Francis Ngannou On Fury, Joshua, Ronaldo And Those MMA Rumours

Piers Morgan Uncensored

Sports, News, Society & Culture

3.7 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Francis Ngannou is not just a study in how one man can rise to the top of MMA in the space of a few years, but also in how to maintain an endearing humility while doing it. The Cameroonian-French fighter was born into abject poverty, but decided to follow his boxing dream to Europe as a migrant. After months of rough sleeping and prison stays, Ngannou found a home in a French boxing gym where he trained and slept. The rest, as they say, is history. While he happily recounts his past to Piers Morgan, the Ngannou of today is looking toward to the future more and more. He says he still has challenges and constantly asks himself 'what's next?' In particular, he wants to start a business in his beloved Africa and has some advice for young men who look up to him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know, Francis, you seem such a nice guy, and then I'm reminded that you were recorded with the heaviest punching power in the history of UFC.
0:09.3	What I have did is not very special because thousands of Africans or millions are doing that, have done that, are doing it, and we'll keep doing.
0:19.3	Excuse me, Pius, but I think you're making a little
0:21.5	mistake there. Listen, Francis, I'm not going to argue with you. You're way too big for that.
0:25.4	And when you took on Tyson Furion, to me, you won that fight. Is that a rumor? Yes.
0:30.4	Well, then, let the rumor be the rumor. Your next fight was, of course, Anthony Joshua,
0:37.2	which didn't go as well for you.
0:38.8	That fight wasn't a good fight.
0:40.3	The whole experience wasn't good.
0:42.9	A lot of things were off on that fight.
0:45.6	And have you ever worried about killing someone?
0:48.2	How long would it take you to kill me in a ring, do you think?
0:54.0	Francis Ingani's journey to the UFC Octagon took him across deserts, oceans and borders.
1:00.3	At the age of 10, he worked in a sand mine in Cameroon. By 26, he was jailed in Spain for entering
1:06.3	the country illegally. By 2021, he was the UFC heavyweight champion. Now his incomparable journey
1:13.2	as at last brought him to the dizzying heights of appearing on uncensored. Francis, great to see you.
1:20.6	Good to see you, Pierce. How are you? Do you know, I was reading about your life today, and I came across
1:26.0	about four paragraphs, which told me
1:30.0	exactly what you did.
1:31.9	From the moment you dreamt of being a world champion like Mike Tyson, who I've interviewed
1:36.4	many times, to actually becoming a world champion.
1:40.9	And it told me this, and I want to read it because people who don't know your story
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