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A Franco-Cameroonian fighter scored an impressive victory at the UFC 260 tournament in Las Vegas (USA) on Sunday morning in Lithuanian time. Francisas Ngannou (16-3 MMA, 11-2 UFC), who knocked out the former champion in the second round just 52 seconds later Stipe Miočičius (20-4 MMA, 14-4 CFU) and retaliated against him for the defeat suffered three years ago by decision of the judges.
S.Miočičius and F. Ngannou first fought in 2018 in January, when S. Miočičius forced F. Ngannou to lose in the UFC 220 tournament by unanimous decision of the judges 50-44. At the time, F. Ngannou could not stop S. Miočičius’ conversions, but the African who paid close attention to them did not make the same mistake.
At the beginning of the first round, the fighters kept their distance and were very patient. Finally, F.Ngannou began to attack and S.Miočičius absorbed the blow from more than one opponent. Outside the cage, the former S.Miočičius eventually flipped over and absorbed several strong blows from F. Ngannou, but in the end he managed to get to his feet and somewhat quell F. Ngannou’s passions and attack.
S.Miočičius’s corner before the second round said he should attack more.
🔊 Miocic corner gets down to business after a great scoop for the challenger. # UFC260 pic.twitter.com/yM3cZ98ghc
– UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) March 28, 2021
In his corner, after listening to the advice of UFC middleweight champion Kamaru Usman, F. Ngannou made a combination early in the second round, after which S. Miočičius fell and although the champion still stood still, F. Ngannou fired another series of shots at that moment. And when S.Miočičius stepped forward and still tried to hit, F. Ngannou perfectly counterattacked and “put out” S.Miočičius. While Judge Herb Dean was in a hurry to end the fight and arrest F. Ngannou, the latter managed to land a blow at S. Miočičius, who was lying on the ground and unresponsive.
Africa has its first heavyweight champion!
🇨🇲 @Francis_gannou He is the king of heavyweights. # UFC260 pic.twitter.com/Db83Z4lIjp
– UFC (@ufc) March 28, 2021
In the history of the UFC heavyweight division, only Derrick Lewis (12) has won more victories by knockout than F. Ngannou, Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez, who have recorded 10 victories by knockout.
“I don’t know if I can find a word to express my feelings, but I feel really amazing,” Ngannou said with a smile on his face. “Even though I won the fights, I always had something in me that I wouldn’t let go of. It was like a promise I made to myself in my youth: to show skeptical people and those who thought I was unworthy of them that it was not my fault. If I ever had the chance, I would do it perfectly and even better, so I’m here. “
F.Ngannou also spoke about the last moments when S.Miočičius was still trying to attack.
“He hit me with that blow, but I pulled away to reload,” Ngannou explained. “He was wrong to follow me, because then I caught him. We work a lot. Both me and the whole team. “
Ngannou said he is now ready to fight former lightweight champion John Jones, whom the new champion considers the best fighter in history.
“Jones is the greatest mixed martial arts fighter of all time. He raises the weight forward and that is good. It will be a challenge that I will take and write in my log book. This will be a very good thing on my resume. This time it will be. candidate for the title, because I am champion. I am ready in the near future. As soon as they are ready, I will be like this, “said Ngannou.
S.Miočičius won the 2016 UFC heavyweight champion title in May, when he knocked out Fabricio Werdum. Later he defended the championship belt against Alistair Overeem, Junior dos Santos and F. Ngannou, and although in 2018, in July he lost to Daniel Cormier and lost his title for a short time, but returned in 2019. D. Cormier responded with a technical knockout. , and in 2020. defeated him again in August. Now this is the second time S.Miočičius has lost the UFC heavyweight title.
Ngannou extended his series of victories to five, during which he defeated fighters such as Curtis Blaydes, former champion Cain Velasquez, Junior Dos Santos, Jairinho Rozenstruik and now S. Miočičius. The first four victories of this series were obtained in an average of 40 seconds.
The best fight of the UFC 260 tournament was recognized with 50 thousand. Bonuses in USD received Tyronas woodley and Vicente’as Luque, while F. Ngannou and Sean O’Malley received the same award for the best performances of the night.
All UFC 260 tournament results:
Francis Ngannou defeated Stipe by beating the mosquitoes – Round 2, 0:52
Vicente Luque defeats Tyrone in the painful action of Woodley (D’Arce Choke) – Round 1, 3:56
Sean O’Malley defeated Thomas Almeida with a knockout – Round 3, 3:52
Miranda Maverick defeated Gillian Robertson by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Jamie Mullarkey defeated Kham Worthy in a knockout – Round 1, 0:46
Alonzo Menifield beats Fabio Cherant in a Von Flue choke – Round 1, 1:11
Abubakar Nurmagomedov defeated Jared Gooden by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Michal Oleksiejczuk defeated Modestas Bukauskas by a different decision of the judges (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Omar Morales defeated Shane Young by unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Brands-Andre Barriault defeated Abu Azaitar with a TKO – Round 3, 4:56
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