Francis Ngannou is believed to have earned £8.2million from his Tyson Fury fightCredit: Reuters

Ngannou did not earn £8m in all his UFC fights combined claims his managerCredit: Getty

But he left Saudi Arabia disappointed as Fury scored a controversial points win.

However Ngannou did not leave empty-handed as he picked up the biggest cheque of his fighting career.

Martin revealed the Cameroonian received a bigger purse for the contest than in all of his previous UFC fights combined.

He told The MMA Hour: “It’s up there. I would say up there. Multiples upon multiples upon multiples [more than the UFC],

“I saw a statement, and let me make this clear — someone said, I forget who it was, that, ‘Oh, between the fights that he missed out on or whatever, he still fumbled the bag.’

“You’re absolutely incorrect. I know what the pay-per-view numbers look like. I know what he would have gotten paid [in the UFC].

“Still, you add up all of that, whatever you want to say, no, Francis did not fumble the bag. He’s gotten, [with] just that one fight, more than everything he could have made [in the UFC] combined.”

Ngannou, 37, had 14 fights in the UFC – one of which came as a defending champion.

It is believed the veteran fighter picked up £8.2million for fighting the Gypsy King.

Fury collected a staggering £65m for the Riydah dust-up.