{"id":298157,"date":"2023-11-04T04:24:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T04:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=298157"},"modified":"2023-11-04T04:24:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T04:24:18","slug":"dana-white-breaks-his-silence-on-ngannous-controversial-loss-to-fury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/dana-white-breaks-his-silence-on-ngannous-controversial-loss-to-fury\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White breaks his silence on Ngannou&apos;s controversial loss to Fury"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Dana White breaks silence on Fury vs Ngannou as the UFC president admits his former fighter going the distance was &#8216;CRAZY&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ngannou dropped Fury before suffering a hugely controversial points defeat<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>White has expressed disbelief that the ex-UFC heavyweight king went 10 rounds\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>UFC president Dana White has admitted Francis Ngannou running Tyson Fury close in the boxing ring was &#8216;crazy&#8217; &#8211; despite not watching the fight himself.<\/p>\n<p>Ngannou, who cut ties with the UFC at the start of the year following a contractual dispute with White, shocked the world by going the distance with Fury in their crossover boxing encounter last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>For many, the former UFC heavyweight champion even did enough to prevail on the scorecards in Saudi Arabia after flooring boxing&#8217;s WBC king with a chopping left hook in round three.<\/p>\n<p>In the end it was Fury&#8217;s hand who was raised via a hugely controversial split-decision verdict, with fans across the globe calling robbery after a terrific display from Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p>Almost a week on from the bout that sent shockwaves through the combat-sports world, White broke his silence on Ngannou&#8217;s defeat by Fury during an appearance on Donald Trump Jr&#8217;s &#8216;Triggered&#8217; podcast.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/02\/77390135-12709331-image-a-99_1699066783938.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dana White admits Francis Ngannou running Tyson Fury close in the boxing ring was &#8216;crazy&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/03\/77390137-12709331-image-a-100_1699066845854.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ngannou dropped Fury before losing a hugely controversial split decision on the scorecards<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/03\/77390133-12709331-image-a-101_1699066856909.jpg\" height=\"327\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>White says it was &#8216;unbelievable&#8217; that his former fighter managed to go 10 rounds with Fury<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t see the fight, but the fact that [Ngannou] went 10 rounds with\u00a0Tyson Fury is crazy,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He just went 10 rounds with Tyson Fury, Conor [McGregor] made it 9 or 10 with Floyd [Mayweather], Anthony Pettis just beat Roy Jones Jr. \u2013 I know Roy is friggin\u2019 60 years old or whatever, but I don\u2019t know what the hell is going on. It\u2019s crazy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I didn\u2019t see the fight, but the fact that he went 10 rounds is unbelievable.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>While a rematch with Fury appears unlikely due to the Gypsy King&#8217;s proposed undisputed showdown with Oleksandr Usyk, Ngannou has emerged as a potential opponent for the likes of Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder following his impressive performance in Saudi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old is a man in demand 10 months after parting company with the UFC, but White insists he has no qualms with fighters jumping ship to a rival sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don\u2019t care,&#8217; he said when asked about the prospect of MMA stars switching over to boxing. &#8216;Listen, these guys, at some point, everybody is going to move on. Everybody has to do what\u2019s right for them and make money for their families.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So whatever they\u2019ve got to do, they\u2019ve got to do.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12709331\/Dana-White-Tyson-Fury-Francis-Ngannou-UFC-boxing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dana White breaks silence on Fury vs Ngannou as the UFC president admits his former fighter going the distance was <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dana White breaks his silence on Ngannou&amp;apos;s controversial loss to Fury - 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