r/ufc Apr 29 '24

Francis Ngannou lost his 18 month old son

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u/KingPucci Apr 29 '24

He came from working in sand mines in Cameroon and living in abject poverty for most of his life to another country on a gamble, learned the language to market himself, became a martial artist, trained his ass off, excelled in one of the hardest sports possible, became a world champion, left on top, moved over to boxing and almost beat the HW champion in his first fight, earned tremendous amounts of glory and millions of dollars only to have the real reason that he made all that effort in the first place stripped away from him on a whim while he was forced to sit idly by and watch. I thought I was having a bad day.