Francis Ngannou
I Guess On Gaethje
… Knew He’d Beat Topuria!
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Justin Gaethje was a large underdog to Ilia Topuria, and (virtually) nobody thought he’d win … besides apparently for Francis Ngannou!
“I knew. I put my money on Gaethje,” the Predator informed TMZ Sports activities on Monday.
Figurative money? We requested … Nope.
“I bet on Gaethje. I saw the odds and I’m like there’s something wrong with these bookmakers. What’s wrong, this is Justin Gaethje. Even when the guy loses, he always shows up and puts on a show.”
Francis continued … “He’s a guy who’s good at taking people’s souls out. I was like he’s being counted out, why? I put money on Gaethje.”
“Thanks to him, I had a wonderful day. I’m having a beautiful week,” Ngannou stated, flashing a giant smile.
FYI, Ilia was round a 6-to-1 favourite over Justin … and you would be hard-pressed to search out an “Expert” who predicted Gaethje was going to upset Topuria.
We additionally requested Ngannou concerning the co-main occasion. In spite of everything, Francis is just one of two males who’ve crushed Ciryl Gane within the UFC.
Whereas Gane wasn’t the heavy underdog in opposition to Alex Pereira like in the primary occasion, most followers predicted Poatan would beat him and change into the primary fighter to ever be champion in three weight lessons.
Ngannou additionally noticed that one coming.
Ngannou referenced his dialog with TMZ Sports activities in March saying … “I wasn’t very surprised. If you remember us talking about this two months ago, I was telling you exactly how it was going to go. I thought [Alex] could’ve lasted a little more, maybe one more round, but that was my prediction. All along the way that was my prediction. Never changed. I never had a doubt about it.”
And, as for the occasion as an entire … Francis thought it was superior.
“It was a beautiful event. It was great. It had a lot of great fights that were entertaining, but the main event, woah, that was a hell of a fight!”
