Chael Sonnen not too long ago shared his ideas on Dana White accusing Francis Ngannou of making an attempt to bodily intimidate him and claimed he had an identical run-in with the previous UFC heavyweight champion.
Throughout a latest look on the Flagrant podcast, White recalled a heated second with Ngannou in his workplace and claimed that the Cameroonian-born fighter received bodily with him after being denied a $50,000 efficiency bonus. White additionally accused Ngannou of doing the identical to UFC CBO Hunter Campbell prior to now.
In a latest interview with Ariel Helwani, Sonnen shared his ideas on White’s feedback:
“I heard that story for years that Francis made contact, not with Dana, however I knew that he did with Hunter. I didn’t consider the story. I by no means talked about it as a result of I by no means believed it… I did not consider it as a result of I believed they might have fired him proper on the spot.”
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Moreover, ‘The American Gangster’ mentioned that Ngannou’s intimidating look can affect notion:
“I advised you about my altercation with Francis… I solely deliver that up as a result of Francis didn’t actually do something. I imply, he circled, and he raised his voice, however that was the identical factor I used to be doing. I’m simply not as frightening-looking as Francis. I don’t suppose we are able to maintain in opposition to Francis that he occurs to be a very frightening-looking particular person. I believe that Francis’s actions, for probably the most half, are in all probability according to what plenty of different folks would do, however possibly he will get a little bit bit harsher criticism as a result of he would go into the class of terrifying.”
Francis Ngannou reacts to Dana White accusing him of bodily intimidation
Francis Ngannou not too long ago reacted to Dana White accusing him of bodily intimidation. The previous UFC heavyweight champion claimed that he is not eager on fixating on what folks say about him and questioned the presence of cameras in White’s workplace, the place the alleged incident occurred.
Chatting with Ariel Helwani in an interview (by way of @ChampRDS on X), Ngannou mentioned:
“, I form of really feel very irritated to need to be chargeable for what folks say. No matter he mentioned, if he is at peace with it, it is okay… In his workplace, that’s what he mentioned, proper? Properly, I’m certain he has plenty of cameras there… As I mentioned, over time, I simply get drained of these things. I actually noticed that and scrolled. I scrolled, I moved. I get previous it.”
Edited by Nishant Zende.
