Francis
Ngannou’s impressive performance against Tyson Fury
this past Saturday has drawn well-deserved praise from the MMA
community.
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Even former UFC light heavyweight champion Glover
Teixeira, who typically maintains a low profile, published a
video in Portuguese on his Instagram account while watching the
fight with teammate Alex
Pereira. Ngannou dropped Fury in the third round but would go
on to lose a contentious split decision against “The Gypsy
King.”
“Francis
Ngannou… damn, my brother! It surprised me, surprised the world
and shut up these boxing guys, who don’t know s—t about fighting,”
Texeira said. “Because they make a lot of money, they think they’re
the real deal and an MMA fighter won’t have a chance.
“Who [really] doesn’t have a chance is a boxing fighter who comes
to fight in MMA rules, like James Toney
did against Randy
Couture. MMA fighters are the gladiators of the new generation.
Nobody trains like us.”