Pros react to Francis Ngannou stopping Junior dos Santos at UFC Minneapolis

By Christopher Taylor - June 29, 2019

Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos squared off with dangerous knockout artist Francis Ngannou in tonight’s UFC Minneapolis main event.

Francis Ngannou, UFC Minneapolis, Junior dos Santos

Junior dos Santos (21-6 MMA) entered tonight’s event headliner on a three fight win streak, his latest being a second round TKO victory over Derrick Lewis. Prior to that, ‘JDS’ had picked up wins over Blagoy Ivanov and Tai Tuivasa respectively.

As for ‘The Predator’, Francis Ngannou (14-3 MMA) was coming off a 26-second knockout victory over former champ Cain Velasquez at UFC Phoenix in February.

As many anticipated, tonight’s UFC Minneapolis main event did not last long. After landing a pair of hard low kicks, Ngannou was able to catch Ngannou with a right hand that had the former champion in trouble. From there, ‘The Predator’ would press forward and proceed to landing a looping punch that sent the Brazilian crashing to the canvas.

The stunning victory served as the third in a row for Francis Ngannou, and had many fans calling for a title shot against the winner of August’s highly anticipated Daniel Cormier vs. Stipe Miocic rematch.

Check out how the pros reacted to Francis Ngannou knocking out Junior dos Santos below:

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June 29, 2019

 


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