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00:00to be the president of the pfl africa regional league which is launching in 2025 he wanted more
00:07for himself and for all fighters he went to bat and he got it two fights two super fights
00:15in the boxing world and now back to make a long-awaited pfl debut
00:23after more than two years away from mixed martial arts competition
00:26no question randy couture that francis is in great shape he came in lean
00:33he came in looking shredded at least for a heavyweight shredded
00:38yeah no doubt about it he looks like he's very fit did you wonder what he was working
00:42on in camp what tools were they sharpening to solve the problem
00:46i think i think francis made a big fan out of him in that performance against tyson fury yeah
01:05i love the boxing and mma world's coming together it really makes me smile
01:11you got to go to that fight and it was an amazing night it really was
01:14to see all those boxers from literally the last three decades were all there it was incredible
01:24love from the saudi crowd for francis and ghanou
01:35your main event tale of the tape for battle of the giants francis the guy who's 38 years
01:40of age is 34 francis standing six feet four inches tall that's usually the bigger man but
01:47tonight you'll face a man who is six foot eight and i weighed in heavier
01:52has the longer reach on arms and legs all right keys to victory for this one for francis
01:59and ghanou he's got to start patiently and see how head of the hater wants to approach this
02:03working into boxing range will be wise we know how heavy his hands are and we know
02:07how good his footwork is now he's been dedicated to boxing and test henon's wrestling why would
02:13you not put the big man on the floor for henon for hater feigns encounter try and draw the attack
02:18out of francis ghanou so you can capitalize on it stay at distance utilize that height and reach
02:23advantage as well as that kicking game and it goes without saying if francis is trying to test
02:28his wrestling he's going to defend those takedowns ladies and gentlemen from riyadh kingdom of saudi
02:38arabia we're set for the battle of the giants main event of the evening the time has now come to
02:46brace for impact as we go five rounds or less for the pfl super fights heavyweight world championship
02:56and now first introducing the blue corner at six foot eight weighing in 261 and one half pounds
03:05having shown only complete dominance en route to capturing the 2023 pfl heavyweight championship
03:12tonight he enters in 13 and 3 as a professional having finished all but one in victory he brings
03:1811 wins by knockout one by submission from apporting god through brazil presenting
03:28uh
03:43victories three defeats and features a devastating 12 wins by knockout four
03:48by way of submission from batia coming through when he fights out of las vegas by way of paris
03:55france
04:13big heavy leg kick from mingana to open the action
04:16and a leg kick from problema absolute titans these men are huge
04:33an exchange of leg kicks early not a bad idea to try and take the base away
04:39from these two power punchers henon's waiting for that jab to come from ingarnu
04:44you can see it he's trying to smoke it out he keeps fainting he keeps tempting
04:48ingarnus if he gone who throws that lead hand he's got to be cautious
04:52because that right hand is coming over the top
05:02well there's a right hand from francis after the leg kick off balanced him a little bit
05:08right there told you to watch for the wrestling who lands the takedowns good level change from
05:17francis well-timed drives through now on top and this is where haena fahera has improved his game
05:26so much we'll see how much france is climbing into the guard of henon for hater interesting
05:33now henon fade has got that awkward grapevine he's extending francis so he can't posture up
05:38and strike that's exactly what i would do to francis if i was underneath him i'd have been
05:42tapping by now randy nice short shot from ingarnu there he needs to get his legs free
05:52sorry randy yeah absolutely right he's got to unbind those legs
05:55bring his legs in and sit on his heels so those can't come in
06:00the good thing about this position is henon's almost holding himself
06:03into this guard position he's gonna have to unhook his own legs if he wants to get back
06:08to his feet he's looking for a kimura here but my goodness how are you going to kimura that oh
06:13triangle attempt here francis needs to rip out of that right now the longer he stays the more
06:18chance he has getting caught what a setup for henon for haider get your toes out of the cage
06:23toes out of the cage get your toes bergliata peeling the toes of hana pair out of the cage
06:30toes as he tries to create an angle francis punching the left hand out
06:35got his head out of trouble that was a great effort by henon for hater from the bottom position
06:41holding on to that wrist again trying to stifle the the punching attack of ingarnu
06:48round one halfway gone
06:53now the far side under hook let's see if he can build himself up easier said than done
06:59from underneath somebody like francis ingarnu who punches from the top nasty work
07:05francis ingarnu wailing away
07:11look how heavy he is on the hips look at that position that's beautiful work
07:16henon's gonna have to work tremendously hard to get ingarnu off him so he could get back to his
07:21feet ingarnu's positioned himself knees on the outside feet on the inside and he is unleashing
07:29oh he's out he's out
07:51big heavy hands from the top position and one of those took the life out of henon
07:56you saw him slump he tried to fight back up in two more games and he went completely flat
08:04man that was a beautiful finish there took one right out of johnny evelett's book wrote him
08:10like a division one wrestler landed those heavy fists from really impressive and the position
08:16on the back that francis had as well the knees on the outside yeah that's that's that college
08:21talk to it very very nice work and as soon as he started to unleash those big punches
08:27i mean it was just coming through the guard of henon for hayden and look at francis ingarnu
08:34the emotion he has been through so much
08:41fighting tonight in the memory of his young son who passed away earlier this year
08:51hey
09:17eric nixick dewey cooper
09:21the entire ganu camp and the outpouring of emotion
09:26from the baddest man on the planet francis ingarnu and look at the relief on his face
09:32right now the outpouring of emotion that he must have been keeping so close to his chest
09:38all week this week knowing the pressure that was on his shoulders knowing the expectations
09:43from the mma world from the combat sports world it's actually been since april the gym's been
09:49the tension really nobody wanted to talk about it francis took a while to come back to get back
09:55into camp the entire gym was behind him after losing his son
10:02man what incredible performance incredible achievement
10:07so
10:15slips under a beautiful double keeps his feet moving turns the corner right into the butterfly
10:20guard of henna perera steers him towards the gauge again slips over that big right hand
10:26keeps his feet moving finishes the takedown exactly where he needs to be and then smartly
10:31steers the big man into the fence here you see the hammer fists not even hammer fists they're
10:37just big fists the sledgehammers and there you see the life start to go out of hand on
10:43one of those caught him right in the temple on the left side of the temple he's got a big mouse there
10:49dan margoliotta seen enough here you see the fist coming in no answer no way
10:56for henna perera to get out from under those hips and that power of francis nogano and there the
11:01life goes out of him margoliotta steps in man devastated punch of power doesn't even need to
11:09land clean doesn't even need to land like around the arms he could just punch through guards a
11:15terrified individual he landed a couple of right hands underneath the armpit on that far side and
11:22these lefts coming down and hitting the ear of henna perera and there's just nothing for it
11:28you cannot withstand that kind of force the human skull and brain are not equipped
11:35to absorb that kind of damage