Randy Couture, PFL commentator and former six-time UFC champion, has words of praise for Francis Ngannou for securing the blockbuster boxing matchup with Tyson Fury.
A whole new level of respect for him: Randy Couture
“The Predator”, the former UFC heavyweight champ who parted ways with the promotion earlier this year after the two sides failed to reach common grounds on contract renewal, will be facing the WBC heavyweight champ on 28th October in a 10-round contest in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Many are seeing this fight as a huge step-up for Ngannou, who is expected to land a seriously massive payday in sharing the squared circle with “The Gypsy King”, and the Cameroonian himself has addressed it as “proving Dana White wrong”. For Couture, who himself has had fallouts with the UFC president in the past, is all joyous for Ngannou.
“He’s done the right thing, he stood up for himself. He stood up for the sport,” Couture told MiddleEasy regarding Francis Ngannou vs. Tyson Fury. “There were other athletes in the position to do that and passed and didn’t do it. I’m proud of him for doing that, sticking to his guns. It wasn’t about the money, it was about all the other stuff that he’s mentioned and I’ve certainly mentioned and stood up for himself.”
“…A whole new level of respect for him,” he went on, “I think it’s a big step up for him honestly, this guy’s been boxing at that level. He’s arguably the best boxer in the world right now, and has been at the top of that game for quite a while. What he did with Wilder in all those matches, his technique. He’s long, he’s rangy, he moves his head and his feet well, he’s going to be hard to hit.” [H/T BJPenn.com]
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