Francis Ngannou’s fight with Junior Dos Santos at UFC 215 was called off due to potential USADA transgression by ‘Cigano’ Santos which prompted Ngannou to pitch for a title fight with Stipe Miocic.
Now, though he hasn’t got a title fight, he seems to have got the next best thing, a fight with Alistair Overeem at UFC 218 on Dec. 2 at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, which should be seen as a fight for the No.1 Heavy Weight contender spot.
Francis Ngannou has a very interesting life story which we’ve spoken about previously and he has had a fantastic run in the UFC so far and the fight with Overeem will be without a doubt his toughest challenge so far.
Let’s see if he’s upto the challenge.