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Report: Francis Ngannou Meets Alistair Overeem At UFC 218

Francis Ngannou’s Octagon return is on the horizon, and it’s against the stiffest competition he’s ever seen. The Frenchman stands at six-foot-four and has a ridiculous reach of 83.5 inches. Ngannou has only lost once in his mixed martial arts career, dropping a unanimous decision loss in his second-ever fight. Each and every one of […]

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Francis Ngannou’s Octagon return is on the horizon, and it’s against the stiffest competition he’s ever seen.

The Frenchman stands at six-foot-four and has a ridiculous reach of 83.5 inches. Ngannou has only lost once in his mixed martial arts career, dropping a unanimous decision loss in his second-ever fight. Each and every one of his victories have come in either the first or second round via finish. Of his 10 career victories, Ngannou has won six by knockout and four by submission. His last Octagon appearance saw him take home a first round knockout win over ex-UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski.

Ngannou has been viewed as one of the most promising heavyweight prospects today, and according to a report from ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, he’ll be taking on former K-1 champ Alistair Overeem at UFC 218 from Detroit, Michigan:

Overeem has had a great run in his MMA career as of late, previously racking up a four-fight win streak over the likes of Stefan Struve, Roy Nelson, Junior dos Santos, and Andrei Arlovski. That earned “The Reem” a shot at Stipe Miocic’s heavyweight title. Unfortunately for the Dutchman, Overeem suffered a first round knockout loss to Miocic and was forced to go back to the drawing board. He has since racked up back-to-back wins over Mark Hunt and former UFC heavyweight king Fabricio Werdum.

A win over Ngannou, who looks to be the most promising heavyweight prospect MMA has seen in years, would definitely propel him back into the title conversation. UFC 218 will go down live on pay-per-view (PPV) from the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan on Saturday December 2, 2017.

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NY Politcians Compare MMA To Gay Porn & Slavery

Following the ousting of disgraced former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for accepting illegitimate funds, it was largely believed to be a formality that mixed martial arts (MMA) would finally be legalized in the Empire State, the only one still left in the United States that to not allow pro MMA bouts. However, the UFC

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Following the ousting of disgraced former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for accepting illegitimate funds, it was largely believed to be a formality that mixed martial arts (MMA) would finally be legalized in the Empire State, the only one still left in the United States that to not allow pro MMA bouts.

However, the UFC had met significant resistance nonetheless, and that was mainly in the form of the issue actually being brought up to vote. It is believed that it will be brought to a vote — where it’s expected to be overwhelmingly approved — but that didn’t stop some of the NY Assembly members from taking some absolutely ridiculous stances on the sport today.

That was never more evident than when former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman, who has been heavily instrumental into MMA’s legalization efforts in his home state, posted a deserved response to a previous tweet by NewsDay Sports’s Mark La Monica describing the scene where Assembly member Daniel O’Donnell called MMA “gay porn with a different ending”:


Quite the extreme comparison to be certain, but it didn’t stop there.

Read on to the following page to see more ridiculous ramblings about MMA…

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