Overview
- Ngannou, in a new interview with Daniel Cormier ahead of his May 16 co-main event vs. Philipe Lins at the Intuit Dome, spoke at length about losing his 15-month-old son, Kobe.
- He says Kobe died in April 2024 from a brain malformation that doctors in Cameroon and Saudi Arabia missed after skipping CT and MRI scans, a claim reported from his own account.
- He described lingering trauma and a constant fear of sudden loss, recalling a scare when his young daughter coughed and briefly stopped reacting in the car.
- He said the grief left him feeling powerless and ready to quit, then he chose to keep fighting in Kobe’s memory, having already dedicated his October 2024 PFL title win to his son.
- The Lins bout streams on Netflix in a card run by Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions, marking Netflix’s first live MMA broadcast and placing Ngannou’s return before a global audience.