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The UFC has something called the BMF (Baddest Mother F***er) title. It is somewhat meaningless and is used by the UFC to add some hype to a non-title bout. However, Francis Ngannou will take on Tyson Fury in a crossover super-fight on October 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in a fight to determine who the ‘Baddest Man on the Planet” is.

And while it is a boxing match, which undoubtedly favors Fury a lot, Ngannou taking on the lineal heavyweight boxing champion has more of a claim at determining the ‘Baddest’ man. And there might be a very special person in attendance: soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, who also recently gave his friend Ngannou a very expensive gift.

Cristiano Ronaldo gifts Francis Ngannou six-figure limited edition watch

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Ngannou shared a video on his official Instagram account recently. In it, he could be seen visiting a Jacob and Co. outlet, who are luxury watchmakers, to pick up a gift from soccer superstar and Al-Nassr forward Cristiano Ronaldo. Ngannou and Ronaldo had met earlier this year and became really friendly. The soccer star is a fan of boxing and the UFC, and there is a chance he might attend the Ngannou-Fury fight.

The gift turned out to be a limited-edition ‘Heart of Ronaldo timepiece’ collection watch, which cost a whopping $110,000. He also met the co-owner of the privately owned company, Jacob Arabo. The watch was presented to him in a customized CR7 box, and he posed with the timepiece. He thanked Cristiano Ronaldo for the watch in a caption with the video.

“Got to pick up my new watch ahead of fight week here in Riyadh. Thank you @jacobandco Riyadh & my brother @cristiano! FuryNgannou,” he wrote. And fans, of course, could not contain their excitement.

Fans react to Ronaldo’s gift to ‘The Predator’

Fans took to the comments section of Ngannou’s video and let him know their thoughts. Here is a sample of their comments.

One fan felt Dana White would be upset seeing Ngannou succeed:

“Dana crying Francis making it super big”

Another pleaded for him to beat Fury as he had a significant financial stake in the matter:

“Please win against fury please ,my whole stake is on you”

Another asked him not to let CR7 down in the bout:

“Don’t let @cristiano down”

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One fan said that since Ngannou was Ronaldo’s friend, he was a fan of him:

“When you like Cr7 automatically, I’m a fan of you too, I hope you also make history this 28”

Another felt Ronaldo and Ngannou recognized each other’s greatness:

“Game recognize Game @cristiano @jacobandco”

One user thanked Ronaldo for the gift to ‘The Predator’:

“Merci cr7”

Another wished him luck for the Fury fight:

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“Good Luck My Friend And Get That Fury…”

Another was clearly a big Ronaldo fan and called the Portuguese ‘The Baddest Man’, the title Ngannou and Fury will fight on the 28th for:

“Siuuuuuu CR7 the Goat and the baddest man of the planet”

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Clearly, fans are excited for Ngannou to take on Fury in just four days. Most have written off the Cameroonian due to the training videos and open workouts he put on. But it is true that in the heavyweight division, all it takes is one punch to end the fight. However, Fury is a historically great fighter, and the chances of a Ngannou victory, based on the evidence thus far, are very slim.

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