After opening up on the tough lack of his son, Francis Ngannou has introduced his return to MMA later this yr as he seems to be to make use of the tragedy as his motivation for the long run.
Francis Ngannou To Struggle Renan Ferreira On Return To MMA
Francis Ngannou hasn’t fought within the MMA for over two years now, along with his final bout within the Octagon coming in opposition to Ciryl Gane in January 2022.
Since his heavyweight title bout in opposition to Gane, Ngannou has turned to boxing the place his combating file took a slight dip with losses to Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua – with AJ’s knockout sufficient for Ngannou to name it quits within the boxing world earlier this yr.
Only one month after the Joshua combat, Ngannou tragically misplaced his 15-month-old son Kobe, which prompted the 37-year-old to retire from combating altogether throughout a tough interval.
Nonetheless 4 months after the lack of his son, Ngannou has introduced he’ll come out of retirement this yr as the previous heavyweight champ needs to ‘honour Kobe’s reminiscence’.
“This isn’t an awesome second for me. I would like some actions. I would like to remain energetic to be in a zone that I belong to. I additionally must preserve it going, to combat for my boy, for Kobe.
Francis Ngannou breaks down after talking about how his sons passing has affected him:
“What’s the purpose in combating, if I find yourself not having the ability to combat for the one individual I can combat for.” 💔
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“The previous few months hasn’t been the simplest. I feel it has been by far my hardest [moment] in life. I misplaced my son. For a while, I felt like I didn’t even have to do that or questioning about if I ought to do it or combat once more.
“However I wish to do one thing good in his reminiscence. To not be the rationale for me to stop however to be motivation and likewise to combat for him.”
All my life I’ve fought for lots of various functions and on October nineteenth I’ll combat for a better objective.
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— Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) August 8, 2024
Ngannou after all has one of the crucial formidable information within the UFC (17-3-0) and his return to the ring might pose an enormous drawback to different fighters in his division.
First up for Ngannou on his return can be Renan Ferreira (13-3-0), with the 2 doing battle in Saudi Arabia on October nineteenth for the Skilled Fighters League Tremendous Struggle belt.