Francis Ngannou Only Remembers First Punch Anthony Joshua Landed | The MMA Hour

did you do at the press conference to announce the fight? Mr. Turkey, Al Shake, said that essentially AJ needs to beat you to restore order, just like him. He basically said it at the press conference that he expected AJ to win. How did you feel about it? Did you feel like you were the one who was kind? The Outsider I think he wasn't the

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one who expected AJ to beat me. I think a lot of people expected that, but listen, I don't. Do you have a problem with someone waiting for something? You can wait whatever you want.

You have a wish. You know it's a fighting business. You know someone can just root for AJ and want AJ to win. I don't really have any problem with that. Okay, but no. to help me, not to help him or maybe um, as long as you don't help someone, help him or take something away from me. I'm fine, you have a fight and at some point you have two people you like who are fighting with each other. you have to support someone for some reason or just because you like that person better or okay, i have no problem with that, okay, my

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problem is, if something gets in my way and prevents me from performing, i mean, I go there.

I think I really work in the ring to fight AJ like, oh I'm going to beat AJ, no I'm going to fight AJ and I know that fight can go either way, you know that and I don't have it. I mean, if you're thinking rationally, it makes sense that you think AJ can or will beat you, you know, a lot of people have been watching AJ for a long time, he represents a lot in boxing. so I really understand It's me I'm an I'm an I'm an Interloper here and I have no problem with it I'm an Interloper I know I was I'm an Interloper and it's all right, oh, it's okay, this was the biggest payday of your career you're really serious well, I don't know, maybe well, I don't know, Tyson, this is bigger than I think, I think it's the most disappointing fight of my career, it's not this one, no, maybe not, but uh.

I don't see it as a payday, my payday is coming, it's okay, it's fair, I was just wondering if it's still growing. We know about the shooting, we know about Ty, so I just want to see it. Hello brother. Hello. Listen last year, I was 36 next year, I'll be 37 next year, b38, so of course we'll keep growing, okay, that's fair, that's fair, uh, what do your doctors say as to when Could you come back and when? Would you like to fight again? No, I'm fine, uh, I'm healthy, I just want to give myself some time, but start training, but I'm fine, I'll take some time, enjoy life, you know, I don't know. um we'll see what happened, we would take a vacation and then the last two months, the last two months were very intense, basically, we were all in Riyadh, me and my whole team, basically, but it ended the way it ended, I feel . like we have to rest, take some time off and then come back after what are you leaning towards the next fight?

MMA or boxing aren't going to force you to do it, but what is your heart saying right now? You know, I'm starting to feel like boxing now owes me something that I have to claim. What do you mean by that? The way this fight happened is not the way it's supposed to have happened, so I think. now I need to do it do boxing now to claim something you know to claim my respect to claim my to claim everything you know yeah uh MMA is there I don't really know I don't know it depends I think it depends on the time frame of what happened and the frame of time also like what it is, but maybe it could be MMA

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I don't really know, but yeah, if it was boxing, is there anyone in particular that you're interested in for the next step? Yes I think so. I still have to, I think Tyson Fures is still there and then this week, all five weeks, he was always around, making fun of me, like, I don't know, like he was Liv in the um, he was Liv in places. I do not. I know what he was doing there and it's not me, so I think there's a question. Well, I have to ask, maybe you can have an opinion or not, but I heard that maybe you were not 100% satisfied with the way the announcement of the winner of the fight between chicken Ryan Bader and Ferrera was made and maybe that's why you didn't you entered the cage afterwards, if he wasn't happy, yeah, like you, maybe they didn't tell you before and uh, it all happened very quickly, you had to make the announcement that Thursday before the fight, that's right, were you upset about that, upset that I didn't hear exactly what you're talking about, remember?

A couple of days before the Bellator pfl card there was an announcement that the winner of the Fetta vs. Bader fight would fight you and you remember that this announcement was made the previous Thursday and that this happened very quickly and a little. you rushed in and maybe you didn't love the way he handled himself and that's why you didn't get in the cage on Saturday after he knocked out B no no no no no no no no okay of course like it was a surprise uh uh because I mean, he, he, he came very quickly and left no time to process, but I talked to, I talked to P and that wasn't a problem.

I didn't go to ca in the cage like when uh when the fight ended I was there and everyone went to the CIT and I was there alone, I mean, I don't know, it's not my program, I don't like it, I decide to walk and enter the cage or something I sat there for. one moment he approached, uh, he approached Ferrera and then, that was it, then at some point I was alone, I realized that I should live, that's what happened, but it's not that I was unhappy or anything, no , okay, no one told you to go to the cage you would have gone in if they asked you no, no one told me to go to the cage, okay, okay, and I wasn't going to go in there like, oh, let me go to the cage or something like that, nobody told me to go to the cage.

I never refused to enter the cage. Are you interested in this fight? I mean, he's a great fighter, but let's be honest, he's not on the same level name-wise as Tyson or AJ or any of these guys, are you excited about the idea of ​​fighting him? I think I'm still excited about the idea of ​​fighting MMA, you know, MMA now is like, not like the easiest, but it's like the used ones, now it's like the grassroots ones, you know, I know, at least I mean any You can fight, but at least in MMA there are many things that I understand, many things that can be controlled than boxing, which is a wi West, right, and it's a little more comfortable for you, right?

That done, it's a little more comfortable to be honest, yeah, do you have to fight in MMA this year? I have my own experience. Do you have to fight in MMA this year according to your contract with PFL or does it not have to be that way? this year anything can happen um I think it's all over again it all depends on the time period you know at

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he was fine because the winner of uh uh my fight and he was scheduled to fight the winner of Tyson Fury and mus , which is um so he said, "Okay, if I win the fight, which I know he would have done, it wouldn't be the ideal scenario at least for some people, but if I win the fight, then maybe I have to fight that first." , but now". everything is possible.

I have no obligation to fight anyone first, so if the time is right for MMA F, then I fight first. If it is a boxing match, if the moment comes first at the right time, then we will do well. By the way, you're just curious. look at any of the stuff between Tom Aspen and Jon Jones and Aspen's frustration with Jones and Jones wanting to fight Stipe and all this and sit back and laugh and say oh, I've been through all this and I'm glad. I don't have to deal with this, it's true, it's been, it's true, it's been through everything you know.

It's getting to the point where I'm starting to feel like Jon JN, a bit like Theja, yes exactly, but are you happy not to? You don't have to deal with that. Are you happy you don't have to deal with all this drama? No, it's the business part, you know, it is what it is, I mean, since you're in that business, that's what's going to happen. whether you like it or not and it's not a bad thing, you know, it's sport, it's competition, it's not like a war, it's not like enemies, I just think they're just doing that as, uh, as a competitor, you know, and uh, yes and Sometime when someone says something that you don't care or don't want to answer, you don't answer, no one forces you to do anything, so it's great, do you regret anything?

Obviously, the way you felt is the way you feel. I felt like you can't change that, but is there anything you regret about the fight with AJ? You know, we had AJ's trainer last week and he was talking about when you switch to Southpaw, they were expecting that and they felt like they could. blow that up and you just mentioned Dewey's men, is there anything I don't regret? because now we can say that I lost the fight, we can say anything that I did wrong, you know, we worked on everything and everything was fine, even like and this was not just my option, you know, even in the south, in the south , my defense is even sharper than on the orthodox forehand, like on the S, to receive a blow, a right backhand from the south, this is something that even in sparring never happened and I have been there for a long time practicing well, so that I really don't regret because that was a game, our game plan, that was our training and then we approved everything and I really don't regret it. we work for that we make that decision we wait and if he doesn't do it yes no since it didn't work but that's not the reason why we like him oh no, it was so bad no no in the same with the same soua me I think we basically won the Tyson fight, yeah, 100%, but the same thing could have happened with Tyson too and they'd be like, oh yeah, you switched to Southpaw, no, let's see one of these guys come to MMA and fight. with you, that would be a nice little wrinkle, right, one of these heavyweights is coming to MMA, say it again, please, one of these heavyweights is coming to MMA, is there any chance that one of the heavyweights of one of the boxers come to MMA now?

Do you think you could get any of them to do that? No, come on, brother, no, come on, there's no way why I would do that. Don't know. I think Deontay was open to it for a minute, wasn't he open? I don't know, yeah, maybe, maybe, I think he's the guy who would just go out and fight. It is not like this? He's not calculating everything like that. You know, he'll just go out and fight. boy, yes, if there is a boy who can do something like that, he will be the aunt, okay, last question and again thank you very much for the time.

I feel like we kept you company on this trip, so it was good for you. Both of us, right, it's boring being alone in the car, yeah, thanks, that was great. I felt very alone. I bet I bet. When do you think we'll see you again in some kind of fight? When do you think we'll see you again in some kind of fight? Think about summer after summer, what do you feel? Like I said, it all depends on the um, the moment. I would take some time off, maybe a month, you know, then really, then start training, that's all one, one or two months and then start training then from there anytime I can be fit at any time. fight I will be able to fight before everything is over Francis, we have to see you in Africa a fight in Africa, this has to happen with luck, but it is not the easiest, although it is not, you don't think we are close, it is not the easiest easy to achieve, how to fight in Africa, you don't feel that we are closer to that, yeah, uh, you don't feel it. like we're getting close to it you still feel like it's a big hurdle I don't know maybe pfm okay maybe PFA Africa yeah that would be great that would be great that would be great you deserve it if I um if I get a fight against PFA in Africa , yeah, I think so, that would be great, well, I'm happy that you're doing well, you know, well done, once again, dreaming big, daring to be great and looking forward to when you jump.

Going back there is always exciting with you, it's always very interesting and I always appreciate your time Francis, thank you very much for coming and sharing your feelings. I know it wasn't a very pleasant experience to talk about, but it means a lot to me. and I appreciate it a lot, so thank you, thank you ARA, I appreciate you, it's okay and we'll talk soon, as long as you're the man, thank you Francis, well, thanks for watching, we really appreciate it. Hey, if you like this video. give us the old thumbs up, subscribe and you can get many more of these videos on the channel, so do it, we would love you forever if you did.