F. Ngannou (right) and K. Usman (left) maintain a friendly relationship outside of MMA. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram
About to measure forces again against Stipe Miocic, for the heavyweight belt (up to 120,2kg), Francis Ngannou, you will have very important help in your preparation. According to the 'giant', the welterweight champion (up to 77,1kg), Kamaru Usman, has been helping the Cameroonian in the final stretch of his training and will join the French-Cameroonian's team in UFC 260. The revelation was made by the heavyweight on his channel on YouTube.
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“Yes, Usman will be on my team on fight day. It's good to have you here, helping me at this time. It's good for him to train where I am and help improve my game. This is a very decisive moment before the fight, so it is very important to train with it. Kamaru is helping me a lot with the Olympic wrestling, which is great”, revealed Francis.
Big names in the recent history of the UFC, Ngannou and Usman maintain good relations outside the fighting world, due to their African origins. On social media, it is not difficult to find images of the two athletes together, including messages of encouragement from the French-Cameroonian in some welterweight title fights, as well as Israel adesanya, fighter born in Nigeria..
This will be the second opportunity that the 'Predator' will have to fight for the under-120,2kg group title. In the first, against the same Stipe Miocic, in 2018, the African fighter ended up defeated on points, after being dominated by his rival for most of the five rounds.
Francis Ngannou He has a record of 15 wins and three losses and is currently number one in the heavyweight rankings. His last defeat was in July 2018, to Derrick Lewis. After that, the Cameroonian enjoyed a streak of four victories, which qualified him to be the next challenger in the division.
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