UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou post-fight results and analysis

The theme of Saturday night’s title fights at UFC 220? To quote Daniel Cormier, there are levels to this game. Volkan Oezdemir found that out in the co-main event, then Francis Ngannou did the same in the main event. After a wild opening round which saw Ngannou land some brutal (but often sloppy) power shots on the reigning heavyweight champion, Stipe Miocic just completely dominated his foe to win a very one-sided decision. If you bet on this fight going the distance, well done. There were plenty of unanswered questions concerning Ngannou, and it’s fair to say almost all of them were answered negatively, particularly his cardio and his ability to lead striking exchanges instead of working off the counter. Maybe the best thing I can think of is he has a phenomenal chin, and he somehow made it to the final round, although Miocic didn’t land enough damaging shots on the ground for Ngannou to be in serious danger of being stopped.

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