Ngannou vs Dos Santos UFC Fight Night
Francis Ngannou calls for title shot after knocking out Junior Dos Santos in 71 seconds.
There has never been a puncher quite like Francis Ngannou in the history of mixed martial arts. He doesn’t not have to connect clearly, and put his entire body behind a punch, to knock someone out.
Trainers talk about fighters being in balance and having great timing and accuracy, but Ngannou doesn’t need those traits to knock an opponent out.
He just needs to connect to the head and the end is coming quickly.
He proved that yet again by crushing former heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos, stopping him in 71 seconds Saturday at the Target Center in Minneapolis in what was touted as a matchup of the UFC’s best heavyweight boxers.
It was, though, no contest. Dos Santos overcommitted and attempted to move away from Ngannou to reset. But though it’s a normal move that happens frequently in a fight, it’s a dangerous error against Ngannou.
Ngannou threw a right hand from behind Dos Santos that landed on the chin. He fired a couple of other shots that felled the ex-champion and sent him to the canvas on all fours.
A quick and powerful athlete at 6-foot-4 and more than 250 pounds, Ngannou did what he needed to do to earn a shot at the heavyweight title.
Champion Daniel Cormier will defend the belt on Aug. 17 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, at UFC 241 against former champion Stipe Miocic. Miocic defeated Ngannou by a wide unanimous decision at UFC 220 in Boston last year to retain the championship.
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