Francis Ngannou’s head coach Eric Nicksick joins #MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck to react to the former #UFC heavyweight champion’s announced return to MMA vs. Renan Ferreira at the #PFL’s October pay-per-view event, talks how it all came to be, Ngannou falling back in love with MMA, Sean Strickland’s decision to wait for a title shot, Dricus du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya at #UFC305, Manel Kape’s loss to Muhammad Mokaev at #UFC304 and referee Mike Beltran’s officiating in the fight, and much more.
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38 Comments
by "fallen in love" he means "knocked the F back" to MMA?
Of course he’s going to say that. He’s got millions to fight for with the lifestyle he now lives, he’s no chance but to fight
😂 Did he fall in love with his ex again after the new girl wasn't satisfied?
Francis belly full already…. fighting a 6'8 Brazilian killer won't help his confidence after that Joshua KO.
But bonne chance Francis
Let’s go Francis! What an amazing guy
HAHAHA, ya, I bet he has after AJ.
Anyone know If Francis's son was adopted or biological?
He has no choice but to fall in love with mma again. He definitely can't go back to boxing 😂
As a big fan of Francis been since his early UFC days. I honestly feel like that Aj knock out killed the aura Francis had sucks to say it and admit it but it did.
Lets go Francis
Francis haters are out in full today in the comments.
So glad it's not the mic eating wildebeast
how do Francis his team address the yellow tung pneumonia bird flu co vids that R effecting him mildly 24/7 the yellow tung so the longer not treated the longer it takes to treat and get rid of its effecting his cardio movement everything slightly good chance this is it 4Francis he gets KO-ed again ? cant wait 2C
he got knocked the F out of boxing so obviously he has to go back to mma. rocket science
current yellow tung list off top of my head colby might have recovered because its bin a wile the girl that Alex P had but ses with she has it Conor has it 2much party Khamzat has had it since he contracted co-vids which never cleared his body unless they just fixed him an F R A N C I S (have them all stick there tungs out end of story)
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I'm always thankful when I click on a mmafighting interview and it's not Damon martin eating the mic.
How Francis is able to get back to it is just incredible after his loss.. I can't say this enough, absolute legend!
Every man needs an Eric Nicksick in their life. Some of us would fly around the world just for a chat with that guy
Sean is playing a DANGEROUS game with Dana White….🤦🏿♂️ EVERYONE knows Dana has a very very short patience for anyone that refuses a fight the UFC wants to make….disagree with that u haven't been a UFC fan very long 💯
I have so much respect for coach Erica very humble and a great mind to the sport 🙌
Renan is in trouble. Just like Bigi boy. The frustration will be unleashed on him
Glad someone throws the name vadim nemkov out there vadim is a bad man
Team Francis 👊🏾
Ahahaha ya cus he got embarrassed and knocked out of boxing
he’d better because he’s got nothing else it’s over in boxing
Anthony Joshua made Francis love MMA again
Hope Francis retains. he deserves it
Nice guys finish last . Jake Paul will knock out Francis Ngannou by the end of 2025 . You don't have to like it . You can even hate it , but you will be forced to accept it .
Mike Heck does good on these interviews.
Props to Nicksick for keeping an eye on his friend/fighter.
God bless you both.
Hopefully Francis delivers a highlight in his next fight 👊
He should! Awful boxer. Cant believe people thought thst fury fight was real
Eric is the man. The dudes like a father to dudes that are older than him.
No one cares about pfl
Damn.
I can’t imagine the absolute pain & heartbreak Ngannou has been going through since the loss of his 15 month old son three months ago. Nobody has mentioned it even once, but I hope his wife, as well as the rest of the Ngannou family, are okay and doing good as well.
I could see him getting finished…
Dude is getting KO'ed. He has not fought MMA in over 2 years. Inactivity will take it's toll. Just watch
This could make or break francis, this is a turning point. If he loses to renan? He should just go to boxing and stay there.
Yes!!!! Thank you god !