Francis Ngannou at a long time has seen a more scary heavyweight than the UFC. He chooses in Boston on Stipe Miocic for the championship belt Saturday.
We are only in the third week of January, but the UFC might have trouble staging a better card at the top at 2018 compared to UFC 220 on Saturday night from TD Garden at Boston. It’s headlined by a heavyweight title bout between champion Stipe Miocic and terrifying Francis Ngannou. The five-fight principal card is predicted to begin at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view. Here’s a peek at their MMA chances and those bouts.
UFC 220 Miocic vs. Ngannou Odds
Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou
Records: Miocic (17-2), Ngannou (11-1)
Division: Heavyweight
UFC Odds: Miocic +130, Ngannou -160 Prediction: Ngannou by KO/TKO
The American Miocic, 35, looks to create UFC history here by making a third consecutive powerful defence of his heavyweight title — that’s never been done before. Miocic has won five fights in a row overall and took the belt from Fabricio Werdum by first-round knockout (punches) at UFC 198 in May 2016. Miocic then beat Alistair Overeem in September that year-old knockout (punches) and got revenge on former champion Junior dos Santos in May 2017 with a first-round TKO (punches). Dos Santos handed Miocic his final lossback in December 2014. A total of 13 of the 17 wins of Miocic have come by KO/TKO.
Ngannou, a 31-year-old from Cameroon, could soon be the biggest name in the sport aside from Conor McGregor, if McGregor ever struggles. “The Predator” simply has catastrophic power — think Mike Tyson in his prime. Ngannou has yet to see that the third round in some of his struggles, along with his previous four have all ended by KO/TKO or submission in just two minutes of the first round. Ngannou destroyed Overeem in December with a punch, and throughout his six fights in the UFC Ngannou has gained 1.83 knockdowns per 15 minutes, the highest rate among rated heavyweights. Miocic, a former NCAA wrestler, will need this battle on the mat. He had been last an underdog vs. Werdum.

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