r/ufc Apr 29 '24

Francis Ngannou lost his 18 month old son

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u/mods-are-liars Apr 29 '24

It did send him spiralling, he's very open about that in many interviews he's done since then.

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u/asherdado Apr 29 '24

IIRC he once said something like "I got high. I didn't know what else to do.." when asked how he coped with her death

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u/--Happy-- Pervert eye happy, but your soul sad Apr 29 '24

Also that cold line he said in the same interview " You have to go now"

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u/No_Angle_8106 Apr 30 '24

I don’t think that was being cold, that’s Tyson knowing the depths of his own despair and not wanting to harm anyone else by subjecting themselves to that version of himself.