Francis Ngannou vs Stipe Miocic to headline UFC 260 on March 27

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UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and former title challenger Francis Ngannou will compete in a rematch at UFC 260, which is scheduled for March 27.

The Location of the event is TBA. The news was first announced by Ariel Helwani of ESPN and according to him the fight has been verbally agreed, but the fighters haven’t signed the contracts yet.

Apart from the heavyweight championship, the UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovksi will defend his title against Brian Ortega in the co-main event.

Here’s the tweet from Ariel Helwani.

Per sources, the current plan for March’s second UFC PPV, on March 27, is for it to feature: Stipe Miocic x Francis Ngannou for the heavyweight title & Alexander Volkanovski x Brian Ortega for the 145 title. However, neither fight is finalized just yet or officially agreed.” Ariel Helwani tweeted.

Francis Ngannou vs Stipe Miocic 2 !!

The heavyweight title fight is the rematch of their first fight. Francis Ngannou and Stipe Miocic fought at UFC 220 in January of 2018. In that fight, Stipe Miocic was able to comfortably outbox and defeated Ngannou.

Stipe Miocic is coming off of a trilogy fight against Daniel Cormier. The pair fought for the first time at UFC 226, where Daniel Cormier was able to knockout Miocic in the first round. The rematch took place a year later at UFC 241 and this time, Miocic retained his heavyweight crown by knocking out Daniel Cormier in the fourth round by a barrage of body shots.

The third fight took place last August at UFC 252 in Las Vegas. This time around, Stipe Miocic managed to take the fight on judges’ scorecards.

On the other hand, Francis Ngannou is coming off of four first-round finishes. His last fight took place against Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 249 last May. In that fight, Ngannou knocked him out in just 20 seconds. Prior to that, he took on former heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos and knocked him out in the first round.

This will be UFC’s second PPV for the month of March. The first PPV is being planned for March 6 which will be headlined by a light heavyweight fight between Jan Blachowicz and current middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. The Kiwi will be attempting to become a two-weight world champion by taking on the newly crowned champion from Poland.

What do you guys think about the heavyweight rematch between Francis Ngannou and Stipe Miocic? Who do you guys think will win this fight? Let us know in the comments section below.

 

 

 

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