Francis Ngannou Says He Was Unsure He’d Ever Fight Again After Son Kobe’s Death

Francis Ngannou returned to the cage final weekend — 6 months after tragedy struck his household — and the fight sports activities celebrity admits he was uncertain whether or not he’d ever battle once more.

TMZ Sports activities talked to the 38-year-old former UFC champion turned boxer/PFL fighter simply days after he dispatched Renan Ferreira by way of a first-round knockout in Saudi Arabia … after which broke down in tears after the bout whereas speaking concerning the devastating lack of his little boy, Kobe.

“Oh, sure [I didn’t know if I’d fight again]. There was some extent that you simply did not know something. Every part appeared so fragile,” Francis informed us, including his thoughts was racing a mile a minute throughout that horrific time.

“You did not know if it is like some kind of genetic pandemic, genetic illness. You did not know if it was like a curse. If it was simply dangerous luck that is going to maintain occurring. There was some extent that, , like a whole lot of stuff occurred in your head, stuff that you do not often take into consideration.”

Ngannou made the battle look straightforward … however mentally and emotionally, says it was “by far the hardest” of his profession.

In the end, when deciding when to step again within the cage, Francis got here to the conclusion that the ache would by no means go away … so there was nothing to attend out.

“I did not really feel like there could be a time that it is going to go away, the place it is going to be okay. It is a type of issues that you simply simply understand firstly that you simply higher discover ways to roll with it as a result of it is going to all the time be there.”