UFC-welterviktaren Michel Pereira har berättat om en hotellkonfrontation med tungviktsmästaren Francis Ngannou (17-3) förra helgen där Pereira säger att det var tur att han var oförmögen att kunna eskalera situationen.
Michel Pereira hamnade i konfrontation med Francis Ngannou förra helgen
Pereira besegrade under den föregående helgen Santiago Ponzinibbio i den delade huvudmatchen i Las Vegas där Pereira vann via delat domslut.
Efter segern firade Pereira och hans entourage på hotellet där de blev konfronterade av Ngannou.
Pereira berättade för Canal Encarada vad som hände på hotellet efter segern vid UFC Vegas 55:
We celebrated my victory at the hotel, had fun. And we are such guys – we move only with music, we constantly light up, even when we cut weight. I always rock, and my guys are the same.
Constantly moving noisily, having parties. Guerra was drinking there non-stop, everyone was joking, bantering. And our room was next door to Ngannou. And since the room was small, and there were a lot of people, someone suggested, ‘Let’s sit in the hallway?’ And we sat down in the corridor, and immediately came out to us – who would you think? Ngannou. The guys look at each other like that, ‘Wow, Ngannou is coming.
Brassen berättade vad Ngannou sade till hans fylledruckna vänskapsgäng:
He comes up and says, ‘Hey, do you think it’s real to fall asleep when there’s such a noise? How do I sleep, huh?’ Honestly, at that moment I felt uncomfortable. It was after a hard fight, my nose was broken, my legs were beaten off.
If Ngannou started a fight, what would I do to him? The team is already all drunk, they wouldn’t have helped me in any way.
Tur att Pereira var för sliten för att eskalera konfrontationen
Pereira erkände att han blev arg av sättet som Ngannou tilltalade sällskapet. Brassen säger även att det var tur att han var så pass mörbultad efter segern att han inte kunde eskalera situationen:
Honestly, Ngannou made me angry. Why couldn’t he address us politely? He was lucky that I was all beaten up and couldn’t do anything, especially for a guy of this size. I don’t even want to think about it. I know he’s a modest, nice guy, but why couldn’t he tell us politely, ‘Hey, guys, could you …’ I didn’t like the way he spoke to us. You need to be polite to people.”
If he had addressed us politely, we would have retained respect for him forever. And so – we just fell silent. ‘What the f**k?! Do you think you can fall asleep with such noise?’ Bro, we were just drinking … You have to be polite to people. I could have answered him too, ‘Bro, go f**k. Who are you anyway?
