When I listened to him going through his kid's tragedy on the JRE, I couldn't believe how he held it together and didn't cry. You need to have incredible resilience.
Every Francis interview time and time again, you hear him talk and he just gives off this intelligence... Deep knowledge, such a powerful guy but genuinely so wise
UFC is just fine without Francis. Nobody cares what he has to say really based on the views of this. Slept in 2 rounds boxing now fighting for C tier promotions
What an inspirational journey for Francis Nagnnou, the fact that he is back to compete in MMA after the tragedy of losing his baby boy is huge, really hope Francis wins. 👏👏👏👏👏👏
this really is the Lineal MMA heavyweight title fight. Renan unified the PFL & Bellator belts vs Bader, and Francis is the uncontested UFC heavyweight champion of the world 🏆 🏆 🏆
@@terrellewilliams2188 what about him? I'm sure he'd love to fight francis but dana will never let it happen. Francis is the uncontested, undisputed, lineal champ, period.
Francis is REAL. That’s why the fans come back every time he speaks. From barely speaking English to being well spoken and thoughtful him being real has never changed
Number one mighty mouse would’ve never sold anything near what Jorge did after the Ben Askren Ko he became a huge ppv star number 2 Ariel is a slimy jeweler that instigates and makes up drama for clicks and views
@@nivschechter68pretty sure that’s Chucks mainstay / how he got into MMA media, through written journalism pieces, he’s been writing for years and years before he ever came on camera
Great interview and We All wish Francis the very best in life he deserves it and his son is proudly watching him! Keep rolling with the punches Francis!!!!
Man, Ngannou is a true legend. I'm so proud about what this guy has been achieving, he's a mirror for everyone, not just about MMA, but it's about life. When we talk about hardness, this guy overcame all this. Legend.
My first comment in the new Era. CONGRATULATIONS Ariel 🎉 Long, long time viewer, from your beginning in the sport. Always stuck up for you and had your back. I appreciate all the work you've done, and entertainment you have given me. You are the best mma journalist out there. Keep on keepin' on Helwani !!!🎉🎉🎉
Not really. The UFC offered him to be the highest paid athlete in the roster. Plus PPV points which they don't disclose the numbers. Reason why no one that earns this revenue ever complains. The UFC offered him a lot of money. He might not have made the boxing money. But he only had two big money fights in boxing and took em. He did great. Even tho he went 0--2. But getting KO in the second fight took the wind out the sails in terms of interest. For sure. The PFL isn't going to pay more than the UFC w PPV points. He made a bag. He also was asking for too much outside money. He wanted his entire team signed to the UFC. Was likely on purpose. Dana and the UFC offered him like 12 million plus the Cherie's s
I loved how you ask who is the best Heavyweight MMA fighter, expecting Francis to say he is and he did just that. Excellent interview. Got love for you Ariel…you’re major and have been major 🫡
@@RunForPeace-hk1cu It's called disgusting and bad morals to pretend he meant something horrific which he obviously didn't just to stir the pot and get a headline.
@@hanwest5528 which is why it shouldn't be a topic of discussion. unless you publish the numbers it's just people flapping their gums with no proof. ngannou is never gonna tell us what he makes in boxing or in pfl and no one is ever going to get the ufc contract offer.
i think they missed focus and you're front focused. image looks soft compared to MMAFighting/SBN, also maybe there's some kind of skin smoothing effect going on. it's not as soft on the easter island poatan statue but still kinda soft. early days.
Mike Tyson " when you are favoured by God, you are also favoured by the devil, he is coming to get you " Hits so much harder knowing he fell exactly when he was on top of the world.
SO ARIEL IS BAAAAAAACCCKKK!!!!! DAAMMMIIITTTT!!!!!! FRANCIS IS EXACTLY RIGHT…..HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD 🔨💥 SOMETIMES ITS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE GUESTS….SOMETIMES THE HOST IS WHY WE WATCH THE SHOW!!!!! I WAS ABOUT TO GET REAL PISSED I THOUGHT I WAS MISSING THE SHOW THEN ARIEL SAID WELCOME TO THE NEW SHOW FRANCIS AND HE SAID CONGRATULATIONS THEN I CALMED DOWN!!!!! 😂 DAMN NOT GONNA LIE “NO HOMO” I MISS UR VOICE ARIEL….I REALLY DID….THIS CLOSE TO SHEDDING A TEAR ARIEL!!!! 😢🤏🏽 DAMN GLAD TO HAVE AND HEAR U BACK BRO!!!!! DAMMITT IM HAPPY 😃 FRIDAY IS MY BIRTHDAY 🥳 GREAT BDAY 🎁 ARIEL THANK YOU!!!👏”🎙️👑ARIEL”
There's a reason all ufc fighters want to box. Ngannou made 30m in 2 boxing fights. Those are mcgregor numbers. Nobody except mcgregor gets that much in ufc. And he never needs to beg dana to get him a fight, like mcgregor
@@jonoharper4729 Mcgregor cannot do anything without Dana's blessing. And are you disputing ngannou's earnings? You can check in ufc's recent settlement how much fighters were paid. 10m was the highest purse for mcgregor.
@@JoeDuffy69s Ngannou is a puppet for Saudi Arabia. That’s why he got paid that much. If Saudi wasn’t donating millions like a charity for boxing events, Ngannou never would of made that in boxing. Let me know his paycheck from the PFL after this weekend 😂
The reason Francis made big money in pro boxing coz the 2 boxing fights were against Fury and Joshua. Fury then started his 2 fight deal with Usyk. And Joshua fought Dubois in the UK, 96,000 in Wembley stadium
Jones hid from Francis and ran from aspinal…that unfortunately will be his legacy if he doesn’t fight one of these guys. still the greatest LHW of all time though which is pretty cool, just not the Goat
This is definitely a poorly promoted fight. I didn’t even know Francis was fighting this weekend until it was mentioned on this interview. And I follow a lot of mma fighters, media, and promoters on all my social media accounts.
There is no other person on this planet that Ariel will just STFU for. But when Francis is explaining his situation in the first few minutes... EVERY time Francis speaks, Ariel just SHUTS UP and listens. Respect. Francis is the GOAT. In life and in the heavyweight dv
This is why I can’t stand Ariel anymore. “He made some comments, that I felt were tasteless. Felt like he was referring to everything”. Ariel shut up. It has nothing to do with you. Quit trying to stir the pot.
@@reuben8648 these paper fact Ioving mma fans talk about Francis being all power but when Tom gets a taste of it himseIf he’s swinging out of his shoes trying to Iand on Curtis 😂
Love Ariel man, but he always try’s to stir drama. I don’t think he even does it on purpose anymore, it just come natural to him now which is very unfortunate. He needs to think about the real damage he could do because of his words. Stop the nonsense man, bring positivity into the world not try to stir chaos
There’s something about Ariel’s voice that’s just suiting, sometimes when I’m finding it hard to sleep at night I listen to MMA hour of Joe Rogan podcast
When I listened to him going through his kid's tragedy on the JRE, I couldn't believe how he held it together and didn't cry. You need to have incredible resilience.
If Francis actually got $40 million from boxing he wouldn't still be crying about Dana and him ducking Jon Jones
He simply doesn't care
@@chiquita683English isn’t your native young right? Try again, take your time slapper
Its called sacrifice. Wake up.
@@GematrinatorYou think they sacrificed his first born?
Every Francis interview time and time again, you hear him talk and he just gives off this intelligence... Deep knowledge, such a powerful guy but genuinely so wise
Its called wisdom hes very wise
Francis Ngannou overcame incredible obstacles to get to the UFC, become champion and have big paydays in boxing! He is truly an inspiration!
Dana lives rent free in his head
@@chiquita683 other way around kid
yep and with all that he's done still one of the most humble champs
UFC is just fine without Francis. Nobody cares what he has to say really based on the views of this. Slept in 2 rounds boxing now fighting for C tier promotions
@@cloudmamba5416 You think Ngannou is giving Dana sleepless nights? 😂😂 You gotta be 12, or a moron.
Francis seems like a good and honorable man. Wow
The Receipts part : 24:06
Thank you! Not trying to hear 40mins of Francis Ngannou speaking tbh 😂
@@brickflair8926 Attention Deficit Disorder is real
This should be pinned
Thanks bro
Thank you very much, noble colleague.
What an inspirational journey for Francis Nagnnou, the fact that he is back to compete in MMA after the tragedy of losing his baby boy is huge, really hope Francis wins. 👏👏👏👏👏👏
this really is the Lineal MMA heavyweight title fight. Renan unified the PFL & Bellator belts vs Bader, and Francis is the uncontested UFC heavyweight champion of the world 🏆 🏆 🏆
LOL
Tom Aspinall
@@terrellewilliams2188who? cant even beat Gane
@@terrellewilliams2188 what about him? I'm sure he'd love to fight francis but dana will never let it happen. Francis is the uncontested, undisputed, lineal champ, period.
Cannot imagine losing a child. Sending peace your way Francis.
Francis Ko'ing Dana with the truth.
lol 😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
One of the two has integrity.
politicians always lie. easy ko
@@frankiecal3186 Francis is the one who’s been knocked out 🤣
@@johnfury316 why are you laughing at yourself?
I love his mentality. An example for all of us.
Francis is REAL. That’s why the fans come back every time he speaks. From barely speaking English to being well spoken and thoughtful him being real has never changed
Real until you throw a couple dollars at him 😂😂
@@joondagoon6774 nah that’s what the UFC did he held out for more than a few dollars. REAL. You sound stupid
@@joondagoon6774 provided electricity in his village with more than a few dollars…. Real.
The ufc has committed two great atrocities to the mma community…
1. Trading Mighty Mouse
2. Getting rid of Ariel
3. Not signing Fedor
No GSP versus Anderson fight.
Ariel was never part of the ufc tho
You Trippin about the Ariel thing
Number one mighty mouse would’ve never sold anything near what Jorge did after the Ben Askren Ko he became a huge ppv star number 2 Ariel is a slimy jeweler that instigates and makes up drama for clicks and views
"We don't fight names. We fight talent. "That was a great answer.
The uncrowned article/story by Chuck was just amazing. Highly recommend reading it.
Francic is inspiring. Truly
The Man in the Hat Mindenhall???
@OrvilleRodenbacher Apperantly he is also not so bad in this writing thingy
@@nivschechter68pretty sure that’s Chucks mainstay / how he got into MMA media, through written journalism pieces, he’s been writing for years and years before he ever came on camera
Great interview and We All wish Francis the very best in life he deserves it and his son is proudly watching him!
Keep rolling with the punches Francis!!!!
For Francis it's not about fight, it's the personality. He's a different breed.
Asking Francis how he visualises the finish 😂 “twister” 😂
Great interview though 👌
Man, Ngannou is a true legend. I'm so proud about what this guy has been achieving, he's a mirror for everyone, not just about MMA, but it's about life. When we talk about hardness, this guy overcame all this. Legend.
My first comment in the new Era. CONGRATULATIONS Ariel 🎉 Long, long time viewer, from your beginning in the sport. Always stuck up for you and had your back. I appreciate all the work you've done, and entertainment you have given me. You are the best mma journalist out there. Keep on keepin' on Helwani !!!🎉🎉🎉
Great seeing francis so happy and PAID, really made dana look like a fool
Not really. The UFC offered him to be the highest paid athlete in the roster. Plus PPV points which they don't disclose the numbers. Reason why no one that earns this revenue ever complains. The UFC offered him a lot of money. He might not have made the boxing money. But he only had two big money fights in boxing and took em. He did great. Even tho he went 0--2. But getting KO in the second fight took the wind out the sails in terms of interest. For sure. The PFL isn't going to pay more than the UFC w PPV points. He made a bag. He also was asking for too much outside money. He wanted his entire team signed to the UFC. Was likely on purpose. Dana and the UFC offered him like 12 million plus the Cherie's s
@@YungChef-b2e stop they would never pay him like the pfl so stop it he’s earning more than all fighters
Francis has his priorities straight - shielding his family from the toxicity of fame. I hope he wins against that titan.
the windows! amazing touch
At first i thought it was really outside but it's a screen
Always loved Francis......even after what he did to my boy stipe,I remember screaming at the TV stipeee nooooo😂
I loved how you ask who is the best Heavyweight MMA fighter, expecting Francis to say he is and he did just that. Excellent interview. Got love for you Ariel…you’re major and have been major 🫡
Congrats Ariel! ❤
Well, the studio still looks like it's a few plastic toys away from appearing in a hoarding documentary... so, I guess we're back...
😂😂😂😂 You're funny. What do you have against Helwani?
Seems like your mom didn’t give you enough attention as a kid, but we got your back on the TH-cam comment section
Look at your profile picture..looks like you sell candy to kids.
@@RicardoSifuentes22 got your back for riding
Francis is one of my favourite human beings
Dana won't talk about this again.. Francis already threaten to bring the paper 📜🗞️ work
facts
The true MMA heavyweight GOAT 🐐
Francis values himself much higher than his value.
So do you
@@TT-fi5mc 😂🤣 this must be a women because that comment made no sense 😂🤣
@@nicolassmith8739 most people value themselves is called ego go educate yourself fool
Classic weasel Ariel at 20:10. Instigating horrendous shit.
The nature of the Juice
Francis is too good for all that bs
it's called ... Journalism ... 😂
Learn how to develop a story
@@RunForPeace-hk1cu It's called disgusting and bad morals to pretend he meant something horrific which he obviously didn't just to stir the pot and get a headline.
Ariel....you started the interview from a humane angle.Your words to Francis were calming
28:20 we are never going to get these numbers. ufc will never say them and ngannou is never going to say them.
It's a taboo in business
@@hanwest5528 which is why it shouldn't be a topic of discussion. unless you publish the numbers it's just people flapping their gums with no proof. ngannou is never gonna tell us what he makes in boxing or in pfl and no one is ever going to get the ufc contract offer.
@vlcheish I agree, it gets annoying
Had to give this one an extra view. The BADDEST man on earth.
Renan is so fucking intimidating.
Ariel"the beta male" Loved this comment
Thanks Ariel. Thanks Francis.
I wonder if Ariel would be pushing the "lineal champion" so hard if Tom was the undisputed right now
So Much Love For This Man
True Champion
Ariel is an excellent listen. Good job Arie. Love from your friends in northern Canukistan!
So glad ur back narisaso!
So is this the big new show? This looks literally the same as mma hour.
I thought it was going to be a live show as in person
You thought wrong.
i think they missed focus and you're front focused. image looks soft compared to MMAFighting/SBN, also maybe there's some kind of skin smoothing effect going on. it's not as soft on the easter island poatan statue but still kinda soft. early days.
Your camera man. Adjust it, looks 720p
Francis chin been cracked hes getting knocked out
Softie stop it
Remind me 48hours
Aged like sour milk LOL
Mike Tyson " when you are favoured by God, you are also favoured by the devil, he is coming to get you "
Hits so much harder knowing he fell exactly when he was on top of the world.
I think that only sad part about all of thos fight promotion is the amount ufc is mentioned instead of what hes gonna do
Ariel ridding his Dana beef further and further away into obscurity. Get over it
What do you have against Ariel, exactly?
i don’t even think ariel brought it up 😭
Where was Tom when this ancient artifact was walking around😅
Where was Jon?
@@Insert.Name.Here. eh he was gonna fight Francis Tom was and still no where to be found L
@@jayman1819 Jon had 3 years to fight Franny. Tom was just entering the UFC
@@Insert.Name.Here. and still🥱
@jayman1819 Jon beat Francis' leftovers to get the belt lol. Ngannou is still King.
We don't fight names we fight talents❤
New Show, New Era, congratulations to the Nose
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
God bless Francis. Good man.
❤ hope all the best for Francis ❤
Lineal champ 💪
Ngannou 👑🇨🇲
He won against Furry
Lets go Helwani!
SO ARIEL IS BAAAAAAACCCKKK!!!!! DAAMMMIIITTTT!!!!!! FRANCIS IS EXACTLY RIGHT…..HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD 🔨💥 SOMETIMES ITS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE GUESTS….SOMETIMES THE HOST IS WHY WE WATCH THE SHOW!!!!! I WAS ABOUT TO GET REAL PISSED I THOUGHT I WAS MISSING THE SHOW THEN ARIEL SAID WELCOME TO THE NEW SHOW FRANCIS AND HE SAID CONGRATULATIONS THEN I CALMED DOWN!!!!! 😂 DAMN NOT GONNA LIE “NO HOMO” I MISS UR VOICE ARIEL….I REALLY DID….THIS CLOSE TO SHEDDING A TEAR ARIEL!!!! 😢🤏🏽 DAMN GLAD TO HAVE AND HEAR U BACK BRO!!!!! DAMMITT IM HAPPY 😃 FRIDAY IS MY BIRTHDAY 🥳 GREAT BDAY 🎁 ARIEL THANK YOU!!!👏”🎙️👑ARIEL”
New era. Same old Dana bitterness. Let it go Ariel
dana sucks, will always suck
Bitterness or reality?
Fr let bygones be bygones and move on change the tune. They still kicking the dead horse we don’t care about that anymore
Shut up and go watch your slap boxing
What a man 👑🖤
the king is back!
Wheres the Renan Ferreira interview?
Hoping that Francis returns with fireworks in MMA again and has a special victory.
camera sseems more focused on the figurines than Ariel
There's a reason all ufc fighters want to box. Ngannou made 30m in 2 boxing fights. Those are mcgregor numbers. Nobody except mcgregor gets that much in ufc. And he never needs to beg dana to get him a fight, like mcgregor
McGregor doesn't need to beg Dana for anything, and Francis will never make those numbers you state after Joshua KO'd him.
Nice story though.
@@jonoharper4729 Mcgregor cannot do anything without Dana's blessing. And are you disputing ngannou's earnings? You can check in ufc's recent settlement how much fighters were paid. 10m was the highest purse for mcgregor.
@@JoeDuffy69s Ngannou is a puppet for Saudi Arabia. That’s why he got paid that much. If Saudi wasn’t donating millions like a charity for boxing events, Ngannou never would of made that in boxing. Let me know his paycheck from the PFL after this weekend 😂
The reason Francis made big money in pro boxing coz the 2 boxing fights were against Fury and Joshua. Fury then started his 2 fight deal with Usyk. And Joshua fought Dubois in the UK, 96,000 in Wembley stadium
I'm sure Francis made a lot in boxing but any numbers are unconfirmed.
10-8 Francis💰
Yeah. The promotion is HORRIBLE...
AND Francis didn't even try on his end as well.
Jones hid from Francis and ran from aspinal…that unfortunately will be his legacy if he doesn’t fight one of these guys. still the greatest LHW of all time though which is pretty cool, just not the Goat
I’m the 6th person to comment l. Can’t wait to look back on this in a decade 😂
Ariel and Francis selling the upcoming fight. Still Francis needs UFC brand name for promotion.
Why thinking so when he makes 10 million a fight? What's d point of promoting fights to pay chiken change to your fighters?
Basically. No one even knows the date of his fight even watching this interview lol
He’s getting paid millions now, I’m sure he can careless about promoting anything anymore
@@chiquita683 its this saturday. prelims start 1:30pm est
@Ariel. The secret Francis is not telling you is that... He sold the AJ fight for money. He got paid double for a loss.
WHAT
?//?/
thats a fact! was a fixed match too easy
WHERE ARE THEYYYYYYYY
Why did you have to mentions Francis kid again on camera Ariel, let the Man and his family heal.. You gave your Condolences already last time... Ffs..
The real heavyweight champ
First comment on the Ariel Helwani Show.
This is definitely a poorly promoted fight. I didn’t even know Francis was fighting this weekend until it was mentioned on this interview. And I follow a lot of mma fighters, media, and promoters on all my social media accounts.
Get it get it!!!!
If Francis made $1 more going for pfl vs ufc, he wins.
What a gem of a guy, kept his integrity by not giving into Dana's damands and made more than he ever would in UFC, true inspiration
can't why not this
Return of the King 👑
He woke back up 😂
Even Dana White know Francis Ngannou destroys Jon Jones like he just did Renan
Francis. We all feel your pain. This highlights the importance of love in this world. All Christians prayers and wishes great warrior
There is no other person on this planet that Ariel will just STFU for.
But when Francis is explaining his situation in the first few minutes... EVERY time Francis speaks, Ariel just SHUTS UP and listens. Respect. Francis is the GOAT. In life and in the heavyweight dv
This is why I can’t stand Ariel anymore. “He made some comments, that I felt were tasteless. Felt like he was referring to everything”. Ariel shut up. It has nothing to do with you. Quit trying to stir the pot.
the champ
Aspinall would beat Francis in the striking, clinch, wrestling and jiu jitsu imo.
You think that then Aspinall gets hit, you think that then Aspinall can't get the takedown. You think Aspinall would have beat Francis 😂
Honestly don’t believe there’s a heavyweight alive right now that can beat him.
I agree
@@reuben8648 these paper fact Ioving mma fans talk about Francis being all power but when Tom gets a taste of it himseIf he’s swinging out of his shoes trying to Iand on Curtis 😂
Ok jono aspinal
Aspinal would eat Francis alive! Best my ass pal😂
Tom is nobody Francis will destroy Tom if it ever happens that's the truth
@@mw7833 😂😂😂 keep telling yourself that buddy
Here, take this🖕for your troubles.
Can you hear the truth Dana😂😂😂welldone francis
Video quality sucks
Love Ariel man, but he always try’s to stir drama. I don’t think he even does it on purpose anymore, it just come natural to him now which is very unfortunate. He needs to think about the real damage he could do because of his words. Stop the nonsense man, bring positivity into the world not try to stir chaos
Knowing Dana and his passion, how much is he going to bet on Renan Ferreira? Give us your prediction :)
Francis is all class compared to Dana
Ariel tu parles français Ahi?
There’s something about Ariel’s voice that’s just suiting, sometimes when I’m finding it hard to sleep at night I listen to MMA hour of Joe Rogan podcast
Dana was discriminating against Francis
The views on this says a lot, nobody cares what Whinewani has to say
And yet your commenting
The mma hour is done
Alhamdulilah! At long last Ariel is finished
Get that money big dog ……. Dana knows Jon will take your head off in under 3 rounds
It wouldn't be an ariel interview if he didn't instigate shit.
Still having a go at the UFC and Dana White. It's getting boring AF . No wonder this new format's views are in the crapper
The hypocrite Dana Black admited using "illigal" stream to watch BKFC. Did Ariel said anything?