Lovemore Ndou, the former three times and two
division world boxing champion makes his MMA debut on December 1st at the Newcastle Panthers Club. When asked what style he will be bringing into
the cage he simply answered ‘Gangnam Style’.
“Look, I’m still a novice in MMA. I’m still
to create a style so for the time being I will stick to ‘Gangnam Style’.
Ndou who is trained by the well-renowned
martial arts whiz, Igor Brackenback, at Bondi Junction says he is excited but
nervous at the same time about his MMA debut against Aswin Cabuy.
“I’m glad though that I’m nervous. It means
I’m not underestimating my opponent. I’m getting the same feeling I had about 28 years ago when I made
my boxing debut. I was so nervous but I went out there and knocked my opponent
out so quick. So don’t be surprised if I go out there and break my opponent’s
arm within a few seconds in that cage. I’m still learning and improving my
grappling skills but do not underestimate me. I can be a snake in the grass
when it comes to fighting.”
The boxing lawyer with a renowned eye for
pretty girls is the first one to admit that his wrestling skills still need a
lot of work.
“Yes I haven’t done much wrestling so far
but I’m working on it. The most wrestling I have done so far was probably in my
bedroom with some of the most beautiful women in the world,” he says with a
cheeky smile.
According to one of his close friends, JC, who
has travelled around the world with the boxer who is well-known for his amazing
fitness and a body like a Greek god, he once missed a training session while
preparing for one of his fights in America.
“When we didn’t hear from him by 3pm we
started getting worried. The phone in his room wasn’t working and so was his
mobile phone. It was unlike him to miss a training session. He is in fact known
for waking up his sparring partners at odd hours like 2am to go train or run.
We then decided to go knock on his door. Just as we were about to knock on the
door it opened and we couldn’t believe what we saw. A well known Victoria
Secret model walked out of the room and past us. The room looked like twenty
sumo wrestlers had just had a contest in there. The rest is history.”
When quizzed about this rumour Ndou, the
self-proclaimed future South African President, who seems to have graduated from
the “Bill Clinton” University of Lewinsky answered with a polite;
“I
did not have any wrestling relations with that woman but I will happily wrestle
Ronda Rousey.”
Ndou is a big fan of Ronda Rousey, the
first woman signed to the UFC.
“I like her fighting style and I like her
approach to fights. She doesn’t believe in abstaining from sex before a fight.
In fact she says she wants plenty of it before a fight. Now that’s a woman I
would marry”, Ndou said. When asked if he would take her on in a cage fight the
former world boxing champion said he would pay to get his arm broken by her as
long as she doesn’t break the wrong leg.
“I will happily let her break my arm as
long as I get to smell her perfume. I have sparred some of the prettiest female
fighters from the boxing ring into my bedroom ring. I will happily wrestle her
from the MMA cage to my bedroom cage”, he said with a smile in his face.
“But seriously speaking I think she is a
great fighter. I enjoy watching her fights. They should call her the ‘arm
breaker’ because she is so good at it”, said Ndou.
Ndou is again donating his entire purse from
his MMA debut to a kids’ charity. “I will continue to fight the good fight.
Fight for our youth. I have said it before and I will say it again, every child
deserves a better start in life and I will continue to fight for these kids”.
The former world boxing champion will walk
into that cage in his debut with the Bible Verse 1Peter 3:13-14 printed on his MMA
trunks. The verse reads ‘Who is going to harm you if you are eager to
do good? But even if you should suffer for what’s right you are blessed. “Do
not fear what they fear; do not be frightened.”