UFC News: Boxing superstar Carl Frampton admits being intimidated by Francis Ngannou

Northern Ireland's own Carl Frampton recently met Francis Ngannou in an encounter that is evident that he won't be forgetting anytime soon. Frampton was really intimidated and impressed by Ngannou.

Ahead of his fight on 30th November against Tyler McCreary, he talked about his meeting with Ngannou recently in an interview with MMA Junkie.

Carl Frampton on meeting Francis Ngannou at the UFC Performance Institute

Carl Frampton was at the UFC Performance Institute ahead of his fight for training before his fight. He praised the Institute but also talked about Francis Ngannou admitting that he would not want to be hit by the fighter.

He talked about how Ngannou was talking about a potential fight with Tyson Fury as well.

“I’ve seen big Francis (Ngannou) training in here. He’s got good hands. He’s talking about potentially … I’m hearing some stuff about a (Tyson) Fury fight. One thing for sure is I would not like to be hit by Francis!”

He then went on to say that he had never felt 'less of a man' than when he was standing next to Ngannou.

“I was standing beside him in the changing room recently, (and) I’ve never felt less of a man in my life! He’s a big unit, and a real nice guy, too.”

Frampton said that he had picked up a lot more respect for MMA fighters even though he was still not overly familiar with the sport and that he was leaving the UFC Performance Institute as a bigger fan than he was when he came in.