Francis
Ngannou’s impressive performance against
Tyson Fury
this past Saturday has drawn well-deserved praise from the MMA
community.
Even former UFC light heavyweight champion
Glover
Teixeira, who typically maintains a low profile, published a
video in Portuguese on his Instagram account while watching the
fight with teammate
Alex
Pereira. Ngannou dropped Fury in the third round but would go
on to lose a contentious split decision against “The Gypsy
King.”
“
Francis
Ngannou… damn, my brother! It surprised me, surprised the world
and shut up these boxing guys, who don't know s—t about fighting,”
Texeira said. “Because they make a lot of money, they think they're
the real deal and an MMA fighter won't have a chance.
“Who [really] doesn’t have a chance is a boxing fighter who comes
to fight in MMA rules, like
James Toney
did against
Randy
Couture. MMA fighters are the gladiators of the new generation.
Nobody trains like us.”