heard Anthony Joshua say he's gonna fight in MMA and if he wants to face me and I was like, 'Hey, you're welcome, man'. We gonna do it both sides, in the Octagon and inside the ring," Ngannous said.
Indeed there is a lot of noise about who Ngannou will face next, but he's making no mistake about who would be his favourite choice.
"It's up to what (the UFC) want to give me. There are a lot of people out there who want to fight me. I saw Mark Hunt, he would be a great one. By myself, I want Brock. Brock Lesnar."
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Words: Jacque Talbot
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