Francis Ngannou Says He Was Not sure He’d Ever Struggle Once more After Son Kobe’s Demise

Francis Ngannou returned to the cage final weekend — 6 months after tragedy struck his household — and the fight sports activities famous person admits he was not sure 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 through 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, yes [I didn’t know if I’d fight again]. There was a point that you didn’t know anything. Everything seemed so fragile,” Francis informed us, including his thoughts was racing a mile a minute throughout that horrific time.

“You didn’t know if it’s like some sort of genetic pandemic, genetic disease. You didn’t know if it was like a curse. If it was just bad luck that’s going to keep happening. There was a point that, you know, like a lot of stuff happened in your head, stuff that you don’t usually think about.”

Ngannou made the battle look simple … however mentally and emotionally, says it was “by far the toughest” 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 didn’t feel like there would be a time that it’s going to go away, where it’s going to be okay. It’s one of those things that you just realize at the beginning that you better learn how to roll with it because it will always be there.”