Ngannou Vs. Ferreira Predictions – ‘He Will Knock Him Out’
Francis Ngannou takes on Renan Ferreira in their heavyweight title clash on Saturday, as those within the combat sports community gave their predictions.
It is Ngannou’s PFL debut, increasing the pressure on him to perform. Ngannou has not had an MMA fight since 2022, when he knocked out Ciryl Gane. He would then leave the UFC and sign a deal with the PFL, which gave him the opportunity to box. He took up those opportunities by facing Tyson Fury on his boxing debut. While he lost a split decision, he was commended for how he performed. He dropped Fury in the third round and made it to the final bell. However, the fight against Joshua did not go down well, as he was knocked out in round two.
Ferreira is the PFL Heavyweight Champion. He is in good form, having knocked out Ryan Bader on the PFL vs. Bellator champs card. Ngannou knows that a victory will earn him a rematch for another big payday. He has been more active than Ngannou of late when it comes to MMA. He also has the height and reach advantage, leaving questions about whether he can use that against Ngannou. The duo had a heated face off as security intervened to separate them. Now, here are the thoughts of those from the combat sports community over who would win.
Predictions
“I just think Francis just has so much to prove here that he’s going to rise to the occasion,” Paul said after facing off the fighters in August. With a taller man and as strong as Francis is with his solid base, I just think he’s going to be able to clip Ferreira at some point,” Jake Paul
“I think I’m putting my money [on] the Brazilian,” Jon Jones
“[Renan Ferreira], he’s not elite. The guy he’s fighting fought a friend of mine and a training partner of mine, Ante Delija (two years ago), and Ante just destroyed him within a minute or two. Took him down, ground and pounded him and stopped him within the first minute, and now this guy’s fighting Francis Ngannou
“So, the guy isn’t elite, his opponent. Yeah, he’s big. [And] yeah, he’s powerful. Yeah, he could knock you out, but he’s not an elite heavyweight. I’m not disrespecting him. The elite guys are not in the PFL. The elite guys are in the UFC,” Tom Aspinall
“I think we are gonna get the best [Ngannou] performance yet,” Dan Hardy
Further Predictions
“It’s going to be like always with Ngannou. I think he will knock him out maybe first or second round. We will see. I will watch it because I want to see how he looks in another organization. I wanna see what changes he’s [made],” Jan Blachowicz
“Renan Ferreira is from ATT where I am. If you see that man hit the pads, you’ll just know straight away who is going to win the fight. I know Ngannou is a unit as well, but Renan has got a little bit of height on him and will have the reach on him. I just think he’s 100 percent gonna win, but it’s gonna be a massive fight. Two massive guys like that facing each other, it’s gonna be crazy and I definitely think it will be a knockout,” Dakota Ditcheva
“They’re both very tough fighters, very physical fighters, specimens. I feel like if Francis is coming in good shape, overall he has a little more experience as an MMA fighter. Having said that, Ferreria has those long arms and heavy hands, so it’s going to be an interesting fight. However, I would give a slight advantage towards Francis,” Denis Goltsov
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