With the last three heavyweight world title fights being exclusively fought by Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier, the UFC is attempting to salvage one other rematch for Miocic as his next defence.
Per a document from ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, the UFC is eyeing a March date for the Miocic-Ngannou sequel which Ngannou’s most modern develop of four straight first-round knockouts has demanded. Ought to the fight be confirmed quickly as expected, this would possibly maybe well well reach after Miocic soundly defeated Ngannou by unanimous decision of their first fight in January 2018 — a fight which Ngannou came into on the relieve of six straight finishes in the Octagon.
And past the UFC heavyweight world title, there’ll be one other prize potentially up for grabs with the winner in line to be Jon Jones’ first take a look at in the heavyweight division.
Jones, the longtime mild heavyweight champion, presented his design to transfer up a weight class following his las title defence in opposition to Dominick Reyes early this year. Following that fight, he said that the functionality fights with Reyes over again or fellow high contender Jan Blachowicz weren’t seriously attention-grabbing to him — hence the transfer to peep a brand contemporary field in the UFC’s heaviest weight class.
“The mild heavyweight division used to be stress-free, however I correct wasn’t insecure of these guys anymore,” Jones urged ESPN at the moment. “Handle, none of them. And I procure it confirmed in a few of my performances.
“Clearly, I peaceable trained arduous. However there used to be no urgency in a few of my last fights. With these next guys, I’m going to be going up in opposition to, I appreciate these guys. These guys are intimidating — they’re intimidating as shit. It correct will get me up in a total various manner.”
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