Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has denied some of the claims that were made by promoter Eddie Hearn.

Last week, it was officially announced that Ngannou would be fighting WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury in a crossover boxing match on October 28 in Saudi Arabia.

In an interview from a few weeks ago, Hearn had claimed that Fury vs. Ngannou would be an exhibition bout with no knockdowns being allowed.

Ngannou has no idea where Hearn received his information, but the contest with Fury is going to be a sanctioned boxing match with judges scoring the rounds.

"How did Eddie Hearn know about this to know and give all the details? I don't remember him being around the table talking on this fight. What I can say is that he doesn't know anything about it," Ngannou told The MMA Hour.

"All the things he knows is what he has heard is what other people have heard. I mean, that's clear. He doesn't know anything because it's a real fight. It's going on, it's going to be a fight. The only difference is there's not a title on the line, but it's a real fight. It's going on our record."

Fury's undefeated record will be at stake, but the WBC title will not be at stake.

"That's another discussion that is going to take a lot inside of the WBC and all of that stuff," Ngannou said. "In order to make this fight happen, if we wanted to do everything [for the title] there would be a lot of parties involved and this fight wouldn't happen. So we had to get this fight done quick.

"My dream was always to box and to box the best. This is my opportunity to make that dream come true and cement my position as the baddest man on the planet. All I will say to Tyson for now is he better dance in that ring because if I touch him, he’s going to sleep."