“Oh, you’re a wrestler now” - *The whole MMA Community to Francis Ngannomedov*

Props to Herb, he raised Ngannou's arm, it took effort, but he got the job done.

Gotta give credit to Ngannou. No one thought this would go the distance and if it did no one thought Ngannou would win on the scorecards but he did. Much respect ✊🏻

Damn Dana White not putting the belt around Ngannou nor appearing at the post fight conference was messed up. Great fight by both Ngannou and Gane.

So disrespectful for Dana White to not put the belt on Francis, tells us everything we need to know about how he gets treated behind the scenes.

Holy shit man. Kamaru Usman and their camp turned Ngannou into a wrestling powerhouse. Imagine being scared to standup with Ngannou, and to also wrestle with Ngannou??

Two humble, hard-working fighters

What was overwhelming for Gane was not Ngannou’s punching power… it was his grappling and takedown pure power. Impressive.

Francis unlocked the locked door of Heavyweight Division. Respect

a reminder that this man went from homeless on the streets and doing hard labour, to being overlooked as a one dimensional power puncher who gassed out against stipe, to being a champion with good striking, wrestling and cardio. ALL IN THE SPACE OF 10 YEARS. This mans journey is incredible and I hope to only see it get better.

I think Dana was fuming when he heard Joe asking him about boxing... I was rooting for Cyril but coming back from 2-0 was truly spectacular. Congrats, Champ!

Francis is the greatest Champion I’ve seen yet. His story is unmatchable, his attitude is unmatched, his poise is legendary!

To all those who thought Ngannou was a one trick pony like Lewis. Here you go. A man with his size and athleticism will make even basic techniques extremely effective. Happy for the champ. 👏👏

Francis literally fought this fight so injured. Even if you watch the embedded/pre fight clips you can see him walking odd. He was fighting to prove Dana and the UFC wrong. PAY THIS MAN HIS DUE. WHAT A WARRIOR.

Insane. Really is. Ngannou wasn't even 100%, probably like 60% with MCL and ACL injuries. He is a true champion. Many other fighters would've pulled out.

Classless move by Dana. Huge props to both fighters. Big ups to Ngannou for showing he has a mixed skill set that most casuals don’t understand. Ciryl is a true champion at heart and will eventually get the HW title I have no doubt.

His coach saying "You did this!" So accurate. They kept telling him to move your head, Mike Tyson. Francis said "No, me Dagestani now. Smesh."

Man Francis is right, I was sleeping on him. I thought he'd get too tired to deal with the speed and cardio but his grappling improved so significantly and his raw strength was too much to deal with. He's the true champion.

Francis did that with a torn MCL and strained ACL. Showed the heart of a true champion by just showing up.

Francis ngannou very humble and very inspiring ,from being homeless in Europe to now defending his heavy weight belt is something to admire

This guy has become a hell of a well rounded fighter. From stipe and not having a clue what to do on ground to now taking guys down and keeping them there WOW!!! This man is a BEAST!!! Congrats

Dana White rage quitted so hard he couldn’t put the belt around Francis's waist.

Respect to Francis he showed he not a 1 dimensional fighter. Great grappling and deserves respect 🙏

Man I was on the edge of my seat the whole fight. Ngannou really showed he is no one sided fighter. And to the people saying this is boring , you have no idea whats MMA is about. And how far this man has come.

I was rooting for Francis my heart was in my throat the first two rounds. This man really came back from 2-0 down!

dominant in his sport, a mountain of a man, well spoken, intelligent, he knows he has options. what a great proponent of UFC and combat sports in general. i hope to hear his name for a very long time to come.

If you've ever played sports on a big stage, prepared yourself to the best of your abilities, did everything you could during the competition and did everytbing you could, left it all out there but still lost, you know how sad and devastating it is for Ciryl. I always feel bad because I've been there, different sport. But also love how much joy goes through ones body by accomplishing thr goal. Especially if it's their first time

It's called Mixed Martial Arts for a reason,and both fighters displayed their arts so well. Congratulations to both

The sweetest revenge for all the disrespect francis had to go through, justice prevails

This is the last time we'll see Francis in the UFC. Sad to see him get released and vacate the belt, but the heavyweight division must not be held up.

0:52 Ganes trainer getting a little too comfy 😂😂😂

Scariest thing for me was how Francis wasn't even phased by gane big shots. He took a spinning head kick and elbow and kept moving forward

This wasn’t a boring fight this was a chess match, These are 250lb+ men They can kill you with one shot, many say they saw a boring Francis, I saw a complete Francis that Still took a walk with a MCL & ACL tear

For those who think that Francis was outclassed. Francis had been injured and they wanted to pull out. But, Francis said no and fought a smart fight with an injured knees. It's not freaking easy to fight with injured knees because you can't move like you used to. So, Francis showed improvement and Cyrillic couldn't defend them simple as that. But Cyril will learn from this loss and come back stronger. But, Francis has to find a new promotion to work for. UFC doesn't want him and it's sad that he gets such undeserving treatment. Good for you Francis and you just showed them who the camp is!!! Go Predatorrr!!!!!

This man's life will be a great movie..what a legit champion 👏

"Alhamdulillah, god give me everything" - Francis 'The Eagle' Ngannoumedov

He seems like a nice guy. That's probably the reason of his technical evolution he probably listen his coaches. Seems like a simple thing but some fighters stop evolving because of ego.

Chael had a great live stream reaction after the fight last night on his channel. This wasn’t Ngannou vs Gane. This was Ngannou vs Dana White. It was clear that Dana believed he found the 1 guy outside of Jon Jones who could take the HW strap from Francis in Ciryl Gane. Gane was subsequently rushed through the ranks being given easy wins to cultivate his 10-0 resume to fast track him to the title match against Francis. Dana was putting all his eggs in Gane’s basket hoping he would get the win so he could have the leverage in contract negotiations with Francis moving forward. It clearly backfired on him in a big way, and he didn’t even bother to place the strap on Francis in the octagon after he won, nor did he even show up for the post PPV presser, which is unheard of for Dana White…. 🤣

Im so happy to see this guy win, he puts in the work and he is the best, give him his money and his praise.

Wow, that was the best expected, unexpected win ever. Those takedowns were sick! Congrats Champ.

Aww my heart goes out to Cyril. A devastating defeat to Stipe made Francis the beast he is today. Hope Gane comes out a beast from this.

He surpassed himself. Such a great evolution. From a knockout brawler to a master of the game

I loved this fight so much. Going into the fight I thought Ciryl had a good chance to win. Then Francis made a 3rd round game plan adjustment and dug deep into the tank. The transitions that Francis pulled every time Ciryl was trying to get up was MASTERFUL! I really hated the boos during the rounds. But man this fight was so much more than I expected.

Two humble, hard-working fighters. These men are pure class. I would have been happy with either one of them winning.

Not the most exciting fight, but Francis did what he needed to do in order to win. Ciryl was outclassing him on the feet, and Francis needed to adjust. He did that by wrestling, showcasing once again that he's just not a one-dimensional brute. Needless to say though, Francis winning by decision was most unexpected.

Esse cara é monstro e humilde merece muito.

You do you. Definitely deserve everything coming your way. Stay healthy champ 💪

Bro who thought Francis would have won this way. For the casuals talking shit saying this was boring, you guys have no clue how amazing this fight was. Great performance by ngannou!

The injuries he has to his knee is major. What this MAN did was unbelievable!

He looked so gassed and with the knee pads I was starting to think he would lose until he went pro wrestler and dominated. This guy suprises me in almost every fight

A much deserved victory. Cyril will learn from this and come back stronger. I believe his future reign is inevitable. Dana once again showing his colors.

Francis doing judo, wrestling, and jiu-jitsu is another level of TERRIFYING.

Hopefully people will put some respect on francis name man everyone counted him out he just too strong 💪

Thank u Francis ngannou for all the fights and entertainment u given to us fans... We are all very eager and equally enthusiastic to see what's next from u .. thank u & Goood luck to u sir... What a mountain of man you are

I was so happy when I woke up and found out that Ngannou beat Gane and little did I know that this would be his last UFC fight 😔 Thank you Ngannou, the real champion of the division

Very glad that Francis won. He had to endure a lot of unfairness in the last 10+ months since winning the belt. - Creating an interim belt within a few months of him becoming champion - Former coach talking trash and releasing private sparring footage - UFC likely staging the backstage encounter when Francis walked past Gane and media making a big deal out of it - Media portraying Francis and Gane as longtime training partners and formerly close friends to hype the fight - The French reporter trying to put words in his mouth, claiming he said Gane would be a "pretty easy" fight - Who knows what kind of issues are going on behind the scenes with his contract dispute - Dana doesn’t even wrap the belt around him And all the while Francis barely ever talked bad about anyone in response, having learned his lesson from his overconfidence from the first Stipe fight. It'll be interesting to see how things play out for Francis from this point, he has so much more leverage on his side now.

He's ground game really increased another level. Just imagine having boths deadly arsenals in the cage.

That hug from Kamaru was priceless! Brotherhood 💪🏿

Congratulations Francis . I knew you were ready . You show the whole world the mind and heart of a true champion .

All the people that booed ... have no hope. Francis, the world Campion!!

Glad to see Francis evolving. When his ground game gets even better, he's going to be the undisputed heavyweight GOAT.

Gotta give credit to Ngannou. No one thought this would go the distance and if it did no one thought Ngannou would win on the scorecards but he did. Much respect

Amazing...he deserves a lot of respect for his tremendous progress

Kamaru was a wrestler that evolved into having quality striking, francis was a striker that evolved into having quality wrestling

Francis unlocked a whole new skill tree in today's fight

Francis is cool and humble while talking

Such a humble man Love from Nagaland.

I appreciated the fight from a technical standpoint and now that I know of Francis’s injuries I understand why it went the way it did. Wasn’t exciting but he did a good job.

0:56 - is that possible that Francis gave his punching power to Usman and Kamaru gave his wrestling ability to Francis. Cause that's exactly how it looked like

This was indeed the fight I guess everyone has been waiting to watch in the heavyweight division for so long. The best show ever in almost six years of heavyweight championship fight. 😍

king!!! 🤴🏾🤴🏾🤴🏾

The disrespect shown before the fight to francis by not promoting him much and after the fight from Dana by not putting belt around Francis is too bad. It's time for Dana to pay Francis what he deserves!

The knee injury limited his movement, which showed in his striking. Even without the injury, going toe to toe in a striking match with Gane was going to be very hard for Francis. With the injury, practically impossible. The 3rd round switch to wrestling was a genius move.

If Gane can learn from this like Ngannou did from Stipe... he'll be there again in victory.

Your a real Legend for these uploads 👍

Damn! he tore his Mcl (grade 3) and damaged his Acl too in training that too just 25 days before the fight and still went for those takedowns & delivered this kind of performance 🙀😲 what a beast mais Gane, je t'aime toujours ❤️

You know Dana is pissed if he doesnt put the belt on you. Great fight!

The man who was never dethroned but is now unfortunately not in the UFC anymore due to some bs contract issues😞 Thank you for all the great fights Francis Ngannou🙏

I been working with a torn MCL for 6 months and I tell u what I respect someone that can step in there and fight the best in the world and still come out on top that is beast mode

Kamaru's camp sure helped Francis evolved alot. Impressive. Dana should be willing to pay him. Francis is the best HW in the UFC. 💪 Jones is gonna do whatever he can to avoid Francis. (asks for 20 million or so) 🙄

Francis making adjustments mid fight and using his wrestling and winning it by decision is more impressive than a one punch KO finish ... We got to see something new in this fight and casuals calling it boring

I've sustained the same injury and I'm amazed that he could still perform in the manner that he did.

This man is fighting for a reason and the reason behind is his mom to giver her all kind of protection what a great heart man! Respect

Who woulda thought that Francis would defend his belt with wrestling, losing the first two round standing and then implementing the wrestling to win the three remaining!? Great sport!

Ngannou apparently tore his MCL before this fight and somehow still cameback losing the first 2 rounds. Ngannou is simply built different

Fair play to Francis absolute animal and the evolution of his fight game is unreal would be a shame to see him leave

He seems like a humble man.

Man, Ngannou's English has improved drastically. I'm impressed with his win but I'm more impressed with his language grasping abilities. Go champ!

Huge shoutout to Francis for beating Gane with compromised knees. From the start anyone could see that his movement was severely compromised, lacking that explosion that we're used to seeing from him.

What makes this win so much more impressive is the fact Frances came In clearly injured

You make us proud man Francis go forward.

Dana blatantly showing he’s PISSED Francis won😂😂😂😂contract negotiations are NOT gonna be fun

Who would've seen this going Francis by decision?? This is a very dangerous situation we're in here. For Francis to pass this test and do it via grappling... is very scary. If he manages to get the UFC to pay him what he wants, he may be able to surpass Stipe's record. I'm not sure who beats him, including Jon.

I’ve never been so happy for a fighter to utilize wrestling so much

That's a crazy story bro. 3 weeks ago you tore your acl and mcl completely and still came and fought like that. Crazy that it healed enough for you to even walk...

Beside the obvious improvement in wrestling Ngannou's best tool was his cool head approach to the fight. He paced himself so well that he didn't run out of gas and used it to dominate the last rounds

Respect to both men, I hope Ciryl learns from this and comes back stronger for a rematch, I'm still rooting for him. Amazing story for Francis, he shut up a lot of people with this fight.

Ngannou has done well. After his last loss against Derrick Lewis, he clearly made some reforms and adjustments in his training/ game plan and has made a huge evolvement. 4-5 more title defence wins can qualify him into the goat talks.

It's called MMA people he used all the tools to beat a guy who had all the tools Also mad respect

Ladies and gentlemen give it up to Francis Nurmagomedov