Soccer fans go bonkers as Ex-UFC heavyweight championship Francis Ngannou labels Cristiano Ronaldo as GOAT during face off in Saudi Arabia

Francis Ngannou was seen with one of the most famous soccer players in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo’s supporters went crazy after Francis Ngannou, former heavyweight champion of the UFC posted a tweet in which he referred to CR7 as “the Goat”.

Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, widely considered the most dangerous fighter in UFC history, recently met current Saudi Pro League heavyweight Ronaldo in Riyadh. Meanwhile, Francis has shown an interest in giving boxing a try, and there are a number of good boxing facilities in Riyadh; this likely explains how they actually crossed paths. 

How did fans react to the meeting of two sporting heavyweights?

Football fans in general and supporters of Ronaldo, in particular, went berserk after Francis Ngannou tweeted multiple images of the two of them together, and the tweet has so far received 236K likes and 20K retweets. The following are a few of the positive and upbeat responses that the post received from Francis’ followers:

How can you not love this ? A happy NGANNOU is a very dangerous NGANNOU. 2 of my favorite sports person !

— Emperor Kaash 🇳🇬🇬🇭 (@EmperorKaash) January 21, 2023

Beautiful.. your stories are an inspiration..

— Claver Boniface (@ClaverBoniface) January 21, 2023

The two best strikers 🔥🐐

— HUGOJERO (@hugo_jero) January 21, 2023

Goat in their own sport 👏🏻

— 💀 (@alvin_aliev) January 21, 2023

I’d love to see Ronaldo in the Octagon.

— chiisus (@LoganChittick) January 21, 2023

The two most dangerous strikers in the world 🌎

— 🪙 🇺🇸𓅓 🈴🈵🅰️🅱️🆎🆑🅾️🆘‼️⁉️ (@firck8) January 21, 2023

The goat 🐐 with the goat 🐐

— NDIAYEDOLLAR$🪫🇸🇳 (@ousmane791) January 21, 2023

You are closer to being the MMA GOAT than Ronaldo being the football GOAT

— lmgo99 (@lmgo99) January 21, 2023

You 2 are both genuinely happy and that is what matter most in life. Very good❤️❤️👏👏

— MEDIA INFORMERS (@HEARTOFGOLD2) January 21, 2023

What a great picture it is. Great people in a pic.

— Mulema ❤️ (@IyaGisele) January 21, 2023

What do you think, was it just pictures from a brief encounter between the two legendary sports personalities, or are they planning something big?