{"id":268668,"date":"2018-01-25T14:19:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T22:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=268668"},"modified":"2018-01-25T14:19:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T22:19:35","slug":"video-francis-ngannou-taking-time-off-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/francis-ngannou\/video-francis-ngannou-taking-time-off-fighting\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Francis Ngannou is Taking Some Time Off From Fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WcAu8jDS_J0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>At UFC 220, the knockout machine <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s=francis+ngannou\">Francis Ngannou<\/a> was put up against another unstoppable fighter in now record-breaking champion Stipe Miocic. It wasn&#8217;t the performance that was promoted or expected, resulting in Miocic taking the contender into the deepest of waters and dominating him to a decision victory. After his first loss since 2014 and a super quick rush to a title shot, Ngannou will be stepping away from the sport for an undisclosed amount of time and reconnecting with family before regrouping and coming back strong.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;In my dark way, I&#8217;m taking some time off which will benefit my personal life by going back home to enjoy family and friends . Then I&#8217;ll be back to set businesses up.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 Francis Ngannou on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In my dark way, I&#8217;m taking some time off which will benefit my personal life by going back home to enjoy family and friends . Then I&#8217;ll be back to set businesses up <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/relaxation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#relaxation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/familytime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#familytime<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Francis NGannou (@francis_ngannou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francis_ngannou\/status\/956614198385000448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe did a good job to hang there, but I won\u2019t lie, I was disappointed. When I saw Francis [Ngannou] rush in and throw a high kick, I was shocked. [&#8230;]\u00a0I\u2019ll be honest, I\u2019ve not talked to Francis about it yet. I don\u2019t like to have a debrief straight after the fight. I like to have two weeks to let the fighter think and digest the fight. When he\u2019s ready, two weeks later I\u2019ll talk with him and try to understand why he went for that gameplan and that strategy. I didn\u2019t expect what happened. The gameplan was so different, but Francis just went rushing after him, hunting him and yeah it just wasn\u2019t what we had planned.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanytt.com\/latest-news\/coach-fernand-lopez-admits-francis-ngannou-deviated-gameplan-it-mess\/\">Coach Fernand Lopez speaking to MMA NYTT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard not to feel for Francis Ngannou, but he should hold his head high. All the men before him monsters like Mark Hunt, Alistair Overeem, Fabricio Werdum, Junior dos Santos &#8211; all fell to the hands of Stipe Miocic, but not him. That&#8217;s a win in an of itself. Regardless of his short career, he survived when other great fighters weren&#8217;t able to. Look at how fast and far Ngannou was able to evolve so quickly, with a step back to the drawing board away from the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/coach-goes-off-defending-francis-ngannou-joe-rogan-critics\/\">new bright spotlight and criticisms<\/a>, Francis Ngannou could come back even more dangerous.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 1\/25\/2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At UFC 220, the knockout machine Francis Ngannou was put up against another unstoppable fighter in now record-breaking champion Stipe Miocic. It wasn&#8217;t the performance that was promoted or expected, resulting in Miocic taking the contender into the deepest of waters and dominating him to a decision victory. 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