'The Predator' is one of the most devastating knockout artists who has ever put on a pair of four-come gloves.
The power in the hands of Francis Ngannou, even if his UFC Pi record was defeated, made him a superstar.
Ngannou is now in the PFL and it doesn't look like he will leave soon, but the Cameroonian giant made his name in the Octagon.
Long before Ngannou became an important player in the heavyweight division of Boxing after his close fight with Tyson Fury, his only goal was the UFC title that avoided him the first time.
The unique athlete then went a path of destruction by the division to find himself in a title fight where he still delivered a pathogenic finish.
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Francis Ngannou bounced Stipe Miocic's head of the canvas in heavyweight title profit
Before Jon Jones switched to the heavyweight division, the CEO was undoubtedly Miocic.
Miocic's record -breaking third defense of the heavyweight title came in 2018 against Francis Ngannou, where he became the first man to defeat the rising competition in the Octagon.
The fight was a hard reality control for Ngannou and the hype around him after his line of four consecutive first round finishes was closed by a dominant champion.
After one of the most overwhelming fights in the UFC history against Derrick Lewis, the path of Ngannou started back to the title in November 2018.
'The Predator' produced another four consecutive first round finishes, in which he defeated top candidates and former champions in Curtis Blaydes, Cain Velasquez, Junior Dos Santos and Jirzinho Rozen bush.
Almost a year after his last victory, Ngannou had another chance for Miocic who recently closed his trilogy of fighting with Daniel Cormier, which saw his place regain his place at the top of the division.
The veteran status of the defending champion did not help him this time, because a much more refined and calm challenger looked completely different in the opening round.
Ngannou not only defended one Takedown attempt by his opponent, he eventually got one of him in the same exchange.
Standing with the knockout artist is always a ticking time bomb and in less than a minute of the second round the time of Miocic ran out.
A huge shot dropped the champion, but when he rose again and made his way to the center of the Octagon, another rocket connected.
Miocic fell to the ground after eating a large left hook, but that faded in comparison with the impact of the pulverizing judge Hamervist who brought Ngannou on him before the referee could intervene to wave the fight.
A cage view on the knockout shows the brutal moment that Ngannou's hand connects with an already beaten Miocic whose head is back from the Octagon as a basketball that is hit with a front hammer.
We still don't know how great Francis Ngannou can be in MMA
Francis Ngannou's successive losses to steal Miocic and Derrick Lewis were the last times he was defeated in MMA.
At the age of 38, the inactivity of the former UFC Heavyweight Champion quickly crawled on him, even if he started with MMA later in life.
Since his title profit in the Rematch with Miocic in March 2021, Ngannou has only participated twice in MMA, together with his two boxing competitions.
'The Predator' has achieved a lot at this time, but it also means that we don't really know how great he could really be if he had participated in MMA more regularly.
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