Francis Ngannou may have just endeared himself to MMA fans even more than he did before. On Sunday morning MMA fans are waking up and still in their feelings over Ngannou's stellar performance over Tyson Fury on Saturday evening.
See how fans and media are reacting to the fight, the morning after.
11 years ago Francis Ngannou was homeless on the streets of Paris.
— Michael Morgan (@mikecmorgan) October 29, 2023
Last night he made Tyson Fury look ordinary. pic.twitter.com/qVPm3M2AlA
We're all focusing on the perseverance of Francis Ngannou's story after last night, understandably.
— Luke Thomas🏋️♀️ (@lthomasnews) October 29, 2023
But let's not look past his decision making. Everyone very successful gets lucky a little at some point. Yet think of how many critical decisions Ngannou got right to be here.
Jon Jones at home sighing the HEAVIEST sigh of relief for dodging the Ngannou bullet lmaoooo
— wholesomeMMA (@wholesome_mma) October 28, 2023
Remember when Francis Ngannou knocked down Tyson Fury in a boxing match? pic.twitter.com/870ZrxAS38
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) October 29, 2023
All mma fans around the world knew before last night @francis_ngannou was the baddest man on the planet!!!! And every boxing fan knew boxings a joke!!!
— roxy (@roxyrogers2015) October 29, 2023
#FuryvsNgannou #UFC #espn @Tyson_Fury @MikeTyson @francis_ngannou pic.twitter.com/Ljl8QAo9Tl
— The Pride of Long Island (@Captain43766026) October 29, 2023
@francis_ngannou to the boxing world after his knock down pic.twitter.com/dOvYbsj6Xu
— Michael Hutchinson (@MHutch3010) October 29, 2023
Now I’ve calmed down and sobered up all I can say is Ngannou is one of the most impressive human beings in the history of mankind
— OE (@ObanElliottMMA) October 29, 2023
Francis Ngannou posts hilarious meme after Tyson Fury fight
Even Ngannou woke up and took to Twitter to joke about his performance on Saturday night.
“You think you can just go into boxing and beat the best heavyweight of this generation?!” he wrote along with the iconic Kevin James meme.
“You think you can just go into boxing and beat the best heavyweight of this generation?!”
— Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) October 29, 2023
Me: pic.twitter.com/zl46atUOdW
Ngannou was never supposed to win the fight, it was never supposed to be competitive. Most people thought Fury would dismantle and embarrass Ngannou. But the opposite happened. Ngannou shocked the world when he dropped Fury in the third round and then went on to hold his own for the entire 10 rounds.
In the end, three of the three judges gave the fight to Fury but Ngannou had already shown his power and his skill and suddenly a win didn't even matter.