Francis Ngannou defends his heavyweight title for the primary time this weekend, when he tackle interim champion and former teammate Ciryl Gane in the primary occasion of UFC 270.
Ngannou (16-3), broadly thought of to be the best power-puncher in UFC historical past, has achieved 10 of his 11 wins within the promotion through knockout or TKO, with the opposite coming through submission.
In his most up-to-date bout, the French-Cameroonian took the heavyweight belt from Stipe Miocic in March, knocking out the American to avenge a humbling determination defeat from 2018. Gane (10-0), in the meantime, fought and gained thrice in 2021, the final of these victories seeing the Frenchman declare the interim title by stopping Derrick Lewis.
Within the co-main occasion of UFC 270, Brandon Moreno defends his flyweight belt in opposition to Deiveson Figueiredo in a trilogy bout. Mexican Moreno fought then-champion Figueiredo to a attract December 2020, earlier than submitting the Brazilian to take his title in June.
Right here’s all it’s essential learn about UFC 270.
When is it?
UFC 270 will happen on Saturday 22 January on the Honda Middle in Anaheim.
The early prelims are scheduled to start at 12am GMT on Sunday morning (Saturday 4pm PT, 6pm CT, 7pm ET), with the prelims following at 1am GMT (5pm PT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET).
The primary card then takes place at 3am GMT (7pm PT, 9pm CT, 10pm ET).
Interim UFC heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane
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How can I watch it?
The cardboard will air dwell on BT Sport within the UK, with the broadcaster’s app and web site additionally streaming the fights.
Within the US, ESPN+ will stream the motion dwell, as will the UFC’s Combat Cross.
Odds
Ngannou: 1/1
Gane: 4/5
By way of Betfair.
Full card
Brandon Moreno defends the lads’s flyweight title in opposition to rival Deiveson Figueiredo
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Major card
Francis Ngannou (C) vs Ciryl Gane (IC) (heavyweight title)
Brandon Moreno (C) vs Deiveson Figueiredo (flyweight title)
Michel Pereira vs Andre Fialho (welterweight)
Cody Stamann vs Mentioned Nurmagomedov (bantamweight)
Trevin Giles vs Michael Morales (welterweight)
Prelims
Raoni Barcelos vs Victor Henry (bantamweight)
Jack Della Maddalena def. Pete Rodriguez through first-round TKO (strikes, 2:59)
Tony Gravely def. Saimon Oliveira through unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Matt Frevola def. Genaro Valdez through first-round TKO (strikes, 3:15)
Early prelims
Vanessa Demopoulos def. Silvana Gomez Juarez through first-round submission (armbar, 2:25)
Jasmine Jasudavicius def. Kay Hansen through unanimous determination (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Kaynak: briturkish.com
