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Francis Ngannou floats Jon Jones super fight in Saudi Arabia pre-PFL debut: ‘It happens here’

Amid continued links to a potential super fight with UFC star, Jon Jones, incoming PFL debutante, Francis Ngannou claims an ideal location for the bout to stand the best chance to occur would be in Saudi Arabia.

Ngannou, a former undisputed UFC heavyweight champion, will make his first outing in the SmartCage this weekend in Riyadh, taking on Brazilian phenom, Renan Ferreira in his PFL bow — snapping a three-year hiatus from mixed martial arts.

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Most recently featuring back in February of this year, Cameroonian heavy hitter,Francis Ngannou was stopped with a brutal second round knockout by former two-time world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua in his sophomore outing in the squared circle.