Hollywood wants to bring Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou to the big screen.
Ngannou's story is already a movie in itself, the Cameroonian leaving a life behind in the sand mines to pursue a career as an MMA fighter in France, crossing the Sahara Desert multiple times to do so. Homelessness, hunger, jail time - eventually, the perilous journey paid off for Ngannou.
At 38 years old, Ngannou can say he boxed both Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua and won titles in the UFC and the PFL, knocking out opponents one after the other. Alistair Overeem, Curtis Blaydes, Junior Dos Santos, Cain Velasquez, Stipe Miocic... the list goes on.
Majors' acting career suffered a serious blow in 2023 after he lost out on the role of titular villain 'Kang The Conqueror' in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise following an assault conviction and other abuse allegations.
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"All he did was protect himself," former UFC Champion Israel Adesanya said of Majors' controversy. "He should [play Kang] and he should also play Francis Ngannou in his biopic!"
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