Marquel Martin, the longtime manager of former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, explains that his client will receive a tremendous payday for the scheduled boxing match with WBC world champion Tyson Fury.

Earlier this week, it was officially announced that Ngannou would make his pro boxing debut against Fury on October 28 in Saudi Arabia.

Ngannou, one of the most feared punchers in MMA, is a tremendous underdog against Fury.

Their fight will be contested under traditional boxing rules. Fury's WBC title will not be at stake.

Martin indicates that his client will receive far more than he ever made for any fight in the UFC.

“Let’s just say this: The bag is so big, he may actually just drop it on the way to the bank,” Martin said to The MMA Hour. “Let’s just say that. I don’t know what the haters are trying to say right now, I kind of just blocked it out, but they’ll just be proven wrong again. This is life-changing. This is exactly what we planned and visualized, so we’re happy.”

To go a step further, Martin said Ngannou is expected to earn more for the fight with Fury than he made in his 14 prior UFC bouts combined.

“Oh my God. I mean, by far. By multiples,” Martin said. “Just to make [this money] even while being champion, he would’ve had to fight multiple times just to [be in this ballpark].”

Ngannou, although widely viewed as being significantly overmatched, is coming for war, says Martin.

There is no clear answer on whether or not this contest will be tallied on Fury's official record, but Ngannou's handlers are pushing to have the Gypsy King's unbeaten status at stake.

“We are not signing up to do some, like, go out there and play patty-cake. No, no, no, this is an actual fight. What happens with the WBC belt, we plan on talking with the WBC to get licensed. That’s our plan. And we never know, we may have the opportunity to maybe put his [belt] on the line. I don’t know, that’s for his side. But I know that, from our side, we plan on hopefully having those conversations and making sure that we do everything in our power to — we want this to go on [Fury’s professional] record," Martin said.