.ufc's Francis Ngannou made $580,000 for knocking out former heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic. Right after that, francis_ngannou dropped his first-ever NFT collection and made another $581,000. More from SportsWeek:
and one of the fastest-growing sports in the world. Prize fighting has been around for millennia, but MMA in its current form can be traced back to November 1993 at UFC 1, where eight men practicing different martial arts were pitted against each other to determine which martial art would reign supreme. There were only three rules – no eye gouging, no biting and no shots to the groin.The sport has since evolved into a well-regulated multibillion-dollar industry.
Ngannou, a musclebound behemoth standing at 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing 265 pounds, is uniquely built to deliver that ferocity. Ngannou has the hardest punch ever recorded on earth, registering a whopping 129,161 units on the PowerKube – a device that calculates punching power based on speed, force and accuracy. UFC President Dana WhiteNgannou’s journey to the MMA throne
Ngannou’s first job was working in a sand mine in Batié, a small village in western Cameroon. He was only 10 years old, but his grandmother couldn't’ afford to take care of him, so working in a sand mine was his only option. He worked in sand mines until his late teens. Then one day, a friend showed him a YouTube video of a Mike Tyson bout.
After watching the clip, Ngannou had an epiphany and decided boxing was his destiny. He started training in boxing and eventually decided to pursue a professional boxing career in France. To get to Europe, Ngannou had to cross the treacherous Sahara Desert. He wound up homeless on the streets of Paris before serendipitously stumbling upon a mixed martial arts gym. The gym’s owner convinced him to try MMA instead of boxing, and the rest is history.
Ngannou’s team wanted to capture his journey from the sand mines of Batié to the UFC in an NFT. They knew millions of fans would be watching him on the night of March 27, 2021. The team recruited NFT artist
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