Francis Ngannou

you know like ah until someday like i think because the gym was quite close and then i find another gym which was the cross fight at time and then that's how which was next to the foundation to the association that i was uh hanging around at and that's how i start i'm like

oh this is cool you have to kick somebody fight why not I wasn't going to do MMA I just keep doing it because it was fun I love fighting I love action I love that the fact that you can try everything all this I mean I couldn't do like those spinning back kick and everything but I would still do some dumb shit it was fun

Remember the first time?

Yeah, that was December 2015, right?

Yeah.

When I fought in Orlando.

Oh, oh, even before I get there, that was the ultimate goal.

Here I've always been a goal.

Okay, so even when I was in Morocco, like trying to make it, like there was a moment, you know how I was telling you about like my vision?

my visual world yep yep yeah like i always have this moment that i retrieve regardless of what is going on i can be in the mirror in the middle of a biggest mess of a storm or everything i have this moment that i come and then i i'd hang out with my mind and then i'm cool i'm like everything gonna be okay i'm gonna be a world champion and everything seems like clear obvious it's not a doubt it's not a dream it's like clear then i'm like

Damn, how is this going to happen?

I don't have a idea, but it's going to happen.

It's just that it's going to happen.

So I never doubt the fact that I was going to be a champion.

No, it wasn't a doubt.

You know, I think, like, my upcoming was so fast that I kind of, like, skipped a lot of things.

And then I didn't, at times, I still haven't,

understand how a professional athlete work.

You know, you guys, you go to the gym, you train, you do the diet, you do everything.

You go, you fight three rounds, you get to decision, you know, and then I'm just getting there, like getting ready to fight.