Renan Ferreira makes clear ‘largest trouble’ remarks towards Francis Ngannou at PFL presser

PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants Press Conference at the The Anthem in Washington D.C., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (Cooper Neill / PFL)

PFL Super Combats: Fight of the Giants Interview at the The Anthem in Washington D.C., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (Cooper Neill/ PFL)

[autotag] Renan Ferreira[/autotag]’s solid remarks towards [autotag] Francis Ngannou[/autotag] weren’t routed at his individual life.

On Thursday, throughout journalism meeting advertising their battle on Oct. 19 at PFL fight of the Giants, Ferreira casued a mix online after stating that he was “gon na be the largest trouble” of Ngannou’s “hard year.” Ngannou, a previous UFC heavyweight champ, is coming off a KO loss to Anthony Joshua in boxing previously this year, and unfortunately likewise the loss of his boy– which had him pondering retired life.

Some wondered about if the Brazilian was routing those remarks at Ngannou’s individual life, or if he was describing his loss to Joshua. Ferreira clarified his remarks in a video posted to Instagram, specifying his words were not suggested to be routed in the direction of Ngannou’s individual life, simply what has actually happened inside battle sporting activities competitors.

” Hey, every person. Today we had journalism meeting and I saw a couple of points appeared in journalism that were entirely misshaped when mentioning Francis, stating that I was the largest trouble for him this year, however I was describing the battle,” Ferreira stated in the video clip in Portuguese. “What I stated has no link to his individual life, of whatever he simply completed boy. I’m a papa, I have youngsters too, and I will certainly never ever touch such a fragile topic. I would not go that reduced. My acknowledgements to Francis. I really feel for his loss. I’m a papa, I have youngsters also, I would certainly never ever claim something like that.

” Every little thing I stated had to do with Francis Ngannou’s year, you obtain me. He’s coming off 2 losses in boxing, 2 year discharge (in mixed martial arts), at no factor did I intend to speak about his individual life and whatever that went down with his boy. That had not been my objective. That’s not me, it’s not in my personality. I would certainly never ever go that reduced. Individuals are chatting and misshaping whatever right into an insane variation of what occurred today. I simply wished to clarify what occurred today, that it has absolutely nothing to do with what they’re stating. It’s not me doing something that reduced. I simply wished to make that clear.”

Ferreira (13-3 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, 7-1 PFL) won the 2023 PFL heavyweight title and after that beat Bellator heavyweight titleholder Ryan Bader in February to seal himself as the challenger for Ngannou’s highly-anticipated PFL launching.

Ngannou (17-3 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, 0-0 PFL), that completed two times in boxing considering that his separation from the UFC, will certainly be dealing with in his very first mixed martial arts battle considering that his effective title protection in a consentaneous choice success over Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 back in January 2022.

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