The UFC has not seen a scarier heavyweight than Francis Ngannou at a very long time. He takes on Stipe Miocic for the championship belt Saturday.
We’re only in the third week of January, however, the UFC might have trouble staging a much better card at the top in 2018 than UFC 220 on Saturday night in TD Garden in Boston. It is headlined with a heavyweight title bout between champion Stipe Miocic and terrifying Francis Ngannou. The five-fight main card is expected to start at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view. Following is a look at those spells and their MMA odds.
UFC 220 Miocic vs. Ngannou Odds
Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou
Records: Miocic (17-2), Ngannou (11-1)
Division: Heavyweight
UFC Odds: Ngannou -160, Miocic +130 Prediction: Ngannou by KO/TKO
The Miocic, 35, looks to create UFC history by producing a third consecutive successful defence of his heavyweight title — that’s never been done before. Miocic has won five fights in a row overall and took the belt out of Fabricio Werdum by first-round knockout (punches) in UFC 198 in May 2016. Miocic then overcome Alistair Overeem in September that year by first-round knockout (punches) and got revenge on former winner Junior dos Santos in May 2017 with a first-round TKO (punches). Dos Santos handed Miocic his final loss, back in December 2014. A total of 13 of Miocic’s 17 wins have come by KO/TKO.
Ngannou, a 31-year-old from Cameroon, will be the biggest name in the game aside from Conor McGregor, if McGregor ever struggles. “The Predator” only has devastating power — believe Mike Tyson in his prime. Ngannou has yet to observe the third round in some of his fights, and his previous four have ended by either KO/TKO or submission within two minutes of their first round. Ngannou destroyed Overeem in December using a punch, and during his six fights in the UFC Ngannou has landed 1.83 knockdowns per 15 minutes, the maximum rate among rated heavyweights. Miocic, a former NCAA wrestler, will need this fight on the mat. He had been past an underdog vs. Werdum.
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