{"id":295227,"date":"2023-10-29T02:24:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T02:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=295227"},"modified":"2023-10-29T02:24:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T02:24:17","slug":"conor-mcgregor-says-tyson-fury-couldnt-hold-francis-ngannou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/boxing\/conor-mcgregor-says-tyson-fury-couldnt-hold-francis-ngannou\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor says Tyson Fury &apos;couldn&apos;t hold&apos; Francis Ngannou"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Conor McGregor says Tyson Fury &#8216;couldn&#8217;t hold&#8217; Francis Ngannou and marvels at his former UFC peer&#8217;s formidable power as he fuels Oleksandr Usyk v Fury rumours for next clash<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tyson Fury kept his unbeaten run as he defeated Ngannou by split decision\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Conor McGregor marvelled at Ngannou&#8217;s power and strenght in the ring\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Recap all the action and aftermath from Tyson Fury v Francis Ngannou here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Conor McGregor shared his thoughts on the heavyweight clash between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p>The highly anticipated match on Saturday night saw Fury retain his unbeaten run as he was announced the winner by split decision.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor, renowned for his achievements in MMA, expressed his admiration for the fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He lauded Tyson Fury for his performance: &#8216;Lovely shot that caught him on the back of the head, a bit off balance as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Fair play to Tyson he&#8217;s a tough man as well. Strong chin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/01\/77129043-12684479-Francis_Ngannou_knocked_down_Tyson_Fury_during_the_third_round_o-a-1_1698539867831.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Francis Ngannou knocked down Tyson Fury during the third round of the heavyweight fight<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/01\/77129907-12684479-image-a-43_1698539103670.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ngannou and his team celebrated prematurely after thinking they had won the fight\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/01\/77128303-12684479-image-a-40_1698538914918.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor looks on from ringside prior to the &#8216;Battle of the Baddest&#8217; in Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/01\/77128285-12684479-image-a-42_1698538988813.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor shared his thoughts on the heavyweight clash between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And Jesus, Ngannou is a powerful boy as well. Tyson couldn&#8217;t hold him. He was just missing with that backhand.<\/p>\n<p>After being knocked down in round three, things were hotting up in Boulevard Hall in Riyadh as the crowd started to turn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Great fight, great to watch. Heavyweight boxing is exciting! Especially from the ringside.\u00a0Add Usyk into that and it&#8217;s going to be a tough ask for Fury as well.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>McGregor discussed whether the Usyk v Fury clash is likely to still happen:\u00a0&#8216;You think he&#8217;s going to dip out of that one? You never know.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The UFC fighter wished all the fighters well and acknowledged the unpredictability of the boxing world, calling it &#8216;a crazy game,&#8217; before revealing his plans to hit the gym.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I wish them all well, fair play to them. It&#8217;s a crazy game and I&#8217;m off to the gym.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fury, speaking in his post-fight interview, said &#8216;That definitely wasn&#8217;t in the script,&#8217; he said. &#8216;Francis is a hell of a fighter, strong, a big puncher and a lot better boxer than we all thought he would ever be.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s a very awkward man, a good puncher and I respect him a lot. He wasn&#8217;t coming forward, standing back and waiting for me to land my punches and then trying to counter &#8211; he&#8217;s a good fighter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/01\/77129899-12684479-image-a-45_1698539258049.jpg\" height=\"468\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury heaped praise on his opponent who he called &#8216;one of the toughest fights&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/01\/77129041-12684479-image-a-44_1698539255273.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>After a split decision, Fury was ruled as the winner in a close score of 94-95, 96-93, 95-94<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s given me probably one of my toughest fights in the last ten years.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>However, despite his bruised body and face, Fury defended his performance and highlighted how he got the job done.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;(The knockdown was) nothing. it&#8217;s a part of boxing. I got caught behind the head again. My legs didn&#8217;t hurt or anything and I got back up and I was fine.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12684479\/Conor-McGregor-says-Tyson-Fury-hold-Francis-Ngannou-marvels-former-UFC-peers-formidable-power-fuels-Oleksandr-Usyk-v-Fury-rumours-clash.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor says Tyson Fury &#8216;couldn&#8217;t hold&#8217; Francis Ngannou and marvels at his former UFC peer&#8217;s formidable power as he fuels Oleksandr Usyk v Fury rumours for next clash Tyson Fury kept his unbeaten run as he defeated Ngannou by split decision\u00a0 Conor McGregor marvelled at Ngannou&#8217;s power and strenght in the ring\u00a0\u00a0 Recap all&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Conor McGregor says Tyson Fury &amp;apos;couldn&amp;apos;t hold&amp;apos; 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