Ngannou and Ferreira scuffle during a staredown

UFC champion Francis Ngannou and Renan Ferreira clashed during their face-off ahead of their MMA bout set for October 19.

After the weigh-in, the two fighters participated in a traditional staredown, which quickly escalated into a brief scuffle.

Reminder: Ngannou has had two professional boxing matches before announcing his return to MMA.

Initially, Francis lost a competitive bout to Tyson Fury and was later knocked out by Anthony Joshua. The referee stopped that fight in the second round after Ngannou went down following a punch from “AJ.”