Francis Ngannou - trash talks and Quotes

“I been ready for a long time. See you soon.”

– via X, accepting Vadim Nemkov's callout and indicating the fight is imminent.

“Two things, i would say two things, Jon Jones and deontay wilder”

– via Ariel Helwani's show, naming Jon Jones and Deontay Wilder as his two ideal opponents after revealing that his PFL contract would be ending soon, likely before the White House event.

“It was frustrating. I saw that Tom got a lot of criticism... i think he took the right decision. When you're fighting somebody that's an elite striker like ciryl gane, you better be seeing what is in front of you. anybody can win [in the rematch]... i will give a slight advantage on the ciryl gane side.”

– via The Ariel Helwani Show, sharing his thoughts on the controversial stoppage in the Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane fight, defending Aspinall's decision to stop the fight due to the eye injury, and giving a slight advantage to Ciryl Gane in a potential rematch.

“It was frustrating. I saw that tom got a lot of criticism... i think he took the right decision. When you're fighting somebody that's an elite striker like ciryl gane, you better be seeing what is in front of you. anybody can win [in the rematch]... i will give a slight advantage on the ciryl gane side.”

– via The Ariel Helwani Show, sharing his thoughts on the controversial stoppage in the Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane fight, defending Aspinall's decision to stop the fight due to the eye injury, and giving a slight advantage to Ciryl Gane in a potential rematch.

“We shouldn’t have gone this way. Why do we get all this way first of all? What’s the purpose? How come we get from where we were to where we are now? On the other hand, i would just say it’s quite disappointing the way that things went. That’s all.”

– via an interview with Ariel Helwani, expressing annoyance at being held responsible for White's claims, pointing out that White's office likely has cameras, and stating his disappointment that their relationship went sour.

“You know, i kind of feel very annoyed to have to be responsible for what people say. Whatever he said, if he's at peace with it, it's okay... In his office, that’s what he said, right? Well, i’m sure he has a lot of cameras there… As I said, over time, i just get tired of this stuff. I really saw that and scrolled. I scrolled, i moved. I get past it”

– via an interview with Ariel Helwani, expressing annoyance at being held responsible for White's claims, pointing out that White's office likely has cameras, and stating his disappointment that their relationship went sour.

“An eye poke is not like getting kicked in the b*lls, where you can recover and come back: it compromises your vision. If you lose a fight with compromised vision, the same people will say how stupid you were.”

– defending Tom Aspinallfor an eye poke incident

“You know the answer, you don’t need me for that…Biggest fight of all time can only happen with Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou…no disrespect to other fighters, I respect all the fight and all the fighters, regardless of if they fight on the main card or prelim, whatever or wherever, great fights happen everywhere, I became a world champion at the Apex”

– via TMZ Sports answered for " Jon Jones vs Alex or Jon Jones vs Francis which is a biggest fight"

“You did speak up for me in the past, but we are still not in the same lane. Grow up and don't fall so low”

– responded to Jake Paul's comments.

“Choose your words wisely boy. I agree that you need someone to discipline you for what you did to Mike Tyson, but stay in your lane”

– reacted to Jake Paul's comment

“He said, ‘Yeah, Jake Paul, he’s fighting, and I’m like, ‘No bro, come on. Don’t disrespect me like that. They even come out after and say, ‘What if the numbers are good?’ He sends out some number, and I’m like, ‘It’s not about the number. If it was about the number, we could have started up.’ I’m just not interested, it makes no sense for me. It’s not what I’m looking at right now”

– Ngannou didn't hold back when saying Jake Paul's crew hit him up about replacing Davis