Cameroonian and French professional mixed martial artist and professional boxer Francis Zavier Ngannou poses during a photo session in Paris on September 12, 2024. After a foray into boxing, Cameroonian Francis Ngannou is preparing to return to MMA within the PFL organization two and a half years after his departure from the UFC, and affirms in an interview with AFP: "I am the same fighter." For his return to the cage, the 38-year-old colossus faces Brazilian Renan Ferreira for the heavyweight belt on October 19 in Riyadh, a new stronghold of combat sports. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)