Peter Murray, the PFL chief executive, already has two fights in mind for Francis Ngannou when he returns from boxing.
Ngannou is currently on course for his second heavyweight boxing match-up next month when he fights Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia. The winner of that fight will hope to be in line for the victor of Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk who meet for the undisputed heavyweight title on May 18 (live on DAZN.com)
However he has already signed a deal with PFL that means he will be back competing in MMA at some point, and with Murray’s franchise having bought Bellator as well, there are the heavyweight champions of both competitions who could be put up against Ngannou.
"We have two champions, you know, we have [PFL heavyweight champion] Renan Ferreira and [Bellator heavyweight champion Ryan] Bader," he told Sky Sports.
"Those heavyweights, both of them would like a crack at Francis and we'll see who will get that shot and then [there are] other potential what I would call crossover fighters into MMA."
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