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Stipe Miocic Vs Francis Ngannou confirmed for UFC 220

Miocic Vs Ngannou was one of the most anticipated heavyweight title fights in UFC history and it is now official for the UFC 220 main event.

Miocic Vs Ngannou confirmed for UFC 220

Bengaluru, December 10: The UFC have announced that Heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic will defend his crown against Francis Ngannou at UFC 220 which will be held on January 20, 2018 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

This was one of the most anticipated heavyweight title fights in UFC history and it is now official for the UFC 220 main event.

After Ngannou's devastating knockout win over Alistair Overeem at UFC 218, UFC President Dana White said "The Predator" is next up for Miocic.

Miocic won the belt with a victory over Fabricio Werdum in May 2016 and has since defended it against Overeem and Junior Dos Santos. All his three victories have come via stoppage with two knockouts and the Dos Santos win via TKO.

Miocic's last five fights in total have resulted in stoppage wins and a potential third title defense would give him the UFC heavyweight record.

As for Ngannou, who started fighting professionally just four years ago, all six of his UFC wins have been stoppages - three TKOs, two knockouts and a submission.

Miocic Vs Ngannou is the second title fight scheduled for UFC 220's along with Daniel Cormier's light heavyweight title defense against Volkan Oezdemir.

This marks the fourth time in UFC history that the heavyweight and light heavyweight titles would be at stake on the same card and the last time it happened was at UFC 92 in December 2008.

This is how UFC 220 lineup now looks like:

1. Heavyweight title bout: Stipe Miocic Vs Francis Ngannouo

2. Light heavyweight title bout: Daniel Cormier Vs Volkan Oezdemir

3. Lightweight bout: Islam Makhachev Vs Gleison Tibau

4. Flyweight bout: Dustin Ortiz Vs Alexandre Pantoja

5. Bantamweight bout: Thomas Almeida Vs Rob Font

6. Featherweight bout: Shane Burgos Vs Calvin Kattar

7. Featherweight bout: Kyle Bochniak Vs Brandon Davis

8. Women's Flyweight bout: Justine Kish Vs Ji Yeon Kim

9. Women's Strawweight bout: Maryna Moroz Vs Jamie Moyle

10. Light Heavyweight bout: Gian Villante Vs Francimar Barroso

Story first published: Sunday, December 10, 2017, 10:48 [IST]
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