MMA star takes down Man Utd goalkeeper Andre Onana with wild wrestling move

Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana and erstwhile UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou were seen playfully scrapping astatine Old Trafford.

Ngannou, a immense United fan, visited Old Trafford connected Thursday nighttime for Ruben Amorim’s archetypal location crippled successful complaint against Norwegian broadside Bodo/Glimt successful the Europa League.

The 38-year-old, who came wrong a whisker of beating Tyson Fury connected his boxing debut past twelvemonth earlier returning to the MMA cage successful October, is simply a adjacent person of his chap Cameroonian Onana.

Ngannou joined the United goalkeeper and his woman connected the Old Trafford transportation aft the game, posing for photos connected a chilly nighttime successful Manchester.

In 1 clip circulating connected societal media, the 2 are seen playfully squaring up to spar earlier the erstwhile satellite champion goes successful for the takedown. With the goalkeeper pinned, Ngannou pretends to onshore elbows connected his prone hostile earlier rolling away. The 2 get backmost to their feet laughing earlier sharing a hug.

Last month, footage emerged of Conor McGregor interacting with Arsenal stars Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka connected the Emirates transportation aft a Champions League game.

The erstwhile UFC champion was seen aiming playful limb kicks and attempting a takedown connected the latter with Arsenal aboriginal investigating the incident.

Onana made an important prevention successful the dying minutes of Thursday’s game, keeping retired a escaped footwear that would person seen Bodo/Glimt snatch a melodramatic equaliser.

The erstwhile Inter Milan changeable stopper was fantastic signifier successful Amorim’s archetypal crippled successful complaint past Sunday against Ipswich Town. He made a fig of captious stops – including 1 prevention of the play contender to contradict Liam Delap – to assistance forestall the caller manager suffering a nightmare debut.

Ngannou meantime precocious returned to the cage for the archetypal clip since January 2022. Now warring for the PFL [Professional Fighters League], the erstwhile UFC prima secured a archetypal circular knockout triumph implicit Renan Ferreira.

In October past year, helium made the determination to boxing, warring then-world champion Fury, knocking ‘The Gypsy King’ down successful the 3rd circular successful a infinitesimal that stunned the sport. Fury went onto unafraid a precise arguable triumph connected the judges’ scorecards.

Ngannou returned to the boxing ringing six months aboriginal to combat Anthony Joshua. This time, helium was taken isolated by the erstwhile satellite champion, knocked retired successful the 2nd round.