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Former UFC fighter Roy Nelson is praising Francis Ngannou ahead of his boxing match against Tyson Fury.
Nelson, who is currently fighting for Jorge Masvidal‘s GameBred Bareknuckle MMA, shared his thoughts on Ngannou making his boxing debut.
“Everyone is going to hate on him but at the end of day, we’re prizefighters, and what is he going to make? Eight figures fighting? He wouldn’t even do that in the UFC if he fights 20 times, to get that number in just one fight it’s 20 x.If he’s watching Grant Cardone, he’s saying I 10xed that.”
Nelson is going to fight Alan Belcher for the GameBred Bareknuckle heavyweight championship on November 10th in a fight that will air live for free on the GameBred Bareknuckle MMA YouTube channel.
In his last fight, Nelson knocked out Dillon Checkler in the first round back in May at GameBred Bareknuckle MMA 4.
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Belcher is currently on a five-fight win streak, with four of those being in bare-knuckle boxing and his last fight being against Chase DeMoor at MisFits boxing, which he won via third-round TKO.
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