Francis Ngannou has dedicated Saturday night’s win to his late 15-month-old son Kobe, who passed away earlier this year.
The Cameroon giant marked his return to mixed martial arts with a first-round stoppage of Renan Ferreira at the PFL Super Fights event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ngannou knocked out Ferreira with some brutal ground punches in his first MMA contest in nearly three years.
The 38-year-old shed tears as he dedicated the victory to his late 15-month-old son Kobe, who passed away earlier this year.
“I can’t think about anything [other] than my son Kobe. I only took this fight because of him,” said Ngannou.
“I went to fight for him. I hope they can remember his name because, without Kobe, we wouldn’t be here tonight. I wouldn’t have fought.”
