{"id":581602,"date":"2026-04-04T11:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T11:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/581602\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T11:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T11:26:08","slug":"ngannou-shows-off-his-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/581602\/","title":{"rendered":"Ngannou Shows Off His Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"1000\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-04-at-07.16.36.webp.webp\" class=\"css-filter size-full\" alt=\"Ngannou Shows Off His Power\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p>X: @francis_ngannou&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/x.com\/francis_ngannou\/status\/2040121424720076900?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2040121424720076900%7Ctwgr%5E3e3c053d5078e0d97cb2c5cbf2e4405c6ac4a0c7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmamania.com%2Flatest-news%2F433453%2Fvideo-francis-ngannou-shows-off-terrifying-body-shots-ahead-of-massive-mma-return-rousey-vs-carano<\/p>\n<p>Former UFC heavyweight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/tag\/francis-ngannou\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1364\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Francis Ngannou<\/a> showed off his power in training ahead of his return to MMA to take on Philipe Lins on May 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bout will feature on the Rousey vs. Carano card. For Ngannou, this represents a return to his roots after a lucrative multi-year stint in the boxing world, where he tested his power against giants Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. It is also his first MMA appearance since stopping Renan Ferreira in his only MMA appearance under the PFL in 2024 before being released.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lins, a 2018 PFL Heavyweight Tournament winner and UFC veteran, brings a versatile striking game and deep durability. Lins will aim to survive the first ten minutes and drag \u201cThe Predator\u201d into the deep waters of rounds four and five.<\/p>\n<p>In a viral training clip posted this week, Ngannou silenced doubters regarding his physical form. He is seen delivering thunderous body shots to his training partners and has publicly called for a new \u201cBody Shot Challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ngannou\u2019s Training <\/p>\n<p>As for Ngannou\u2019s future, he is not looking beyond his next fight. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just this fight, not a promotional agreement. When asked whether he was getting paid better than when was with PFL. That doesn\u2019t matter\u2026 Of course [I\u2019m happy with it], otherwise I wouldn\u2019t have said yes. I\u2019m happy for the opportunity as well. This is the first MMA fight that will be on Netflix. So I was more excited about that. That was a big decision factor,\u201d Ngannou <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2047577\/brock-lesnar-wwe-power-plays\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2047577\/brock-lesnar-wwe-power-plays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">said <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find all the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/category\/boxing-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">latest boxing news<\/a>\u00a0and MMA breaking updates on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxingblitz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">boxingnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING boxingnews.COM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"X: @francis_ngannou&#13; &#13; https:\/\/x.com\/francis_ngannou\/status\/2040121424720076900?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2040121424720076900%7Ctwgr%5E3e3c053d5078e0d97cb2c5cbf2e4405c6ac4a0c7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmamania.com%2Flatest-news%2F433453%2Fvideo-francis-ngannou-shows-off-terrifying-body-shots-ahead-of-massive-mma-return-rousey-vs-carano Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou showed off his power in training ahead of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-581602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}