the return of Francis Ngannou to MMA could not have been better. In his PFL debut, last Saturday (19), the former UFC heavyweight champion (up to 120,2 kg) needed just over three minutes to 'run over' the Brazilian Renan Problem and come out with the victory. Despite the great result, one detail displeased the Cameroonian: the referee's delay in stopping the fight.
In an interview with journalist Ariel Helwani, Francis Ngannou criticized Dan Miragliotta for not stopping the fight earlier. According to the Cameroonian, at least four or five 'unnecessary' blows landed in Renan Problem could have been avoided if the referee had acted more quickly.
“As much as I wanted to win the fight, I didn’t want to throw any unnecessary punches. I didn’t want to cause unnecessary damage. I wanted to win my fight and go home, but the referee just stood there. I was punching him and thinking it was time to stop the fight, but I didn’t want to stop and take any chances, so I kept punching him. There were at least four or five unnecessary punches. I would have stopped it sooner,” said the ‘Predator’.
The knockout on Renan Problem was the 13th of his career Francis Ngannou and marked the 'Predator's' return to MMA almost three years after his last fight for the UFC.
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