Francis Ngannou is worked up to return to the cage after almost three years away. As he prepares for his upcoming combat towards Renan Ferreira on October 19, Ngannou warns his opponent that he’s dealing with a special type of problem, stating that Ferreira will uncover this in a tough manner.
Francis Ngannou vs. Renan Ferreira
The lineal MMA world champion, who captured the UFC heavyweight title, Francis Ngannou signed with the PFL after strolling away from the UFC. Since then, he has had two main blockbuster boxing matches towards champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Now, he’s coming again into MMA towards the towering Brazilian Renan Ferreira.
Renan Ferreira is a PFL world champion who simply knocked out the Bellator heavyweight king Ryan Bader in merely 21 seconds. Ferreira and Francis Ngannou are set for a bout reside from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 19.
Ngannou shared that his physique is holding up effectively after present process knee surgical procedure over two years in the past, which took a protracted restoration interval. He feels sturdy and prepared for the combat. He defined:
“My physique is holding up effectively…Clearly I had a knee surgical procedure that was over two years, two years and a half [ago] now and it took me fairly a very long time, over a yr, to essentially get again, however now I’m very sturdy. By the point that I get again into combat, I get very sturdy, so sure I can kick regardless that kicking will not be like, my cup of tea however I do kick.
“I simply turned 38 so I might say my retire age, I’m concentrating on round 41 as common…42. It may very well be 40 however that is like, simply within the distinctive case…I’d similar to to say I need to depart the game earlier than the game leaves me. You realize, I wish to depart at [the] high of my recreation.” [Ht Sportskeeda]
On the upcoming combat, he added:
“What I’ll say is that he [Ferreira] is aware of that he has a special beast in entrance of him – nothing he has ever confronted. I hope he is aware of that as a result of if not, he’s going to search out out in not a pleasant manner.”
