"Dan Hardy: Dana White's Efforts to Prevent UFC Stars from Joining Francis Ngannou in Boxing

Dan Hardy believes Dana White is ‘going to do everything he can to stop’ UFC stars from following Francis Ngannou in boxing

Former UFC commentator expressed he feels Dana White will do everything in his power to stop other fighters from following Francis Ngannou’s footsteps because….

Former UFC commentator Dan Hardy while talking on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Hour revealed Dana White going to do everything to stop fighters from seeing Francis Ngannou’s massive success after leaving UFC.

“I do feel like the UFC in particular like Dana’s a boxing fan. I think he was intrigued by that because he felt Conor was something quite special and he might be able to just do something as well as obviously they made a bunch of cash out of it.”

Dan Hardy further explained, “If you look at somebody like Sean O’Malley or Jon Jones, he doesn’t want to take that risk. I feel. He’s been very, very reluctant to risk breaking his toys in other people’s promotions. I think he’s going to do everything he can to stop people from doing it.”

Hardy even claimed after seeing Francis Ngannou’s success outside UFC. many fighters will come out of their UFC contract and so some kind of crossover stuff and will earn massive paydays.

He claimed there are plenty of potential stars to do crossover boxing in the future names including Sean Strickland, Alex Pereira, and many more.

Source: https://www.pinkvilla.com/sports/dan-hardy-believes-dana-white-is-going-to-do-everything-he-can-to-stop-ufc-stars-from-following-francis-ngannou-in-boxing-1255512