I Hit Harder Than Francis Ngannou - Here's The Science

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]This is the thing that people don't understand though, is it it's the same machine. I think everybody thought it was like one of those punching bags that are down at the the boardwalk.

[00:00:08]>> Right. Right.

[00:00:08]>> And uh you know, it it's aggravating because I pride myself in my power. I I I want to hurt you, you know what I mean? Like that's my intention. I'm trying to I mean, we all throw with power, right? But >> I feel like I have a little different intention sometimes. So, you know, I've always prided myself in hitting hard.

[00:00:24]I've always felt like I hit harder than everybody. Um now, sure, I'm sure Francis's punch feels different than mine, but I got speed, I got power, and I walk at like 220 when I'm out of camp.

[00:00:35]So, I'm not a small guy, you know what I mean? I'm 6'2" 220 when I'm hitting that. And even then, I probably there I was probably light because I was injured. So, I was probably about 212 214 when I hit that.

[00:00:47]And just to put it up, I'm going to post it whenever uh I get back home, and uh I'm going to post a video, and I'm going to post the picture also of me hitting higher than that at 181. I only have the picture, but Who goes Brandon Allen's coach was there. I think someone has kicked it up to like 187. I think that's the newest high kick, which is crazy. Kick, yeah.

[00:01:10]Yeah, that your your punch is that close to a kick. That's pretty nuts. Now, I get it.

[00:01:16]It's a standstill object, right? I can smash that thing. I'm a man But I've been uh Here's Aljo and Wonderboy kicking it.

[00:01:27]There's someone just did 189. I don't know who that is.

[00:01:30]Lorenz Larkin. That's Lorenz Larkin.

[00:01:32]Yeah, I think he's got the record now.

[00:01:34]Lorenz, who used to fight in the UFC, now I guess he's with the PFL now, right? Because >> he was Bellator. Oh, yeah, they merged.

[00:01:41]>> is the PFL now.

[00:01:42]Yeah, but Lorenz got 189. Oh, Jesus, he got 235? Lorenz can [ __ ] kick hard.

[00:01:49]That's a super underrated dude. I always go to his fight with Neil Magny.

[00:01:55]Go watch that fight. Jesus. I would love to see Diego Lima strike. Oh, yeah. He's another one. Yeah. Yeah. Jose. There's probably a quite a few guys that can kick like that, but Lorenz, like if you watch him, the technique is just perfect. He's perfect the way he switches his hips, the way he turns his body into it is just maximizing it.

[00:02:15]Yeah, I mean, it's really I mean, some people it's weird, you know, for me because a lot of people think I have natural power and I get annoyed with it because I've I've never had anything natural in my life. You know, everything was difficult. Learning it, learning jiu-jitsu, learning how to box, you know, everything was hard for me to learn. So, I have a bitter chip on my shoulder when people are like trying to discredit it with natural power. But, there is there is a thing though where there's a there's like you could unlock horsepower in a human being, but you only have so much when it comes to power. There's certain people and I think you've all we've all seen them.

[00:02:51]They just don't hit hard. Yeah. For whatever reason. And they look big. They can look strong. And then there's certain guys that for whatever reason, they [ __ ] hit crazy hard and they're not that big. And a lot of it is efficiency and fluidity and the technique and the leverage and that's all learned, right? But, there's like a certain thing to like bone structure and it just natural power.

[00:03:17]>> My bones got to be trash, Joe, cuz I've >> [laughter] >> [ __ ] having two surgeries and I just think it's the amount of power that you generate. I mean, that's probably a lot of it, too.

[00:03:26]>> It's probably a corny thing to say, but I was told that I almost generate too much force for my bone density to handle.

[00:03:33]Um, I don't know how true that is. I don't know if they were just kind of stroking my ego.