Renan Ferreira has made a controversial remark to Francis Ngannou within the lead-up to their October 19 combat.
Ngannou is ready to make his PFL debut in Saudi Arabia towards final 12 months’s heavyweight champion in Ferreira in an intriguing bout. Forward of the combat, the 2 have been concerned within the PFL’s press convention, and through it, Ferreira made a controversial remark in direction of Ngannou.
“Francis has been going by means of a tricky 12 months in his life, however the hardest problem in his life and in his 12 months is gonna be me. I’m gonna be the most important downside of his 12 months.”
…..yikes. @PFLMMA #PFLSuperFight
— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) August 22, 2024
“Francis has been going by means of a tricky 12 months in his life, however the hardest problem in his life and in his 12 months is gonna be me. I’m gonna be the most important downside of his 12 months proper now, robust puzzle for him to determine,” Ferreira stated.
After all, Francis Ngannou’s 15-month-old son handed away earlier this 12 months, which is why many individuals weren’t proud of what Renan Ferreira needed to say.
After Ferreira’s feedback, Darren Until took to social media to criticize Ferreira for what he stated.
Francis actually misplaced his son… like he handed away… died if you wish to put it like that. And this moron thinks he’s gonna be Francis largest take a look at.
There’s nothing proper now that life might throw at Francis that will section him. He would merely chuckle it off. He misplaced a son.… https://t.co/euS0F0cyQJ— DT (@darrentill2) August 22, 2024
“Francis actually misplaced his son… like he handed away… died if you wish to put it like that. And this moron thinks he’s gonna be Francis largest take a look at. There’s nothing proper now that life might throw at Francis that will section him. He would merely chuckle it off. He misplaced a son. One of many worst issues I’ve heard stated in recent times at a convention…,” Darren Until wrote in response to what Renan Ferreira stated.
It was by means of a translator, so maybe one thing obtained mistranslated, however regardless it was not a great search for Ferreira, particularly with what Ngannou has gone by means of this 12 months.
Renan Ferreira is 13-3 and three NCs as a professional and coming off a 21-second knockout win over Ryan Bader again in February. Earlier than that, he scored a TKO win over Denis Goltsov to win the 2023 PFL heavyweight event. The Brazilian additionally has notable wins over Maurice Greene, Jared Vanderaa, and Carl Seumanutafa amongst others.
