“I just lost my sh*t,” Israel Adesanya declares Francis Ngannou’s knockdown of Tyson Fury was destiny

Israel Adesanya gives a glimpse of the emotions he felt on Francis Ngannou's near-knockout of Tyson Fury.

“I just lost my sh*t,” Israel Adesanya declares Francis Ngannou’s knockdown of Tyson Fury was destiny

Israel Adesanya reacts on Francis Ngannou almost knocking out Tyson Fury (Source: IMAGO)

The exhibition boxing match between Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury has not lost any of its hype in the aftermath. Two-time UFC middleweight champion Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya talked about the fight on his YouTube channel. He highlighted his time and experience in Dubai. He also weighed in on Ngannou’s near-knockout of the WBC heavyweight champion.

Speaking to David Adesanya, on his YouTube channel, Adesanya spoke of the early rounds. He said:

I lost my sh**. … We just lost it. Me and JDS [Junior Dos Santos] were up and down, and I was just, it was just a moment. It’s almost like it was meant to happen. I don’t know if that makes sense. It was meant to happen, the knockdown. The way he knocked me down. And then doing that in front of him. I just lost my sh**. I didn’t know what was what after that.
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Two of the judges scored the fight for Fury, with one giving Ngannou a 95-94 score. This means he came within a point or two of upsetting boxing’s lineal heavyweight champion. Adding more surprise to the mix is the fact that Fury delivered an illegal elbow. Deep down Adesanya considers Ngannou a winner. He said:

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I thought [Ngannou] won, but I was just like, it’s a close fight, but I felt if you were in the arena, if you were watching, when you watch a fight you know who won...But then I was very wary of the judges, I just knew boxing gonna boxing. Not saying MMA doesn’t have it as well, but imagine ... I’ve been there before, I can relate, so I just knew. I wasn’t confident in the judges.

Currently, after losing the UFC middleweight title to Sean Strickland in a one-sided decision loss at UFC 293 this past September, Adesanya is on a self-imposed hiatus from competing on any card.

“THE MARSHALL × THE PREDATOR” – Francis Ngannou poses with Eminem post-Riyadh season boxing

Francis Ngannou had his pro-boxing debut against Tyson Fury. The two heavyweights of differentiated spectrums squared off in a 10-round matchup. Fury won by decision. But Ngannou got the more substantial praise overall, due to his performance.

Multitudes of flocks of celebrities were in attendance at the Riyadh Season exhibition boxing matchup. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had accordingly extended formal invites to many such personalities. Amongst them, was an international singing phenom, and rapper, Eminem.

Francis Ngannou met Eminem
Francis Ngannou met Eminem (Source: Twitter)

A viral video has surfaced, with Ngannou almost missing out on a handshake with Slim Shady. However, he did manage to shake Eminem’s hand and the two snapped a few photos. The Cameroonian-French fighter recently publicized the picture and captioned it, “The MARSHALL X THE PREDATOR.”

The rapper himself is an enormous fan of the sport. Eminem was thus in attendance with other celebrities who enjoy or represent the sport in some capacity. They included Cristiano Ronaldo, Kayne West, Becky G, Roberto Duran, Frank Mir, and so on.

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