It looks like the UFC’s heavyweight champion might be crossing over to boxing in the near future.

Francis Ngannou says that he is more likely than not going to fight WBC heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury in a crossover type match.

“We both want this fight, that’s clear, and we respect each other,” said Ngannou on “The MMA Hour” podcast.

“I would say there’s a 70% chance my next opponent is Tyson Fury. On his side, I would say 90% against me”

The rules of the fight are still being hashed out and finalized. If all goes well, the fight will take place sometime in 2023.

“Probably next year it will happen. I think it’s going to happen, it’s just a matter of our promotions, but we will sort this out at some point.” added Ngaannou.

The 35-year old Cameroon native most recently defended his heavyweight title against Ciryl Gane via unanimous decision at UFC 270 in January.

Fury (32-0-1) recently defeated Dillian Whyte via sixth round TKO on Saturday in London, England to retain his heavyweight titles.

One of the UFC’s top fighters is fixing a lingering issue with his hand.

UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman announced that he has undergone successful surgery to repair a ligament in his injured hand, and could be ready to step back into the octagon as early as July.

The 34-year old essentially broke his hand approximately three weeks before his highly-anticipated rematch with rival Colby Covington at UFC 268 in November 2021. He managed to fight through the injury and beat Convington via unanimous decision to remain undefeated since making his UFC debut back in 2015.

Usman has a 15-0 UFC record, and has now successfully defended his Welterweight title five times since taking it from Tyron Woodley in a title fight at UFC 235 back in July 2019.

UFC star Conor McGregor announced that he has undergone successful surgery to repair fractures of the tibia and fibula in his left leg. The procedure lasted three hours.

“Onwards and upwards we go…We dust ourselves off. We build ourselves back and we come back better than ever. Let’s go team” said McGregor following the surgery.

He sustained the devastating injury during the first round of his fight against Dustin Poirier this past weekend at UFC 264.

Despite a doctor’s stoppage, he sustained yet another loss to his resume. He has lost three of his past four bouts since returning to the UFC after his boxing debut against Floyd Mayweather.

Whether the fans want it or not, it appears that we will get another fight between Poirier and McGregor.

“When Conor is healed and ready to go, we’ll do the rematch, I guess…Poirier will do his thing until Conor is ready” said UFC president Dana White.