Francis Ngannou will make his return to MMA in a fight against Renan Ferreira on 19 October.
The Cameroon heavyweight will make his promotional debut for the Professional Fighters League having previously been a champion in the UFC.Ngannou, 37, has spent the past year concentrating on boxing, with fights against former world champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
Brazil's Ferreira won the PFL's 2023 heavyweight tournament and had been touted as Ngannou's opponent since beatingEleven of his 13 wins have come via knockout.He left the UFC ranks at the end of his contract in 2023, citing a desire to switch to boxing. Ngannou's fight against Ferreira will be a one-off, with the Brazilian deciding against entering the 2024 heavyweight tournament as he waited for a bout with Ngannou.Ngannou has become one of the most recognisable faces in boxing in the past year, but MMA - mixed martial arts - is where he really thrives.Ngannou burst on to the MMA scene in 2015 with a one-punch knockout in his UFC debut. He only picked up the sport two years previously.
Ngannou is by some distance the PFL's biggest star but the league has been made to wait, albeit patiently, for his boxing adventure to end. It is unclear if Ngannou will continue to box, but at 37, it seems his fighting career, whether in the ring or in the cage, is in its final chapter.Who will be crowned Britain’s most sensational seamster?'Spiderwoman' Miroslaw wins speed climbing goldHow Hodgkinson kept golden promise to win Olympic title
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