Francis Ngannou is one of the most coveted names of the UFC. He is the current UFC Heavyweight champion. But, despite being a champion, the ’36-year-old’ has been plagued with issues regarding his contract with the UFC. His issues with his contract terms are also a well-known fact. Recently, the undefeated UFC Welterweight fighter, Khamzat Chimaev, gave his opinion about Ngannou’s contract disputes with the UFC.

Ngannou had been very vocal about his contract dispute and has mentioned it several times at press conferences and other interviews. But, fellow fighter, Chimaev, opinionated that ‘The Predator’ will have to wait further to receive better pay from the UFC.

Khamzat Chimaev stated that the UFC pays enough to Francis Ngannou and others

In an interview with ESPN presenter, Brett Okamoto, Chimaev revealed the pay that he received from the UFC. ‘Borz’ stated, “So, lot of guys as well. And big guy, what his name? [Francis] Ngannou. He talking about they don’t give him good money and all these things. And he was speaking about living outside”.

Chimaev continued, “Why don’t do it right now? Has to appreciate everything that’s happened with him. Just fight, fight, the money coming”.

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His statements implied that he was satisfied with the amount of money he was making from the UFC. He also hinted Ngannou to be contented with what he received from Dana White and the company.

Francis Ngannou’s problems were not just monetary

Francis Ngannou had mentioned more than once that his problems with the UFC contract weren’t just related to his pay. It was the sponsorships that bothered Ngannou the most. He mentioned how the UFC gets the better out of sponsorship deals with companies and also restricts fighters to have their individual sponsorships.

Ngannou also claimed that he missed out on a deal worth more than $1 million as a result of the UFC’s sponsorship of a cryptocurrency platform. On 18 August, just before the UFC 278, Ngannou put out a barrage of tweets trying to clarify his objection regarding the sponsorship restrictions imposed on him by the UFC.

In one of them, he also mentioned how he lost out on a $1M deal. He stated, “Last year I lost a deal of over a million dollars from a crypto exchange because the partnership with CRYPTO .COM. What do I got from it ?”

Talking about UFC restrictions on fighters having individual sponsors, ‘The Predator’ wrote, “I understand that the sport needs to look good with uniforms but we should at least have a right for a minimum of 2 approved sponsors for in the octagon.”

It was evident that Ngannou wanted to make a bit more money from individual sponsorships, which the UFC wasn’t allowing him to make.

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Only time has the answer to whether the UFC will agree to a new contract with Ngannou or not. Do you think Ngannou’s demands are valid? Or would like to side with Khamzat Chimaev on this?