UFC 220 fight card — Miocic vs. Ngannou: Predictions, odds, lines, prelims
Being big is applicable again in combating. Throughout the past year or so, both boxing and MMA have seen somewhat of a rebirth in the heavyweight divisions with Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder and Stipe Miocic rising through the ranks as the very best in the world. With top winners brings a few of the best competitors, and on Saturday night in Boston, Miocic is going to be the first to reply a truly hard test.
The current UFC heavyweight champion is set to carry on possibly the funniest puncher in MMA when he squares off from Francis Ngannou at the main event at TD Garden. Ngannou (11-1, 7 KOs) has won five of his fights since joining the company and all coming via KO/TKO with not one getting beyond the next round. His brutal knockout of high contender Alistair Overeem at UFC 218 might happen to be the most barbarous knockout of the year.
However, Miocic stays his calm and collected ahead of his challenge. Miocic (17-2, 13 KOs) can also be on a five-fight knockout streak and stays just one win short of becoming the longest reigning heavyweight champion in company history.
“I am so utilized to it by now,” Miocic said during his receptive work on Wednesday. “I love being the underdog because I shut everyone up. That’s what this sport’s all about — it’s like’The Jerry Springer Show’… I’m walking ‘and still.’ No one (else) is going to be champion till I leave.
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