Nobody would have blamed Francis Ngannou for sitting out the remainder of 2024 after the events that shook his life over the past seven months.
Fifty days after suffering a brutal knockout loss to Anthony Joshua, the former UFC heavyweight champion tragically lost his 15-month-old son, Kobe. Yet true to his word, six months later, he presented himself in Saudi Arabia to take center stage Saturday for the biggest event in PFL history.
Straight after stepping off the plane from New York, PFL head of talent operations Dan Hardy came face-to-face with the goliath and couldn’t help but appreciate the evident exertions Ngannou put himself through to get ready for his main event meeting with Brazilian giant Renan Ferreira.