Ngannou Says Leaving UFC Was the Best Move of His Career

Francis Ngannou believes walking away from the UFC was the smartest decision he has ever made.

“If the greatest is not respected, then who should be respected at all? I’m genuinely concerned by that kind of treatment toward the greatest. Imagine what those who are not considered the greatest have to go through.

Leaving the UFC was the best decision of my life. It’s part of my legacy, because I did something nobody had done before. Nobody had ever been able to reach the position I’m in now. I opened that door and did it my way. I was the first. What more proof is needed?” the fighter said in an interview with Ariel Helwani.