Francis Ngannou On Dana White & Leaving UFC: Without Fighters, There's No UFC | CLUB SHAY SHAY
Francis Ngannou on leaving UFC: "I believe a fighter is the one who makes that company. Without a fighter, there is not a promotion, there is no UFC ... How about giving the fighters a little more conditions?"
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This guy is solid. He ignored Dana's childish remarks and went about his business.
Facts 💯
Dana is a major problem for his own business. So unfortunate
Stubbornness run in his family... Legendary
ha, yeah man, welcome to america@@Msapere
The fact that he was not willing to sacrifice his long-term health for temporary wealth! How wise and humble!!
Yea the beating Jon Jones would have given him would take years off his life
@@chiquita683already wasted his 3 years calling out John John's 😅John's needed 3 yrs to bulk up as a LIGHT HW to HW....jones was scard of Francis bro , Francis is like the LeBron of MMA he's ageless
That's the problem. There was no "temporary wealth" bcuz ufc fighters are so underpaid.
So he must sacrifice his health for Dana and the UFC you're talking nonsense.
Somehow u just know u'll have all the 🚪s of opportunities opened wide for u if u talk to Mr. Warlin 🚪. Nature's sign? 🤔🙄🤷🏻♂️
Francis not only a good fighter but a smart businessman............
Crazy how many mma "fans" slandered Francis and said he fumbled the bag when he wouldn't renew his contract with the ufc. Look at where he is now
Francis is a beast in life, no matter what happens to him he’s gonna come out on top.
Im a UFC fan but not fan of Dana, lot of people cant seperate the two and riding Danas d*ck
Incredible how many fighters in the UFC just take it. If they stood up for themselves like this man, there would be changes.
That's because he really grew up from nothing
Casual take
I think the fighters messed up. They should have stood with Ngannou and pushed for a union.
@@emmanuela7528 I agree, but sadly most folks aren’t risk takers.
I mean it's kinda counterintuitive cause them fighters fighting with other grown men it's one of the biggest risks any individual can take... it's mind boggling
I love Francis!!! He cared about his fellow fighters!!!
The endorsement thing is crazy especially when they don’t even provide benefits
UFC is world wide but it is based in the USA, could you imagine them providing healthcare when the entire country does not? does it make sense to you. What other MMA organization right now provides healthcare? name one. For you to be right, all MMA organizations have to be running their business wrong. Do you realize how little your chance is to be correct here.
@@meankronen8217 It's got to start somewhere. Why not the biggest MMA organization? But you keep tap dancing for massa. Some people know their worth and value as a human being.
@@Doomer253'BASED' as 🧀 as it sounds 👌
@@Doomer253 For someone who virtue signals that hard, you have no morals or principles. It is not about gaining, it is about whether you have the right to gain. And clearly you are on the side of gaining regardless you have the right to or not. Right now, they do not have the right to ask the UFC. Let alone the fact that the UFC is investing AT A LOSS on the vast majority of fighters, how many fighter sells on prelims? the UFC has over 500 fighter, how many of them bring any money to the UFC? like 20?
@@meankronen8217goddamn you're boot licking loser
UFC is bad business how you gonna stop fighters from getting endorsement deals,. He made the right decision
They can have any endorsement they want, just can't have advertiment on your shorts or gear during the fight. Outside of that they can do whatever they want.
@@CJM23 All facts but don't bother CJ. These guys refuse to understand the business side of the sport.
@@CJM23that’s when most eye balls are on you little bruh 😂😂😂 Who’s gonna care when you aren’t in the spotlight? 😂😂😂😂 They aren’t Messi or Ronaldo. That’s why sponsors aren’t paying fighters
@@RunForPeace-hk1cu💯
@@CJM23wtf will anyone pay top dollar just not to be seen in the ring😂
Dana White has it both ways. In Boxing, fighters have no health insurance, etc. But they fight who they want, when they want, and for the price they agree to. They're independent contractors. In the UFC, Dana White decides when and who they fight for chump change. They're employees of the UFC. The very least the UFC can do is give those fighters health insurance, 401K, and everything else associated with a 9-5 job. Ngannou will make more money in one night fighting Jake Paul than his entire UFC career. That's sad!
100%
Great point
But boxers have the rights to endorsements
How can you not love this guy
Shannon, you need to keep this up right here interviewing high profile athletes. These will be your highest viewed videos.
100000 truths bro
The fighters need to come together and form a union
This needs to be the top comment! If the top 2-3 athletes in every division came together and stopped fighting until they got their concerns addressed.. it’ll topple the UFC.
100% Fighters are workers and workers are entitled to all they create! No workers, no business. The workers at the UFC need to use their collective power to claw back some of the profits they generate for the owners. In fact, they don't need the owners at all. But they have to fight to get what is theirs.
@@Olecramyelir average annual income is nearly 200k and you still demand union while you're making more than half of what the average UFC fighters make? lol focus on yourself instead of others bud
@@UntilChill on average they make more than big tech employees and you expect every single one of them to make as much as McGregor who makes way more than Canelo and Mayweather? 😂
@@jamesfranko1568the top fighters have more leverage to sit out and collectively bargain on behalf of the majority. I dont think its that crazy
Nothing but respect for Francis.
If standing on business was a person. 🇨🇲✊🏾
Soldiers stand up. Real man talking.
I hope him and Mike Tyson still stay at it together
Mike only showed up for couple hours for a photo op brother , look into it cameras main goal was to hyped up the fight .
Mike wasn’t even in his corner All fake
Eric Nicksick and Dewey Cooper did a great job with Ngannou. Tyson was there for the promo those 2 was in the trenches.
Jones would K.O em both the same night
Mike wasn't really his trainer. Mike was there to hype the fight.
that ufc contract is crazy man
I really like this guy, so nice and humble and just a great person...
It's not about being a smart business man, its about being a brother's keeper!
UNC this one was special bruh Francis is one of a kind can't wait to see him on top of the 🌎
Francis dropping some serious inside knowledge on the inner workings. Gotta say, when the friction between the ufc and Francis first started, I sided with the ufc, but boy oh boy was I wrong. Francis didn’t just want money, he wanted to secure the future of other fighters as well and the company wasn’t having it. It wasn’t just about Francis, the ufc understood what it would mean for every other athlete on their roster.
It's crazy. He wanted the fighter's team to get paid as well.
I still don’t understand why MMA fighters won’t take a page from boxing. I can only imagine the bags Ronda and Connor would have seen.
It's not boxing they need to copy it's the NFL, NBA, MLB they need to be like. In boxing very few make a lot money. They need to unionize and get a 50/50 split of the revenue
@@justinolson9208for the little guys sure. But big names like Francis would still lose lots of money. 50/50 would never happen in any business with this many moving parts 😂
@@justinolson9208 the ufc is still a very young sport compared the sports like football that’s been around for a 100 years . Even some of the biggest players ever 15 years ago were not making anything even close to what these new guys are making . These fighters will only continue to make more money .
@@lizardman1303Young, for sure. But Dana still has a vulture business style and philosophy.
@@marvind.rogers1706 which is why the UFC still exists decades later and continues to get bigger while every other MMA promotion has failed
Maaan Francis was dropping bombs on this clip.
Ngannou was crucified by Dana white lovers but it backfired Gods plan ngannou is too humble and too smart
Francis has been speaking English for less than 5 years. This guy is special. Most Americans don't even speak a word of Spanish yet have a massive Spanish speaking population. Speaking just one language in 2023 is for the most useless. I'm so proud of this guy.
Facts. intelligent and inspiring
🤣😂
Facts. And his English is very good, too, and easy to understand. And he doesn't have a thick accent that makes the English hard to understand either so no subtitles are needed either.
lol of course not. in america you speak english. that is why. if an american move to spain they would have to learn spanish and use it.
@@91krarup obviously, but the way he is able to express himself naturally Is admirable.
So basically he’s saying ufc is the Uber of the fight game
😂😂😂😂Uber now offers Health insurance, but I haven't looked into it yet
As an uber driver I can wear whatever clothes I want, and put on them whatever sponsors I've got
Yo i never knew he tried to get all UFC fighters out of that bs reebok deal...go back to old days where dudes have 10 sponsors and the signature shorts to match
WHY can’t American fighters be this humble and caring? I’ve noticed that for the most part, the American competitors are more individualistic while the foreigners are more community oriented.
Indicative of the overall cultural differences.
you expect people from a first world country to act like they know what poverty is like.........poverty in US is heaven from the eyes of third wolrd country
I'm not even going to dignify this with a real response
@@DangleSan Because you have no real response to give. Don’t even know why you wasted your time commenting.
@@baratong267 What?. What are you talking about.
He’s right the ufc letters mean nothing to me I have been watching mma before ufc like pride. It’s about the fighters. Danas head got huge. UFC’s reign came at a perfect time in history. Anytime before it wouldn’t have lasted and if it was to be born now it prob wouldn’t either. Francis is def right on that. Jon jones said it before and he almost never fought for the ufc again cuz he knows they are undervalued. Top guys no matter the reign or title etc top guys deserve to be paid like stars.
I really hope they make a movie based on Ngannou's life!!!! What a story. What an honourable, humble, and inspiring individual. He deserves all the success he has attained, and I hope he only gets more moving forward
They will, francis Story, is the real rocky story , rocky didn't have to work sand minds or go through the Sahara desert.
It's a gift and a curse boxing we don't see the Big fights when they are supposed to happen but they make the big 💰💰, UFC we see the Big fights but they dont get paid a bigger %
Finally someone who understands.
It’s a free market economy so I got no problem with Dana refusing to pay insurance, but Francis makes a point how can they be locked exclusively if they are independent contractors. That’s absolutely insane. Vince did that w the WWE roster for years. I’d be curious to hear Dana’s response to that perspective..
We don’t have a free market economy. Never have and never will. You the illusion of one.
@@PeopleOverProfits777 yes we do - figure it out
@@bigcockedman714free market economy when it is convenient for us. Otherwise, we use other tools to coerce the ones we don't like. That's the definition of the so called free market economy
do you want a trip to venezuela or cuba to prove my point?@@dnn32
Vince also paid them well
If you didn't beat Ngannou, you're not the heavyweight champion. Ufc needs to do a 1 fight contract with Francis. They can afford it.
2 fight actually
He needs UFC more than they need him. Tom Aspinall is getting all the headlines
@@chiquita683he doesn't need the UFC, that time were he needed them is over, now he's far bigger than them after he left as the Champ and prove dana White wrong against T. Fury, he's the face of MMA now, so don't tell me about aspinal, he still have to prove a lot, Francis has proven all haters wrong again and again
@@chiquita683 On what planet is Tom Aspinall getting more headlines than Francis Ngannou?
Somehow u just know u'll have all the 🚪s of opportunities opened wide for u if u talk to Mr. Warlin 🚪. Nature's sign? 🤔🙄🤷🏻♂️
The baddest man on the planet…Francis “the predator” Ngannou!
Solid brother right here. 👏 👏 👏 speaking up for the other gladiators
francis is a one of a kind athlete and i have the utmost respect for him. the late curt flood is the only other athlete, that i can recall, who advocated for other athletes. francis put the economic welfare of other fighters above his own.
The problem i have with Dana is the biggest issue is pay but dude is known for being a spender.. dude has a samari sword collection worth more than some of his top fighters then dude brags about how much he wins gambling to the point they kick him out casino. Yet fighters dont have health care😂😂😂
The healthcare point is ridiculous. They pay for all the care related to any issues or injuries arising in training or fights. If you know how the UFC works, you know that the roster changes constantly- some people are signed on short notice for one fight and don't have any long term deal, some for 3 fights, and some have 8-fight contracts. Do you have any clue how much it would cost to provide full coverage insurance to that many people who are *guaranteed* to be hurt multiple times per year? The rates would be astronomical.
@@a9029kDid you watch the interview? Go to 6:00 and you can see how the fighters do not get covered during training, just for injuries in fights. And to your other point, make it so that once they have a contract with a minimum amount of fights, they get covered. There is no excuse for how cheap Dana is with UFC fighters, it is appalling.
@@MyMostBeautifuCinema UFC fighters on average are BY FAR the highest paid combat athletes in the world more than triple of boxers and more than the big tech employees. Are you the naive type where you think every single boxers make as much as canelo or pacquiao? lol boy you way too naive and doesnt understand the sport business
@@jamesfranko1568 What are you on about? I never stated anything close to what you are saying. And don't say "sport" business cause compared to all other spots, UFC fighters do not get nearly the percentage of total revenue as other sports.
Somehow u just know u'll have all the 🚪s of opportunities opened wide for u if u talk to Mr. Warlin 🚪. Nature's sign? 🤔🙄🤷🏻♂️
A well spoken man.
Inspiring
Very inspiring!!
Yo Shay Shay. That necklace is fire! 🔥
We got love and respect this man 💪
that is one very smart man
This dude is genuine. A rags to riches story.
If only all workers realized this.
A great but humble athlete, the nice, soft spoken man can be the Alpha in the room.
GOAT 🐐 & Gentleman 🤲🏽
Glad it is working out for Frnacis - he was a rare free agent who was old but still in his prime.
If more athletes banded together they could make real change. Strength in numbers will always gain more traction. ✌🏾
They should have done that with Ngannou.
In other words Dana White owns the fighters
Unless you’re Conor Mcgregor
they make a grip of connor.......@@KingKCA
I would watch a movie about him
Smart man
KINGS SPEAK WISDOM
Francis so humble
So true. Honestly an understatement
Need to make a movie about the Champ
Ngannou my man from the motherland. This guy is a stud 💪🏿🥊💪🏿
The fact that Francis doesn’t even look Big next to Shannon whoa… Is freaking amazing how this gentleman is taking care of his body
UFC is full of ish. The fighters need to stand together
The fact that they don't even care abt their employees who damage their body is disgusting. An organization representing worldwide athletes running as a typical American entity
Ngannou is a G.
I wish I spoke French so I can hear this man do an interview and fully grasp everything he is trying to convey.
I am native french speaker. His English is limited yes, but it is beyond good enough to understand his arguments.
@@dnn32I think his English is quite strong. People forget that Cameroon uses both French and English as official languages (due to colonization, of course).
@@theagbamanthat's how francophone West Africans speak English the same accent but okay.
Formidable fighter and also intelligent!!! ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
Very smart man
The Gov't should look into those ufc contracts
Dana wanted him to tap dance and sacrifice his body and Francis said "Nope".
Some of the other fighters were, some still are, talking bad about him. He seems like he was looking out for all of them in those negotiations.
Francis is one intelligent man bravo for sticking to your ideals.
He won the separation wit the UFC he made wayyyyyyyyyy more money in the FURY fight than he would’ve made in the contract Dana offered him
Shannon is huge , Francis looks small besides him . Francis is a legend of UFC on and OFF the cage
Shannon is bigger across the shoulders. Francis has tree trunks legs. Francis probably weighs more Shannon.
The most interest part was when he said fighters will not talk about an injury before a fight until after the fight in order to get insurance.. They will claim the injury occured during the fight. That's crazy.
This changes the way I perceive things about the UFC. I totally get it. I'd (be forced to) do the same thing too, and nobody would even know.
Ufc needs to let sponsors happen again
nowadays it is rare to see a man like Francis Ngannou who has honor, respect and integrity as his core principles
Dana and Ngannou on the same podcast JRE make this happen. We want to see something.
hopefully one day, the UFC pays their fighters fairly, and one day the fighters form a union.
their fighters make more than apple employees wtf lol
@@jamesfranko1568apple employee doesn't have high percentage of CTE
I could see Francis starting his own fight league and have it grow bigger than the UFC. He treats fighters better than Dana ever has. And he’s a real man. Not a shady tool like Dana
I’m really a fan of bro now
Shame on all the other UFC fighters for not standing with him for their own good.
This dude was fighting for all fighters his smart
And that's why I don't support the UFC. Those athletes are fighting under Don King levels of bad contracts.
You gotta respect Francis… from where he came to where he is now. Have to respect it idgaf about anything else
Francis is a true and great representation of An African man. Truly humble and a real champion !
Bones is great but I would still argue The Spider is the Goat!👊🏽
his english has gotten so much better
L
This man got bombs for fist 🥊💥
No benefits is CRAZY especially since these guys put their life on the line. They could literally die in a fight, injuries in camp that could make or break a fight. Not offering basic health insurance is insane.
The gyms need ro make more money in a way, so that they function as clubs lile in other sports as football or basketball. You have a team with players in this case fighters and they register for the league what would be UFC, One and so on. All these money, sponsoring discussions seem so bizzarw for someone who comes from football (europe) an found love for mma. Feel free to correct me or to lighten me up on the situation ❤
What the name of the Nike trainers Francis is wearing?
The Champ is here
Ngannou is very intelligent 👍
Mashallah!
Lost last night but secured the 💰!
He is like the Manny Pacquiao of UFC.
Yeah i can see alot of Manny in his face
Francis is as wise and intelligent as he is humble!
And still. Undisputed Lineal UFC Heavyweight Champion.
When the interviewer is more buffed then the champ!!!
Francis is 100% right
Shannon Sharpe is coming after Joe Rogan……every interview been a banger
Never understood why these fighters dont just undercut the ufc by leaving and either forming their own company or leveraging their popularity bto sign with a competitor under the condition they are treated better
Francis RESPECT 🫡
Nganou is good role model.
I've never understood if they are independently contracted, why can't they be independently sponsored? I understand they work for the company, but it still sounds like greedy business practices.