Fernand Lopez didn't grow up in poverty, he was in middle class family, and went to college (he has a degree in electrical engineering).fernand lopez is from cameroun like ngannou, its highly likely that he came to france illegally the same way as ngannou yet he doesnt make a fuss about it and try to milk it as if he "suffered hell", its just another day to him and thousands of others.
He left Cameroon because he got into trouble in street fights.
https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2018/1/...ancis-ngannou-cameroon-past-mma-ufc-interview
I have seen rumours that once in France, he was helped with housing, food and immigration papers by MMA coach Mathieu Nicourt and after a while, he backstabbed his coach by creating his own gym and tried to poach his mentor's best fighters.