Francis Ngannou almost pulled out of UFC 270 with a torn ACL but decided to pull through after being inspired by fellow Nigerian Kamaru Usman, ‘The Predator’ revealed on his YouTube channel yesterday.
Ngannou went on to beat MMA Factory’s Ciryl Gane via unanimous decision and credited Usman for inspiring him not to withdraw from the fight at the last minute.
“I had been talking with Kamaru Usman, I know exactly how much he deals with fights during training camp, I’ve been around, seen him in a fight week looking like sh*t but bro, see him in the fight day, he’s just a different person you know.