Francis Ngannou's head coach Eric Nicksick speaks with MMA Fighting's Mike Heck to look back on a crazy 2022 for the #UFC heavyweight champion and the team, talks the latest on Ngannou's knee injury recovery and a potential fight with Jon Jones, Dan Ige and Puna Soriano fighting on back-to-back bouts at #UFCVegas67 and what that means to the longtime friends, breakout fighters from Xtreme Couture for 2023, Miesha Tate, Douglas Crosby, and more. *Note: Interview was done around an hour before the news that Sean Strickland was replacing Kelvin Gastelum to face Nassourdine Imavov in the main event of UFC Vegas 67. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4f1JueVgo5t9HSmobCRPug/join Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The MMA Hour on iTunes: http://Apple.co/themmahour Subscribe to The MMA Hour on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0NUQhyUeYQcbtHOV10qmbb Subscribe to MMA Fighting feed on iTunes: https://podcasts