When Tyson Fury walked out to face Francis Ngannou at “Battle of the Baddest” this previous October, nobody was happier about it than Saul Milton.
Milton is one half of the English digital music duo Chase & Standing and likewise an enormous MMA fan. So when Fury walked out to the Chase & Standing single Baddadan for his struggle with Ngannou, Milton obtained to see two of his passions collide on one of many greatest levels potential. Talking on The MMA Hour, Milton defined how that every one happened and what it was like to look at.
“On that monitor is one other nice artist known as Bou, a younger child from Manchester,” Milton stated.
“Bou known as us and stated, ‘Yo, pay attention, bruv, Tyson Fury may stroll out to Baddadan!’ I used to be like, what the hell are you speaking about? He goes, ‘Pay attention, we’ve obtained somebody there proper now. We’ve obtained the tune, we’re going to play it for the person, see what occurs.’ I stated, ‘Bruv, mad! Loopy, loopy.’ Then actually minutes later, I see a clip — and it wasn’t the walkout. It was the day earlier than after they had been doing the open exercises and it was enjoying on a loop. I used to be like, what the hell is occurring right here?
“One in every of his mates is down there and he gave somebody on Tyson’s crew the track. Then we obtained a message from one other well-known DJ within the U.Ok. known as Majestic. He was like, ‘Bruv, what do you say about Baddadan for Tyson?’ I’m going, ‘Oh, is it you?’ ‘Yeah, I’m Tyson’s DJ. I play all of his music.’ I’m going, ‘Wonderful! Thanks a lot, man!’ ‘No, I cherished it. It’s Battle of the Baddest, it makes a lot sense!’
“So I stated, ‘What do you say to enjoying it for his walkout?’ He stated, ‘Bruv, walkout was sorted ages in the past. He’s obtained a three-tiered [walkout song].’ ‘Ah, say no extra. All good.’ Then the identical day he stated, ‘Change of plans. Are you able to get me a dub of it?’ I used to be like, ‘No drawback.’ … It was wonderful.”
Chase & Standing are a extremely profitable group, with a number of albums topping the U.Ok. Dance charts, together with their multi-platinum report No Extra Idols. They’ve additionally been nominated for a variety of music awards, most not too long ago taking dwelling Producer of the Yr within the 2024 Brit Awards.
On high of his music acumen, Milton’s MMA fandom runs deep, stating that he has not missed an English UFC card in years. Furthermore, Chase & Standing present walkout songs for a variety of fighters, together with Brendan Loughnane and Veronica Hardy, amongst others. Provided that, his allegiance was slightly bit torn heading into the Fury-Ngannou matchup, however ultimately, issues couldn’t have labored out higher for Milton, as Fury gained the struggle however Ngannou exceeded expectations and even dropped Fury within the third spherical.
“Each elements of me had been happy,” Milton stated. “As a result of clearly the dialog away from the struggle is how nicely Francis did, shocked the world regardless when he floored Tyson. I feel truthfully, I feel when Tyson obtained that first clump from Francis he thought, ‘F*cking hell, I’ve not been hit like this shortly. Or possibly ever.’ The identical approach when Francis obtained clumped by Anthony right away, he was like, ‘Goodbye.’ He was gone. By no means felt that earlier than. I feel possibly Tyson wasn’t too aware about how laborious Francis really hits.
“So he carried out above and past expectations. In order that was nice for an MMA fan. After which the man who walked out to our monitor, who we’re additionally massive followers of for a few years as nicely, gained. So each my conflicting sides obtained my appeasement.”