Xtreme Couture head coach Eric Nicksick would have loved to help Francis Ngannou prepare for Jon Jones . Ngannou and Jones were on a collision course, only thrown off by Ngannou’s contract negotiations with the UFC when the two sides couldn’t come to terms on a new deal. Former UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou has now signed with the PFL , and the chance of a fight with current champ Jones is all but dashed – which initially had Nicksick bummed out. “To be honest with you guys, in the very beginning, it was stressful,” Nicksick told Submission Radio. “And I think it let me down in a lot of ways, just because I always had this vision of us fighting Jon Jones, and that was what was always on the table for us. And I’m speaking from a coach and a competitor (standpoint).

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Eric Nicksick admits he was ‘pretty depressed’ when Francis Ngannou-Jon Jones fight fell through – MMA Junkie

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