Cameroon's Francis Ngannou made a triumphant return to mixed martial arts by knocking out Renan Ferreria in the first round of their heavyweight clash at the Professional Fighters League (PFL) event dubbed "Battle Of The Giants" in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Francis Ngannou returned from over 1,000 days out of action in MMA on Saturday and made a clear statement that he is still the sport's heavyweight king. Ngannou knocked out Renan

An emotional Francis Ngannou marks his return to MMA with a first-round stoppage of Renan Ferreira at the PFL Super Fights event in Riyadh.

Francis Ngannou's fight doesn't even make it out of the first round as he defeats Renan Ferreira with ground-and-pound in Saudi Arabia.

Renan Ferreira is staying positive despite coming up short in the biggest bout of his career. The 2023 PFL heavyweight champion suffered a first-round TKO to former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ng

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He took down Renan Ferreira and blasted him with ground-and-pound punches for the first-round stoppage. Check out what the MMA community had to say below. Big Fran still looks carved out of stone at 38.