The UFC’s heavyweight titles will probably be unified in the principle occasion of UFC 270 this weekend, as Francis Ngannou defends in opposition to interim champion and former teammate Ciryl Gane.
Ngannou (16-3) is 11-2 within the UFC, with 10 of his wins within the promotion coming by way of knockout/TKO and the opposite by the use of submission. A lot of the French Cameroonian’s KOs come very early, and in his final bout he knocked out Stipe Miocic within the second spherical to take the American’s heavyweight title.
That was in March, with Ngannou avenging a call defeat by Miocic within the course of, whereas Gane (10-0) fought and gained 3 times in 2021. Within the third of these three contests, the Frenchman dominated Derrick Lewis earlier than stopping the American to say the interim gold.
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 is advisable find out about UFC 270.
When is it?
UFC 270 will happen on Saturday 22 January on the Honda Heart in Anaheim.
The prelims are scheduled to start at 11pm GMT (3pm PT, 5pm CT, 6pm ET), with the prelims following at 1am GMT (5pm PT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET) on Sunday morning.
The principle 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 stay 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 stay, as will the UFC’s Struggle Cross.
Odds
Ngannou: 1/1
Gane: 4/5
Through Betfair.
Full card
Brandon Moreno defends the lads’s flyweight title in opposition to rival Deiveson Figueiredo
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Fundamental 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)
Pete Rodriguez vs Jack Della Maddalena (welterweight)
Tony Gravely vs Saimon Oliveira (bantamweight)
Matt Frevola vs Genaro Valdez (light-weight)
Early prelims
Silvana Juarez vs Vanessa Demopoulos (ladies’s strawweight)
Kay Hansen vs Jasmine Jasudavicius (ladies’s flyweight)
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