Ngannou wants to return to the Octagon in January

UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou plans to hold his next fight in January 2022, his coach Eric Nixick announced.

"Hopefully we'll be back early next year. I've heard that we're talking about January. But with the UFC, you never know how things are really going to go. You can expect any kind of surprise from them, including a fight with Jon Jones. I think it's a fight that needs to be set up. It reminds me of the situation when Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather were supposed to fight the first time, but it ended up falling apart. And then when they did it many years later, all the glitz disappeared," said the specialist.