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PFL heavyweight Renan Ferreira has come under heavy scrutiny online for comments he has made ahead of his highly-anticipated clash with Francis Ngannou. The Brazilian fighter is scheduled to welcome Ngannou back to the cage in the main event of PFL's Battle of the Giants pay-per-view set for October 19 in Saudi Arabia. The showdown marks Ngannou's first MMA fight in nearly three years after he departed the UFC as the promotion's reigning heavyweight champion before embarking on a career in boxing.

Francis Ngannou contemplated retirement following his son's death but the former UFC heavyweight champion believes continuing to fight is the "best way of honouring him". After a two-fight foray into boxing, Ngannou is set to return to mixed martial arts on October 19 when he makes his Professional Fighters League bow against Brazil's Renan Ferreira in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Speaking at a press conference to promote the event, the Cameroonian said he gave serious thought to ending his decorated fighting career after announcing on X in April that his son Kobe had died aged 15 months.

Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou's eagerly-awaited return to the cage has been locked in as he takes on towering Brazilian monster Renan Ferreira for the PFL Super Fights Championship title. Ngannou's (17-3) slugfest against Pereira (13-3, 3 NC) headlines a stacked PFL card on 19 October, with fellow former UFC champion and MMA icon Cris 'Cyborg' (27-2, 1 NC) up against PFL two-division champion Larissa Pacheco (23-4) in a women's featherweight clash as the co-main event. The bout represents Ngannou's PFL debut after signing with the promotion in May 2023 having boldly walked away from the UFC and will also mark his first MMA bout in just over 30 months.

On his way to a tumultuous loss, Ngannou was the first time fight fans saw him in action. Ryan Bader, Yoel Romero, Thiago Santos Renan Ferreira (inset) and the world's best female boxer have all revealed his intention to return to cage fighting on a card that also includes big names Ryan Bader, Yoel Romero, Thiago Santos Renan Ferreira (inset) and the world's best female boxer.

Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson, a decorated mixed-martial arts fighter, died of organ failure as a result of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and a rare auto-immune disorder, hemophagocytic lymphocytosis. The 38-year-old died on Sunday, but the reason for his death was not revealed until a Yahoo Sports study on Sunday evening. Hemophagocytosis (HLH) is a life-threatening immune disease that most commonly affects infants and young children. According to Swedish studies published in 2015 by the National Library of Medicine, the prognosis has a 40 percent mortality risk. Johnson's HLH and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were not known publicly, but he did pull out of a 2021 Bellator match due to a health condition. The issue raged over the past year, and Ali Abdelaziz, his manager, pleaded with supporters as recently as last month.

Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson, the former UFC lightweight champion, died at the age of 38 after a lengthy battle with an unspecified disease. In September 2021, the ex-fighter had intended to fight for the Bellator light-heavyweight crown but had to cancel due to a health condition. Over the past year, the health condition has remained, and his boss Ali Abdelaziz had been pleaded with supporters as recently as last month.