It’s been four years since the passing of Kobe Bryant and it still doesn’t feel real. The news of the tragic passing of the basketball legend still does not sit will with fans and NBA players alike. And every old video of ‘Mamba’ that resurfaces is a testament to how great he is.
The UFC recently released a supercut from the UFC 217 fight week embedded series. In one clip, Kobe Bryant can be seen talking to Francis Ngannou. And that seems to have hit fans hard, right in the feels.
This fan pointed out how Francis Ngannou even named his son after Kobe Bryant after interacting with the basketball player, Yet another fan spoke about how both Kobe Bryant and Ngannou’s son lost their lives, This fan could not control his emotions after watching ‘Mamba’ interact with the UFC fighters, One fan watched the video after watching Ngannou on Joe Rogan’s podcast where he got very emotional, According to this fan, Bryant’s legacy will always live on no matter what, making him immortal, This fan paid his respects to the all-time Basketball great by saying, And if you were wondering if Ngannou actually named him son Kobe following his interaction with the late LA Laker, the former UFC heavyweight champion recently revealed the truth behind the story. Ngannou’s kinship with the Mamba Ngannou appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast recently a few months after the passing of his 15-month-son. As he reminisced about his son and talked candidly about how painful it is lose a child for any parent, the former UFC champion also revealed why he named his boy after the NBA legend.
During the interview, he spoke about the 30 minute conversation he had with the Laker star and how much it meant to him. Despite not being able to converse well in English at the time Ngannou and Bryant spent a good half an hour chatting. The NBA legend was curious about Ngannou’s home country, his origins and what madness drove him to cross the border and risk everything to have a chance at being a champion fighter.
‘Mamba’ was so impressed by his story that he even pointed it out to Dana White when he walked into the room. That was the day Ngannou decided he would name his son Kobe..
