Francis Ngannou didn't want to be 'trapped' by UFC contract

Four days after UFC president Dana White announced that Francis Ngannou was released by the promotion, leaving the heavyweight championship vacant, Ngannou took to YouTube on Wednesday to offer his side of the story.

In a video titled "Why I left the UFC," Ngannou disputed much of what White stated.

"They ... said that I'm scared of fighting Jon Jones or somebody else, which I don't know where they came from with that o