People love rags to riches underdog stories like Rocky Francis’s story of what he overcame blows away Rocky’s and his story unlike Rocky isn’t fiction.
A Cameroonian here from Germany, very proud of Ngannou rep us and also props to Piers for giving him this huge platform to allow him to tell his story to the world
He broke into Europe seven times before the French government finally gave him a sympathy visa. He also never paid his first gym and complained about the UFC paying him over $10 million to fight Jones. What a hero...
Love you brought him on, Piers. Some positivity in these dark times is doing good. We need those stories, too so we can continue believing in humanity. ❤
What an amazing human Francis is. From working in the sand mines in Cameroon aged just 10, to the UFC, to heavyweight Champ within the UFC. Knew his worth, so walked away from the UFC, and made more from 1 fight, than he did his entire career in the UFC. Recently lost his son, but continues to fight on. Respect to you, Francis. God bless 🙌🙏.
He broke into Europe seven times before the French government finally gave him a sympathy visa. He also never paid his first gym and complained about the UFC paying him over $10 million to fight Jones. What a hero...
As an mma fan when I tell you that Francis couldn’t speak a word of English a few years ago, I’m not exaggerating. This guy literally learned an entire new language to progress himself in UFC and career in less than 5 years. Speaks to his mindset and resilience. There are athletes who are in the UFC for 10 years and can’t make a single English sentence. Francis is a different breed of human. His determination is inspiring.
Very true statement, this man couldn’t say a word of English 5 years ago and now here he sits with a famous British commentator and explains his life clearly.
Yup. Jose Aldo, Alex Pereira, Anderson Silva etc. It just feels to me that they don’t respect the fans enough to learn to speak English to better communicate with them.
You can just tell by the way this man speaks and how he perceives life how much he sacrificed and what a hard journey he had. Top role model and a real peoples champion, I hope to meet him one day
Loooooooooooooool literally what I was about to comment then found this. Of course it would be comical to immediately see Piers take on an Israel topic, in knowledge that we ALL know he is a little puppet boy - been given bullet points to stick by and mentored to deal with a narrative. Lol. In the meantime they are devising a plan and giving him a new script. He will be back with a Shakespearean monologue - claim that his views are his own and remind everyone that he stood up for Iraq. It will have all been written for him and he will be rehearsing it this week like a well behaved kiddo.
Those people live in lawless hopeless dystopian junkyards, dreaming of a better life, all it is. You'd do the same. When there's balance in this world, people won't need to risk their lives time and time again to get to where they wanna go
Diddy's in a tiny cell eating unidentifiable meat slop as we speak
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Fools like you are entertained by idiotic buffoonery like this. Piers Morgan is a genocide enabler and the stooge of Rupert Murdoch. But you don't care about that, do you? You just want to be entertained because you're a peasant. Stunted adolescent buffoonish oaf who worships celebrities and doesn't like to be taken out of his place of comfort. "All this political stuff." That sentence says it all. I'll bet any money the last time you read a book was in elementary school. Ignorant fool. The world is burning and full of Zionist bootlickers like Piers Morgan, and using Francis Ngannou so he can garner a bit of adulation from simpletons like you who only care about being entertained. Fool.
Despite all the negative personalities usually paraded on this show, its refreshing to see a guest who embodies the millions upon millions of similar, positive, powerful and uplifting people... In a world of seemingly unstoppable nihilism, the Light shines... Always...
I love this guy. I never fanboy over anyone, but I remember Francis from his first days in the UFC not speaking a word of English and looking scary. In a short time he gets the belt and learns English to fluency, and shows the world what an intelligent, thoughtful and kind man he is. Nothing but respect.
Thank you Piers. Other than being a co-Arsenal supporter, I never enjoyed the way you treat people who agree to come on to your show. But today, you melted my heart with the way you conducted this interview with respect and empathy, showing genuine interest in listening to what Ngannou had to say. Hats off to you.
Brilliant answer....The people from Africa are so friendly and beautiful...Im from South Africa 🇿🇦..I believe we have the most beautiful country in the world. Africa is the future ❤❤❤❤!
Francis is the greatest HW that MMA has ever seen. He has never been finished in an MMA match (KO or submitted). He has submission wins, KOs and rarely gets hit clean
I hope I get to his state of mind eventually too! What a man! I love, love, love how he speaks of Africans and his home and his country. Really happy for them.
@@petejones622 he didn’t escape, he left to get a better future in a more developed country that his! If you watched the interview he clearly said he’d prefer Africa if he had to choose. So 😇
To see & hear Francis with his cheeky smile like his old self brings a joy that is unexplainable after his little Man said bye for now. Piers , your a gun mate 💯
That's the story of many Africans who have had a dream to fulfill in life, like me as well. Crossing the Mediterranean sea to become a future player of my country (Liberia) and the world. If you succeed fine, the world will hear your story like brother Francis and if you don't succeed you leave down the line. In our continent it's very very hard for us to fulfil our dreams, because some people somewhere has kept us in abject poverty and absolute disarray.
@@davidhorton188 yes our own people have definately played a role our leaders. But also the legacy of colonization has lead to our dissaray even till this day the western world still plays a role in our politicals as they benefit fro. Our curroption
@@rungeon83 but the continent of Africa is the difficult one bro. There's nothing in that continent that you can be proud of as young men and women besides our national resources and which we don't even benefit one.
This was one of the best interviews I think I have ever seen. I have no interest in fighting or boxing whatsoever. I just stumbled on this program but could not turn it off. This man is such an inspiration. Thank you for such an enjoyable program Pierce.
Firstly it wasn’t Joshua’s fault that Ngannou showed up so early, as Francis received the email came from a Queensbury correspondent. Secondly tactics like the one you’ve brought up have been applied in boxing, even against Pros. Ever seen Foreman v Ali? He had Ali waiting in the ring for several minutes before showing up himself. Ali still ended up winning. Thirdly Francis and his team were foolish for not coming up with their own estimation as to when their fight would start just based on the undercard fights. He could have been napping during that time, like Canelo did against Kovalev, when he was waiting for Masvidal Diaz to complete. Fourthly had Francis won that day we wouldn’t have heard about any of this. Just because Dubois destroyed AJ doesn’t mean Francis could.
Miss him in the ufc. He still was champion for the ufc. Him not losing the belt means that the heavy weight belt is not linked up to ufc 1 anymore. Miss Francis but happy he is finally getting the money he deserves.
Absolute beast. A humble down to earth guy who has self control. Well done to him
you wrote the exact same message as @The_Candyman86, what are the chances?
@@seangeorge3648 I clocked that aswell 🤣
Agreed
What I like about Francis Ngannou, is he seems to leave his ego in the ring.
very unique in the fighting world.
No, that's not remotely unique, there are lots of MMA fights and boxers who are humble, Stipe and Usyk are two obvious examples.
It's not "unique." Francis is a puncher. He can't grapple. This is common.
People love rags to riches underdog stories like Rocky Francis’s story of what he overcame blows away Rocky’s and his story unlike Rocky isn’t fiction.
@@tomcarey5156 That’s true. Francis grew up in Uganda. That’s pretty hard to overcome.
@@iancameron6124
Khabib, Usyk, GGG, GSP, Roy Lokolo, Stipe...
A Cameroonian here from Germany, very proud of Ngannou rep us and also props to Piers for giving him this huge platform to allow him to tell his story to the world
They have to make a story of his life. Just an unbelievable story that created an extraordinary human being
He broke into Europe seven times before the French government finally gave him a sympathy visa. He also never paid his first gym and complained about the UFC paying him over $10 million to fight Jones. What a hero...
@@georgepoly4842 he escaped the brutality of africa to find aricans are colonizing europe.
@@goyasmind😅
You should go back home
Cameroonian 🇨🇲Gather here for our national treasure ❤
why are black people from around the world not fleeing to africa,instead theyre all escaping to europe?
Hes a great man
Piers thank you for bringing Francis on . He’s my champ every day .
Somebody please make a movie about this man’s life already. One of the craziest things I’ve ever heard. A Hollywood director’s dream.
Why?
@@WernerRachtmanInspiration
You'll get the usual crybabies saying that it's too woke and we shouldn't be promoting illegal immigration by humanising the people.
I want him to rematch Anthony Joshua again. I think he can knock him out
You’re one of these people who get carried away listening to garbage
Love you brought him on, Piers. Some positivity in these dark times is doing good. We need those stories, too so we can continue believing in humanity. ❤
❤️
I agree 👍
Francis can be bigger than ali if he chooses to be. But we will see
What an amazing human Francis is. From working in the sand mines in Cameroon aged just 10, to the UFC, to heavyweight Champ within the UFC. Knew his worth, so walked away from the UFC, and made more from 1 fight, than he did his entire career in the UFC. Recently lost his son, but continues to fight on. Respect to you, Francis. God bless 🙌🙏.
🙏🏼
He broke into Europe seven times before the French government finally gave him a sympathy visa. He also never paid his first gym and complained about the UFC paying him over $10 million to fight Jones. What a hero...
@@goyasmind I suppose if you were in dire straits you’d just stay in the same hopeless place and give up on life.
@@goyasmindLol. You’re a clown
Great guest, 110% respect to Francis…! What a humble and great human being…! Thank you Piers…! xx
Couldn’t agree more. Except imo I’d give him 150% respect. Cause he’s earned it 👍
Absolute beast. A humble down to earth guy who has self control. Well done to him
As an mma fan when I tell you that Francis couldn’t speak a word of English a few years ago, I’m not exaggerating. This guy literally learned an entire new language to progress himself in UFC and career in less than 5 years. Speaks to his mindset and resilience. There are athletes who are in the UFC for 10 years and can’t make a single English sentence. Francis is a different breed of human. His determination is inspiring.
True determination drives u
Very true statement, this man couldn’t say a word of English 5 years ago and now here he sits with a famous British commentator and explains his life clearly.
Yup. Jose Aldo, Alex Pereira, Anderson Silva etc. It just feels to me that they don’t respect the fans enough to learn to speak English to better communicate with them.
@@mrspiff6955
Anderson can speak English, he just acted like he couldn't...lol
"You can take over, you don't need to get the left over" Great man indeed! 😍😍😍
I love the way Ngannous keeps telling Piers that his journey to the top is not unique as their so many people on this journey too... very humble guy
Ngannou seems so down to earth for a fighter. Seems confident yet humble. Really good to see you have him on the show
He has a "killer" mentality. This mentality is the reason business owners, politicians, and many other people in professions are so successful 🙌
One of Piers most beautiful, peaceful and humble interview. Francis is such a lovely guy. Love it❤
Francis is an absolutely beautiful person and soul thru and thru
He is!
its great he escaped africa and made it to the civilized world.
We don't use the word "beautiful" for a man please. We use "handsome".
The way he talks about his people is admirable…. Such a humble person.
You can just tell by the way this man speaks and how he perceives life how much he sacrificed and what a hard journey he had. Top role model and a real peoples champion, I hope to meet him one day
That Murdoch Question got em switching lanes 💀
That’s exactly what I was thinking!
Vegan sausage roll debate incoming!
What was it exactly, ain't watching allat
Loooooooooooooool literally what I was about to comment then found this. Of course it would be comical to immediately see Piers take on an Israel topic, in knowledge that we ALL know he is a little puppet boy - been given bullet points to stick by and mentored to deal with a narrative. Lol. In the meantime they are devising a plan and giving him a new script. He will be back with a Shakespearean monologue - claim that his views are his own and remind everyone that he stood up for Iraq. It will have all been written for him and he will be rehearsing it this week like a well behaved kiddo.
@@DravkatRakhmonessis watch last 5 mins of lowkey most recent interview
He's an absolute BEAST! Humble af as well. True living legend ❤
He has'nt stopped crying about the Joshua loss since calling foul play, Thats not humble, Guess you're not a boxing fan
They all look humble in interviews.
@@AANDYist but he is you clearly don’t hear what he’s saying look up the definition of humble and show me where he wasn’t humble
He said his loss was his fault and he doesn't like to make excuses. Sounds humble to me 👍🏻
@@D4b3c0 , today he says that.
A proper refugee living the dream. One in a million
How would anyone know he was proper when he was claiming asylum?
Those people live in lawless hopeless dystopian junkyards, dreaming of a better life, all it is. You'd do the same. When there's balance in this world, people won't need to risk their lives time and time again to get to where they wanna go
he an illegal but he can make people money so hes welcomed
Bro this is a good interview, a nice break from all this political stuff, and diddy😂😂
We probably disagree on everything politicaly, but I agree!
Pretty boring honestly
Diddy's in a tiny cell eating unidentifiable meat slop as we speak
Fools like you are entertained by idiotic buffoonery like this. Piers Morgan is a genocide enabler and the stooge of Rupert Murdoch. But you don't care about that, do you? You just want to be entertained because you're a peasant. Stunted adolescent buffoonish oaf who worships celebrities and doesn't like to be taken out of his place of comfort. "All this political stuff." That sentence says it all. I'll bet any money the last time you read a book was in elementary school. Ignorant fool. The world is burning and full of Zionist bootlickers like Piers Morgan, and using Francis Ngannou so he can garner a bit of adulation from simpletons like you who only care about being entertained. Fool.
@@tranellmoore7024 Could be A.D.D...🤔
Despite all the negative personalities usually paraded on this show, its refreshing to see a guest who embodies the millions upon millions of similar, positive, powerful and uplifting people... In a world of seemingly unstoppable nihilism, the Light shines... Always...
I love this guy. I never fanboy over anyone, but I remember Francis from his first days in the UFC not speaking a word of English and looking scary. In a short time he gets the belt and learns English to fluency, and shows the world what an intelligent, thoughtful and kind man he is. Nothing but respect.
Thank you Piers. Other than being a co-Arsenal supporter, I never enjoyed the way you treat people who agree to come on to your show. But today, you melted my heart with the way you conducted this interview with respect and empathy, showing genuine interest in listening to what Ngannou had to say. Hats off to you.
Lol. He had no choice. Ngannou can end him in a minute if he talks smack.
Agree 💯
Many Cameroonian kids have similar stories. His story is just special because he became a world champion.
in a perfect world all Cameroonians counld escape the brutality of africa
Becoming a world champion makes it 1000x more special.. from the very bottom to the very top. The ultimate underdog story
Lol no duh.
Brilliant answer....The people from Africa are so friendly and beautiful...Im from South Africa 🇿🇦..I believe we have the most beautiful country in the world. Africa is the future ❤❤❤❤!
You look Pakistani or Indian, and not really African.
Are you an illegal immigrant in SA?
Not really, but positivity is good
Francis is the greatest HW that MMA has ever seen. He has never been finished in an MMA match (KO or submitted). He has submission wins, KOs and rarely gets hit clean
And also went to boxing and dropped the wbc heavyweight champion at the time, with alot of pro boxers saying he won
Massive boxing fan, not an MMA fan one bit. But what a true gentleman and a truly scary individual at the same time....
Being a Champion does not mean you are Royal or King. Respect him and his achievement back ground
Piers back in his comfort zone after Medhi Hasan and Lowkey grilling! Lets Go Francis!
The only i liked pears interviewing people. Nganu is a cool guy really
Thank you Francis for putting Cameroon on the map 🇨🇲
A beautiful human being.
A beast of a man with the heart of an angel he is the kind of role model we need so many more of in this world
Thank you for bringing such an intelligent and fascinating person. I truly enjoyed the interview.
The entire African continent and all the Africans in the diaspora are proud of Fransis
Inspiration in the flesh. Francis Ngannou
Let’s go!!!
Francis is awesome. I can't believe I'm only hearing about him now.
A true gent and very grounded . Top man
I hope I get to his state of mind eventually too! What a man!
I love, love, love how he speaks of Africans and his home and his country. Really happy for them.
I wish this interview went on for longer than 40 mins.
true that
Piers catching up late with the majesty of Francis Ngannou, who is already a hero around the world to so many of us.
What a nice guy! & an absolute machine! lol (Piers, I'm talking about Francis) hats off to him 👏🏼 Great Interview Piers 😃
Piers really humbled by this King
Great man. Great fighter. Great story. Great role model. Big up Francis! One in a million 💪
Francis is King 🇨🇲👑
he escaped africa,why so many flying the flag of the country he escaped from?
@@petejones622 he didn’t escape, he left to get a better future in a more developed country that his! If you watched the interview he clearly said he’d prefer Africa if he had to choose. So 😇
@@topcarspecs 100% CORRECT
What a great human. Respect and all the best to You Sir!
Nice one, Piers. Thanks for hyping up Francis fight coming up.
Francis is the baddest man on the planet! Scariest hw on the planet but super humble
If I'd be famous I'd want him as a Bodyguard anytime!
Not really, he's lost 4 out of his last 10 fights.
@@thealexanderbondHe is an MMA fighter.
@@xftbllplyr2091 WAS an MMA fighter. I don't know if you noticed, but his last two fights were professional boxing matches.
@@thealexanderbond He has his next bout in the PFL. If I can recall that’s an MMA promotion is it not?
To see & hear Francis with his cheeky smile like his old self brings a joy that is unexplainable after his little Man said bye for now. Piers , your a gun mate 💯
That's the story of many Africans who have had a dream to fulfill in life, like me as well. Crossing the Mediterranean sea to become a future player of my country (Liberia) and the world. If you succeed fine, the world will hear your story like brother Francis and if you don't succeed you leave down the line. In our continent it's very very hard for us to fulfil our dreams, because some people somewhere has kept us in abject poverty and absolute disarray.
Trust me, in any continent it's HARD to furfil your dreams.
"Because some people somewhere has kept us in abject poverty and absolute disarray". Mainly your own people.
@@davidhorton188 yes our own people have definately played a role our leaders. But also the legacy of colonization has lead to our dissaray even till this day the western world still plays a role in our politicals as they benefit fro. Our curroption
@@rungeon83 but the continent of Africa is the difficult one bro. There's nothing in that continent that you can be proud of as young men and women besides our national resources and which we don't even benefit one.
Francis is good people.
I love Ngannou
what a role model.
all africans now know they can escape and make it to the civilized world
Great interview Piers, your show is the BEAST right now. Keep it up!!!
Cameroonian here.
Came to watch Francis.
Really enjoyed that Piers. Lovely guys and very humble.
Good to see you changed it up than us having to listen to wars and elections.
Thanks
This is far better than bringing Genk. At least, Nganou is level headed
Cenk cannot go 5 mins without screaming. Lol!
Francis is promoting himself at the highest level. Bravo 🙌
As a Cameroonian🇨🇲 in Washington DC, i respect Nganou
Good talk, Ngannou, good talk👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
What an incredible story and indeed character.. Great respect for his story and sheer determination to live his dreams. Articulate and intelligent..
It's not movie making time yet!! He ain't done!!
Love this man, Francis you are an inspiration to MILLIONS, a number one ROLE MODEL- love and respect from London ❤
Cameroon 🇨🇲 for life
its so nice he walked to europe lol.
Great guest piers
Maaan, love this guy! If only All successful people had hearts like his the would would seem a lot fairer..
If u read his tweet when his son died it would break your heart, what a man
Another great interview pierce. We need to hear from greatness. Inspire more people to do the right thing. No matter how many times they fail.
Francis is a guy we all respect, beastly legend! 👏🏻👑
Francis ngannou has a remarkable story he's one of my favorite pugilsts
Best interview ive seen with Francis. Good questions, great responses.
What a welcome break , from the usual shouting loons , just shouting over each other, and insulting each other ...
This was one of the best interviews I think I have ever seen. I have no interest in fighting or boxing whatsoever. I just stumbled on this program but could not turn it off. This man is such an inspiration. Thank you for such an enjoyable program Pierce.
i cry every time i watch this guy’s interviews
Champion worth listening to
Love this guy.
What a fine man you are Francis god bless you
Big respect to this brother ❤❤❤❤❤
Ngannou the legend ❤
Love Francis. He's always been like this. Hasn't changed. Real greatness. One of the greatest Africans in history.
Ross Puritty, now that was a hard puncher!👊👊
Huge man with a sweet soul.
Gentle Giant. What a great person. We need more people like him.
Nganio what a champion
Wonderful interview
Great interview
Love this guy!❤
What a legend. Francis is more than a success, he's an inspiration.
I’m not even Cameroonian but was breath of fresh air this interview was. Francis is such a great role model. Props to Piers for making this happen. 🙌
Let’s see the AJ and Ngannou rematch under fair conditions no sneaky dirty tactics I believe Ngannou has a much better shot rematch is warranted
Firstly it wasn’t Joshua’s fault that Ngannou showed up so early, as Francis received the email came from a Queensbury correspondent.
Secondly tactics like the one you’ve brought up have been applied in boxing, even against Pros. Ever seen Foreman v Ali? He had Ali waiting in the ring for several minutes before showing up himself. Ali still ended up winning.
Thirdly Francis and his team were foolish for not coming up with their own estimation as to when their fight would start just based on the undercard fights.
He could have been napping during that time, like Canelo did against Kovalev, when he was waiting for Masvidal Diaz to complete.
Fourthly had Francis won that day we wouldn’t have heard about any of this.
Just because Dubois destroyed AJ doesn’t mean Francis could.
What a legend 👊🏾🙌🏾
Miss him in the ufc. He still was champion for the ufc. Him not losing the belt means that the heavy weight belt is not linked up to ufc 1 anymore. Miss Francis but happy he is finally getting the money he deserves.
That was so refreshing! Such a humble, well spoken and articulate intellectual.
A true inspiration 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Ride on brother!
Didn’t expect this featuring
Kendrick Lamar + Terence Jackson = Terence Crawford
I was so confused 😂
😂😂