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Renan Ferreira scored a first round knockout over Bellator Heavyweight Champion Ryan Bader in the main event of the PFLxBellator card last month.
A fight with Francis Ngannou appears to be in Ferreira’s future and Ferreira is going to sit out and wait for the fight to come to fruition.
“At the moment, we will sit and we will wait,” Ferreira said to MMA Fighting. “I’ll get some rest. I’ve been fighting in [PFL tournaments] for three years and it’s very exhausting. I fought in November and had no rest, I had to fight in February already, so my body is tired now. I need some time to recover physically and go back to training, so I’ll be waiting for this fight, quite anxiously. I’m very happy for this opportunity, and I hope it happens soon.”
Ngannou is boxing Anthony Joshua this Friday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and is expected to make his PFL debut after the fight.
Ferreira was surprised that Ngannou, who was in attendance for PFLxBellator, didn’t do a face off with him after his win over Bader.
“It surprised me a little bit,” Ferreira said. “I thought he was going to go up there, that we would do the faceoff. I saw he had an uncomfortable smile on his face. I think he felt this is for real, that this is a big problem for him. There’s a guy coming and he’s not fooling around, he’s hungry for the victory. [Ngannou] is on this boxing adventure that is opening many doors and I have huge respect for him, but he has a contract with PFL. Like I said, I’m ready to box him as well, I’m ready to fight him in MMA. Wherever they want, I’ll be ready.”
