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Who Is The Baddest Man On The Planet?

UFC 220: Miocic Vs Ngannou

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On January 20th in Boston, Mass UFC 220 will be taking place as #1 ranked Francis Ngannou gets his shot at the UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic. Also, Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel "DC' Cormier defends his title against #2 ranked Volkan Oezdemir in the co-main event. Then in the Featherweight Division, undefeated Shane Burgos (10 - 0) faces Calvin Katter, also 2 Bantamweights will face off as Thomas Almeida takes on Rob Font. And another Light Heavyweight fight will be on the main card with Gian Villante goes up against Francimar Barroso.

The Main Event for January 20th will determine who the baddest Heavyweight on the planet is, who will it be? The reigning champ Stipe Miocic or the unstoppable force of Francis Ngannou. Since defeating Fabricio Werdum for the belt, Stipe has gone 2-0 with his last 2 victories being won by knockouts. Those 2 knockouts were against Junior Dos Santos and Alistair Overeem.

On the other side of the fence is Francis Ngannou who recently won the knockout of the year award. Francis is on a 10 fight winning streak with no plans of slowing down anytime soon. A majority of his wins have ended in devastating fashion with an incredible amount of power. Ngannou’s most recent victory was the knock over Alistair Overeem which granted him the knockout of the year and the title shot. Francis plans on doing the same to Stipe but Stipe is the Heavyweight Champion for a reason.

More impressively Francis Ngannou broke the world record for the highest punching power in the world which is now measured at 129,161 units of power. His most recent victory is considered to be the best of knock out of 2017 and definitely one of the scariest ones we have seen in the history of The Ultimate Fighting Championship.

DC makes his return to the cage since his last bout with Former Light-heavyweight Champion Jon Jones over the summer last year on July 29th, 2017 was Overturned to an NC since Jones failed a test with USADA. Daniel “DC” Cormier will be facing Oezdemir but many members of the mixed martial arts community assumed this fight would be canceled because Volkan was arrested and charged with Aggravated Battery on November 19th, 2017. While it caused a frenzy and his title shot was unclear, the fight will go on. As he deals with this Court Case that he recently pleaded ‘Not Guilty” to, he still gets to fight.

It will affect him in any way unless of course he gets arrested again before UFC 220. “No Time” Oezdemir will get what he asked for after his knockout of Jimi Manuwa also on July 29th, 2017, which was a title shot against the champion. But this fight will be a true test for Volkan and his endurance and durability as DC has dominated and smashed everybody in the division besides Jon Bones Jones with his superior wrestling.

Will UFC 220 be a repeat of UFC 217 where all new champions were crowned, or will the Kings of the Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight division stand their grounds? Find out by tuning into UFC 220 on Pay-Per-View this weekend on Saturday, January 20th for fireworks!

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