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@SaShiRaJaVu. There will be no ground game in this fight because both fighters will be busy trying to knock out each other. Also, trying to change level and get a takedown would be taking a big risk for both because it would take a lot of energy considering their size and weight.

In any case, the fight will be over in under 1.5 rounds with Francis Ngannou's hands raised. This is the beginning of a new era in the heavyweight division.

seriously? is that how you predict fights? we all know that Ngannou knockout overeem in their fight however miocic is different from overeem and a different fighter. miocic used different techniques in their last fight. Ngannou didn't realize that miocic used ground and pound to take points from him. the fight was very thrilling because either one of the fighter will be KO'd. that is a heavy weight match; everybody is expecting a KO. though the game is very entertaining, predictions sucks.

Both of their past fights ended in the 1st round. The sportsbook predicted the fight would end in under 1.5 rounds, when the gave their odds of -150 to -200, depending on the site. Everyone else expected it to end early, including the experts.

@thejaytiesto. But there was nothing defensive in Stipe's performance however.

Stipe drained Ngannou's energy after the 3rd round by using his weight mostly as Ngannou tried to get him off his back but he couldn't because his big muscles were completely depleted, then he just ended him with repeated short range punches as the guy couldn't even walk anymore.

Draining energy like that is a defensive approach, just like what casuals call "hugging" in boxing. If he wasn't defensive he would have gone for the KO but he was cautious.

I do not see it that way. It was Francis Ngannou who was on the defensive because he gave his back to Stipe. They were wrestling and not boxing. It was also Stipe who kept trying to take his opponent down, again an offensive move.

MMA and boxing are 2 different types of fighting.

Well it showed that there's still a lot to be done with ngannou if he wants to be ufc champion. Miocic showed how to effectively beat a hard puncher and i think it's not that difficult to see that he stuck to his gameplan all throughout the fight. Mma has evolved largely now and ngannou looked like a one dimension fighter. Once his strikes were taken away, it was evident that miocic had the fight.