“So if you’re an athlete signed by the UFC, you get full access to the Performance Institute, you can eat there for free, everything is free and you can do all these things,” White explained at the Blatant podcast. “This guy fucking lived there. He had just gotten into a fight and he came to my office, he was hanging in the hallway and I said, ‘Come in, what’s going on?’
“He was angry that he didn’t get $50,000 in his last fight, that he didn’t get the bonus of the night. I told Francis you didn’t get it for this, that [reason] and he’s in my office and he’s arguing with me. I think this guy has this, this guy has that and here’s why. The conversation is over, and I start to leave, and he grabs me by my shirt and pushes me back to my office and I said, ‘dude, keep your hands off me.’ I could tell from the face of this man and from his eyes and the way he carries himself who this man really is.”
According to White, UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell had a similar experience with Francis Ngannou.
“My husband Hunter [Campbell]they were talking about something, it might even be the same thing [about the bonus]White said. “And when Hunter started to walk away, Francis grabbed him by the back of his collar, pulled him back and said, ‘we’re not done talking yet.’ This guy is not a good guy. He’s a bad guy.”
To add fuel to the fire, Ant Evans, a former UFC employee who has spoken out against White and the UFC in recent years, posted on social media that he believes Dana White in this case.
“I had never heard this story before, I believe it 100%.
“Francis was a terror in the UFC office when I worked there, showing up time and time again, walking around the offices, standing over people’s desks and making the staff feel very uncomfortable.
“In part he was a big man from another culture who speaks English as a (third?) language. And there is such a thing as being proactive.
“And there is also bullying.
“He came across to me as a bully.”
I hadn’t heard this story before; I believe it 100%.
Francis was a terror at the UFC office when I worked there. He showed up again and again, walking around the offices, standing over people’s desks and making the staff very uncomfortable.
Part of it was that he was a huge man from a… https://t.co/cWvlazMvAO
— Ant Evans (@AntEvansMMA) November 18, 2025
After leaving the UFC, Ngannou signed with the Professional Fighters League, but he wouldn’t make his debut until he had two huge boxing fights against Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
After experiencing defeats in both matches, Francis Ngannou made his PFL debut with a first-round win over Renan Ferreira in 2024. He did not fight at all in 2025.
“Francis Ngannou is a bad guy,” said Dana White. “He’s not a good guy. He plays the whole ‘I don’t understand the language’ thing and tries to seem like he’s a nice guy. People say, ‘Oh, it’s probably the language barrier.’ There is no language barrier with this man. He’s a bad guy.
“Now he’s over and he’s made a deal with the PFL and Saudi Arabia and now he’s asking to fight. “Me and Jon Jones gotta fight.” I’m sure they wish they had never signed him. I don’t need to hear a word from those guys over there to know it, because I know it. I’ve dealt with him and I know who he really is.’
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