Tag: Alistair Overeem vs. Francis Ngannou

Six Biggest Takeaways From UFC 218

Another UFC event is in the books, and boy did it deliver. Legends faltered, new legacies were cemented, and contenders emerged looking strong enough to dethrone their divisions’ champion. With standout performances by Eddie Alvarez, Francis Ngannou, and Max Holloway, Saturday night in the Motor City proved to be a rousing success for the UFC, […]

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Another UFC event is in the books, and boy did it deliver. Legends faltered, new legacies were cemented, and contenders emerged looking strong enough to dethrone their divisions’ champion.

With standout performances by Eddie Alvarez, Francis Ngannou, and Max Holloway, Saturday night in the Motor City proved to be a rousing success for the UFC, so let’s talk a look at what all went down:

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6. Henry Cejudo still isn’t ready for Demetrious Johnson

Cejudo got obliterated by the flyweight champ when he was given his title shot at 2016’s UFC 197, and initially showed big improvements in the performances thereafter.

But Saturday night didn’t help his case for a second crack at Demetrious Johnson. Cejudo’s wrestling was on point against Sergio Pettis, yet he didn’t do anything with his position and never threatened to finish the fight, in spite of controlling where the fight went and when.

And that wrestling that worked so flawlessly against Pettis still won’t be nearly as effective against “Mighty Mouse,” who was only taken down once by the Olympian and quickly got back to his feet before ending the fight with a series of knees to Cejudo’s breadbasket.

A submission game for the wrestler such as an arm-triangle choke could do wonders for Cejudo, who needs more options to finish fights before being a serious threat to Johnson.

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Francis Ngannou vs. Alistair Overeem Full Fight Video Highlights

Coming into the co-main event of last night’s (Sat., December 2, 2017) UFC 218 from the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, touted heavyweight hype train Francis Ngannou was pegged as the next big thing in an aging division when he met longtime top contender Alistair Overeem. And the fight did not fail to deliver on […]

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Coming into the co-main event of last night’s (Sat., December 2, 2017) UFC 218 from the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, touted heavyweight hype train Francis Ngannou was pegged as the next big thing in an aging division when he met longtime top contender Alistair Overeem.

And the fight did not fail to deliver on that promise in any way, shape, or form, as “The Predator” felled “The Demolition Man” with one of the scariest knockouts ever witnessed in the UFC Octagon that had Overeem out cold – and stiff – just a minute-and-a-half into the first frame.

It was a shocking changing of the guard, one that could result in the legitimate creation of a new star and future champion, something that the new UFC regime is badly in need of right now. Watch the thunderous knockout punch right here:

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UFC 218 Post-Fight Press Conference

While it wasn’t necessarily loaded with tons of pre-fight bad blood or hype (although it most likely should have been) tonight’s (Sat., December 2, 2017) UFC 218 in the rearview mirror from the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. In the main event, surging young featherweight champion Max Holloway took on decorated longtime former champion Jose […]

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While it wasn’t necessarily loaded with tons of pre-fight bad blood or hype (although it most likely should have been) tonight’s (Sat., December 2, 2017) UFC 218 in the rearview mirror from the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

In the main event, surging young featherweight champion Max Holloway took on decorated longtime former champion Jose Aldo in a rematch of their UFC 212 meeting which “Blessed” won by impressive third-round TKO. The surging Hawaiian champ repeated that feat by finishing the all-time great by TKO in the third round yet again.

The co-main event saw a passing of the guard at heavyweight when longtime top contender and former Strikeforce champion Alistair Overeem was knocked out stiff by hyped up-and-coming force of nature Francis Ngannou.

Finally, the main card saw another hyped rising contender in Justin Gaethje meet another former champion when he locked horns with Eddie Alvarez in a fight that was many fans and media members’ pick for a potential “Fight of the Year,” praise it did not fail to live up to when “The Underground King” stopped Gaethje in the third round of a war. There’s a lot to unpack and digest after a pay-per-view (PPV) event of such impact, so join us for the event’s post-fight press conference live after the main card right here:

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Francis Ngannou Sets New World Record For Punching Power

Heralded as perhaps the next big thing in mixed martial arts (MMA), No. 4-ranked UFC heavyweight Francis Ngannou will walk to the Octagon for by far his biggest-ever match when he meets No. 1 former title challenger Alistair Overeem in the co-main event of this weekend’s (Sat., December 2, 2017) UFC 218 from the Little Caesars […]

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Heralded as perhaps the next big thing in mixed martial arts (MMA), No. 4-ranked UFC heavyweight Francis Ngannou will walk to the Octagon for by far his biggest-ever match when he meets No. 1 former title challenger Alistair Overeem in the co-main event of this weekend’s (Sat., December 2, 2017) UFC 218 from the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

‘The Predator’ has made a meteoric rise to the brink of title contention by finishing all five of his UFC fights, his most recent a simple first-round of former champ Andrei Arlovski. Much of that success can be attributed to his otherworldly punching power, yet we didn’t know just how powerful the Cameroonian truly is.

The extent of that was recently chronicled at the UFC Performance Insitute in Las Vegas, where Ngannou posted to his Instagram (via MMA Mania) that he had set a new world record for punching power. Check it out here:

I currently hold the world records of punching power ? #thepredator

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