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Full article here : https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/11...international-tale-of-beating-impossible-odds
“For me, it was just something most people cannot understand,” Ngannou told MMA Fighting. “You cannot imagine what it is. You cannot imagine a life when you wake up in the morning and your only goal, your only dream for the day is to feed yourself.”
“When I was in Cameroon and started training, they told me you’re very old [to start],” he said. “It’s a different mentality. They told me I was very old, that you don’t have no chance, that you could not be the first. They said it’s impossible."
The doubters could hardly be blamed for their reservations. This wasn’t like Randy Couture starting MMA at age 33 after a lifetime spent in wrestling or Jon Jones winning a major championship after less than three years in the sport. At least those men had an athletic base applicable to MMA. Ngannou had nothing but self-belief, and it was with that that he walked into MMA Factory for the first time.
“For me, it was just something most people cannot understand,” Ngannou told MMA Fighting. “You cannot imagine what it is. You cannot imagine a life when you wake up in the morning and your only goal, your only dream for the day is to feed yourself.”
“When I was in Cameroon and started training, they told me you’re very old [to start],” he said. “It’s a different mentality. They told me I was very old, that you don’t have no chance, that you could not be the first. They said it’s impossible."
The doubters could hardly be blamed for their reservations. This wasn’t like Randy Couture starting MMA at age 33 after a lifetime spent in wrestling or Jon Jones winning a major championship after less than three years in the sport. At least those men had an athletic base applicable to MMA. Ngannou had nothing but self-belief, and it was with that that he walked into MMA Factory for the first time.
