The former UFC heavyweight champion speaks publicly for the first time on the April motorcycle accident that resulted in the ...

MARTÍNEZ: Ngannou had dreams to be a heavyweight champion, just like his hero Mike Tyson. But he couldn't slug his way to belts and trophies in Cameroon. So at the age of 26, he left everything ...

FRANCIS Ngannou’s remarkable journey to reach the top is one of hope, courage, strength and character, and is symbolic of the fighter he is. On Saturday, the MMA legend, now 37, will take on … ...

It wasn’t until Ngannou turned 22 that he first stepped foot in a Cameroon boxing gym, and he quickly realized it couldn’t provided him the instruction necessary to become a champion.

He’s still the guy who built the Francis Ngannou Foundation in Cameroon, so kids in his home country could pursue their dreams, and took care of his coaches and team at Xtreme Couture in Las ...

Ngannou was raised in Batie, Cameroon by a single mother, used to walk six miles to school every day and dig sand mines from the age of 10.

Francis Ngannou, known widely for his devastating punches, journeyed from Cameroon to France to the United States to become a mixed martial arts star. Yet his future in the U.F.C. is unclear.

French-Cameroonian mixed martial artist Francis Ngannou poses during a training session at the MMA Factory in Paris on April 21, 2017. Born in Cameroon, Ngannou arrived in France in 2013 looking ...

Ngannou, 36, a native of Cameroon who moved to the United States after beginning his mixed martial arts career in France, entered the U.F.C. in 2015 and became the heavyweight champion in 2021.

Ngannou remembers every country he passed through as he traveled more than 2,000 miles. NGANNOU: From Cameroon to Nigeria, then Nigeria, Niger, from Niger to Algeria, then from Algeria to Morocco.