.The UFC’s heavyweight titles will probably be unified in the principle occasion of UFC 270 this weekend, as Francis Ngannou defends towards 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 through knockout/TKO and the opposite by the use of submission. Many 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 choice 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 assert the interim gold.
Within the co-main occasion of UFC 270, Brandon Moreno defends his flyweight belt towards 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 Heart 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 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 reside 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 reside, as will the UFC’s Struggle Cross.
Odds
Ngannou: 1/1
Gane: 4/5
Through Betfair.
Full card
Brandon Moreno defends the boys’s flyweight title towards rival Deiveson Figueiredo
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Important 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)
Michael Morales def. Trevin Giles through first-round TKO (strikes, 4:06)
Prelims
Victor Henry def. Raoni Barcelos through unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Jack Della Maddalena def. Pete Rodriguez through first-round TKO (strikes, 2:59)
Tony Gravely def. Saimon Oliveira through unanimous choice (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 choice (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
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