The bright lights of the Las Vegas strip shimmered in the background as Francis Ngannou clicked on the video. Scenes of horror filled his screen; scores of young men, many of them motionless, lying on the bloodstained ground. In one shot, a man lay prone as a Moroccan security officer appeared to beat him with a stick.
The UFC world heavyweight champion instantly recognised the spot along the Spain-Morocco border where the video had been shot. “I couldn’t sleep for two days,” he said.
