Francis Ngannou's Head Coach Reacts To Emotional Knockout, Meeting Cristiano Ronaldo

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Francis Ngannou's head coach Eric Nicksick reacts to Francis Ngannou's sensational knockout of Renan Ferreira at PFL's Battle of the Giants, talks his emotions after seeing the finish, doing something he's never done before after a fight, what he said to Ngannou in the cage, the referee stoppage, the pre-fight meeting Ngannou held, how Ferreira sparked something in Ngannou after their final faceoff, and more. Plus, a special guest appearance from UFC 308 fighter Dan Ige. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Fox Media Podcast Network.
0:05.0	And then once Francis started to break his legs down, that's really it.
0:09.0	It was just, it was Francis's athleticism in his eyes.
0:12.0	It's like, hey, punch him under his armpits, break him back down,
0:14.6	rinse and repeat, and, you know, dambour the odd of us had, you know, it must have to own of money.
0:19.7	H.
0:20.3	H. All right, let us say hello to Eric Nixik, who was in the corner of one Francis Inganu, Saturday in Saudi Arabia,
0:31.6	the Battle of the Giants,
0:32.8	PFL pay-per-view event, as we all know.
0:35.3	France and Ghana's return to MMA was a successful one
0:38.3	as he brutally knocks out.
0:39.9	Henan and Fahera, nasty ground and pound in round one.
0:43.4	And now Eric joins us from Abu Dhabi
0:46.4	because this man never freaking stops.
0:48.6	How are you, man?
0:50.0	I'm good, brother.
0:51.0	I just caught a little map so I'm catching up my boy
0:56.0	Danny I hear an Abu Dhabi with the with the team now and just
1:00.0	just excited to get back to work. I mean just going through just a normal fight in Saudi Arabia and then having to fly to Abu Dhabi that pretty much hours later that is taxing in itself, right?
1:13.9	And then just going through this entire fight week
1:17.5	and having to deal with the emotions that ran
1:19.7	through that entire fight week,
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