The PFL MMA has signed an exclusive global MMA strategic partnership with heavyweight Francis Ngannou with his PFL PPV Super Fight debut to come in mid-2024.
Outside of MMA fans and people from wherever he is from where he has lived, most people donβt know who he is. The main selling point is βFormer UFC Heavyweight Champion.β
People severely over-inflate the popularity of MMA.
I could walk down the street and ask a random person who Fedor, Anderson, and GSP are and I might be lucky to get 5 people out of 100 who have heard of each.
Itβs probably going to be like the Canelo fights on dazn. Pay $20+ a month for a sub (in Canada at least) and then theyβll still want $60 for a ppv.
βAs part of his deal, Ngannou also becomes the new chairman of PFL Africa, as the promotion plans to expand to the continent in the near future. Ngannouβ
Might as well give him Antarctica so he can be a dual continent PFL chairman