MMA Star Ngannou’s $10 Million Boxing Payday Continues Shakeup
- Fight with Tyson Fury paying 16 times more than last UFC bout
- His shift to boxing may push other fighters to leave UFC
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Mixed martial arts star Francis Ngannou is in the final week of training for his first professional boxing match that will reportedly pay him $10 million, which is 16 times more than his most recent MMA bout.
Ngannou was a heavyweight champ in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the top MMA company. When his contract expired earlier this year, he signed with the upstart Professional Fighters League, which, unlike the UFC, allowed him to compete in boxing where purses can be much larger. If other UFC stars follow his path, it would continue shaking up the sport.