UFC fighters, sports stars, and celebs were in awe of Francis Ngannou's KO of Stipe Miocic
Wow.
The Francis Ngannou era has officially begun and man did it start in beautiful fashion.
Ngannou became the UFC heavyweight champ Saturday night with his devastating KO of the former champ, Stipe Miocic. The two traded a few serious blows in the second round before Ngannou sent Miocic to the mat with a huge left hook and then finished him off with one last punch. It’s Ngannou’s fifth straight win and they’ve come from powerful punches.
Ngannou spoke after the fight about a possible matchup with Jon Jones, who is making the move up to heavyweight. While that would be an incredible fight, we need to give his KO of Miocic the celebration it deserves.
ONE SHOT IS ALL IT TAKES
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— UFC (@ufc) March 28, 2021
WHAT A FINISH BY NGANNOU!
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— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 28, 2021
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— GIPHY Sports (@GIPHYSports) March 28, 2021
Ngannou was pretty pumped about his new title:
Africa has their first heavyweight champion!
@Francis_Ngannou is the heavyweight king. #UFC260 pic.twitter.com/Db83Z4lIjp
— UFC (@ufc) March 28, 2021
How good does that sound!?
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— UFC (@ufc) March 28, 2021
UFC fighters, sports stars, and celebs were in awe:
We’re taking gold back to Africa!!
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) March 28, 2021
Wow that was dominant.
What an incredible #goat run @stipemiocic had.
Nothing but respect for that guy.
A huge congrats to my brother @francis_ngannou.
The era of the Predator begins. #WarriorMana #UFC260— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) March 28, 2021
@francis_ngannou is a beast daaaaaaam #UFC260
— SHAQ (@SHAQ) March 28, 2021
Congratulations Africa . Now you have 3 @ufc champions
— khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) March 28, 2021
Inspirational performance @francis_ngannou
— Sodiq Yusuff (@Super_Sodiq) March 28, 2021
Don’t get it twisted… I would still take you ha. Félicitations!!!! @francis_ngannou pic.twitter.com/CszGHJTnoL
— Joel “Troel” Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) March 28, 2021
Oh My
— Karl-Anthony Towns (@KarlTowns) March 28, 2021
Congrats @francis_ngannou! Beautiful story
#UFC260
— Jan Blachowicz (@JanBlachowicz) March 28, 2021
And Newwwwwwww @francis_ngannou !!!
— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) March 28, 2021
*Can’t wait to see FRANCIS NGANNOU and JON JONES NEXT!!!! #UFC260
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) March 28, 2021
That fight ending sequence was Overeem-esque. Throwing the straight right into that switch jab was clean. I don’t think any heavyweight can beat this man. Congrats @francis_ngannou #UFC260
— Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) March 28, 2021
Wow…#UFC260
— Aalon Cruz (@AalonCruz) March 28, 2021
Ohhhhhh myyyyyyyy gawwwwd
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) March 28, 2021