Xtreme Couture coach Eric Nicksick wants to see Francis Ngannou and Dana White mending fences at some point in the future.
As we know, Francis Ngannou and Dana White aren’t exactly best friends – far from it, in fact. The two have had many disputes over the years and lately Dana has even suggested that there was a physical confrontation between them.
While it’s unlikely, many fans want to see Francis Ngannou return to the UFC at some point in the future before he hangs up his gloves once and for all. But for that to happen, he would probably have to come to some sort of mutual understanding with Dana White, and we all know that Dana is someone who tends to hold grudges.
In a recent interview, Eric Nicksick, one of Francis Ngannou’s coaches, gave his thoughts on their relationship.
Francis Ngannou’s coach on the Dana White feud
“I think my relationship with certain individuals is different than my relationship with other people,” Nicksick told MMA Fighting. “I know what Francis has to offer me and my family, and the way he treats me, and that’s the way I judge him based on his character. The same goes for Dana. Dana has been nothing but kind and wonderful to me.”
“I wish these two could mend those fences sometime in the future, just on a personal level. I’d rather have friends than enemies, and ultimately I hope these guys can reconcile and put aside their differences.
“But when I look at it too, it’s almost like, just let him keep living his life. We don’t have to keep talking about this nonsense. This, whatever happened, was probably almost seven, eight years ago. Why do we bring up old stuff like that, you know? And I think, in a lot of ways, it’s just, I don’t know. This is my personal opinion: Deep down, I feel like Dana does like Francis, and I think he does miss the fact that they want him on that roster have because of the heavyweight division’s position in its landscape.
“Hopefully at some point those two can sit down man to man and just let all this shit go. Why do you want to carry that energy with you, you know what I mean?”
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