Francis Ngannou is on his way to becoming a legend. The former UFC heavyweight championwho left the company due to disagreements during the negotiation with the CEO, Dana White, will debut in PFL directly for the heavyweight belt against the current champion, Renan Ferreira, after having gone through professional boxing, where he faced Tyson Fury already Anthony Joshua.
This evening, billed as ‘Battle of the Giants’, will air on Dazn from 10 p.m., and will feature the aforementioned stellar duel between Ngannou and Ferreira, with the PFL Super Fights champion belt in game.
The night will also allow you to enjoy another co-feature fight, with two of the most feared women on the planet face to face. Cris ‘Cyborg’ (27-2) will battle PFL two-division champion Larissa Pacheco (23-4), who will try to prove that she is the best fighter in the world.
In addition to these two superfights, Spanish fans will be able to vibrate with the participation of Madrid’s Nacho Campos (5-0), who will face Englishman Ibragim Ibragimov (7-0), in an unbeaten duel with great projection in his career within of the octagon.
Ngannou, from irregular immigrant to champion
Prior to the event, Dazn has released ‘Francis Ngannou, forged in adversity’, a new content that discovers the origins of the African fighter. The Cameroonian had to overcome a childhood marked by poverty and adversity before moving to Europe. In this report, the king of the heavyweights crudely remembers that: “Nothing guaranteed us eating two or three times a day, having clothes or being able to go to school.”
Despite the harshness of his youth, Ngannou recognizes that those experiences helped him build the legend he has become: “Looking back, the childhood I had was necessary. I understood very quickly how life worked. I grew up surrounded by hardships and difficulties, everything was a challenge. I accepted the things that happen in life and moved forward (…) Fighting against others is easy, the hardest fight is the one we have against ourselves.
Thèrése Ngannou, the fighter’s mother, also remembers Francis’ childhood: «At night, when we were together, he always talked about boxing. He told me ‘I’m going to be a famous boxer’. He was talking to me about Mike Tyson and, when he told me those things, I didn’t know what to do. “My family is poor… I couldn’t see or hear him talk like that.”
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