Francis Ngannou Wasn’t Impressed by Stipe Miocic’s UFC 211 Win

Francis Ngannou spoke with the MMA Hour for a new interview. The video and highlights are below:

On Stipe Miocic’s win over Junior Dos Santos at UFC 211: “That was a good performance, but I was not impressed, I need more than that. I would say I’m more impressed with someone like [Cain] Velasquez. I think Velasquez is the best heavyweight that we have, and that’s why I want to fight him.”

On people criticising him online: “You cant think too much about what someone says. Someone will always be negative, someone will always talk shit, and you’ll always have those kind of people, but you have to choose what you want to hear and continue your growing. Since the beginning, even before my first fight in the UFC, people said, ‘he’s not ready, he just started MMA two years ago, they’re going to beat him up, it’s too early,’ and something like that. But what are we going to do? You’ll always have those kinds of people, and if it’s someone that supports Stipe, of course they’re going to say you still need to improve yourself, you need to learn more, Stipe is tougher than you.”

On wanting a big-name opponent: “The reasons why I moved to Las Vegas is because right now I’m ready for all challengers. I’m ranked No. 5 right now and I could probably fight anyone right now. I already called out Velasquez but he says he’s injured, but I would like to fight him and then get a title shot.”