Francis Ngannou was scolded by trainer Eric Nicksick after jumping on Tyson Fury while on the canvas.
Heavyweight champion Fury scored a controversial decision win over Ngannou in their cross-fight last month.
The Briton was expected to overcome Ngannou to set up an undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk, but the fight was the toughest in 10 years with Fury winning by just a single point.
Ngannou knocked Fury out in the third round with a left hook and jumped on it.
him before referee Michael Griffin ordered him to stand in the neutral corner.
“I was screaming at Francis because he was dancing on him, like, ‘Go!
We gotta count, man!
‘ He was in the corner and I looked at him and said, “Hey, he’s not a boogeyman, right, man?
” and he said, “No, he’s not.
” bugaboo.
” Nicksick trained Ngannou for the fight alongside boxing legend Mike Tyson and his other MMA coach, Dewey Cooper.
“I told [Ngannou], ‘We’re in this war.
‘ Let’s chase this guy and have some fun.
Dewey calls Fury a snake charmer and tells him that pretend play will seduce him with a snake, don’t believe in pretending.
Just turning them down and disrupting his rhythm, I think that’s what Francis did really well,” Nicksick added.
Fury and Ngannou respected each other throughout the week, but everything changed just before the fight started when Ngannou was insulted by his heavyweight opponent.
champion by vowing to take him to school.
Fury was forced to go back on his words minutes later and Ngannou explained why he danced with his opponent after belittling him: “When we touched gloves, he said: ‘Let me take you there.
school.
‘ I said, “You bastard, you didn’t take me to school.
» That’s why when I knocked him out, I jumped in front of him and said, “You’re a bad teacher, you bastard.
” How is this school?
Who takes who to school?
To me, it seems like I’m the one taking him to school.
This was the language I was expressing at the time.
“Who sends who to school,” Ngannou said on his YouTube channel.
The former UFC champion wants to face Fury in his next fight, but that seems unlikely as the Briton’s undisputed bout with Usyk is currently scheduled for February.
