Tonight we have The Ultimate Fighter 26 finale, but tomorrow is UFC 218 which is stacked with ridiculous fights. Sandwiched between the main event between Max Holloway and Jose Aldo and the violent scrap of Justin Gaethje and Eddie Alvarez, will be an slobberknocker between Alistair Overeem and Francis Ngannou. It will be a battle between a calculated veteran and a young, explosive contender. Absolute MMA legend Bas Rutten does an in-depth breakdown the heavyweight match-up.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe know [Francis Ngannou] can hit, but if you look at his record, yes, he\u2019s 10-0, he\u2019s never been finished, but in the UFC \u2013 and I\u2019m not taking away from anybody, everybody in the UFC is good, but if you look at the records that they have, the guys he\u2019s fighting, these are not guys that [Alistair] Overeem fought. Overeem fought literally the top guys on the planet in kickboxing and in mixed martial arts, so he fought the better competition. And that\u2019s the only thing I\u2019m concerned about. Trust me, Ngannou, when he connects, it could be over because we know that Overeem doesn\u2019t have the strongest chin for heavyweight, and he\u2019s got an incredible punching power.<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>[…]\u00a0<\/b>If Overeem goes back to the way he was fighting when he did really well, and that is keeping in mind that his chin is not the strongest and that means single shots, not single kicks, single shots, you have one hand at the defense at all times, then I think he might win this fight. But the killer is here, does he get hit? He only needs to get hit once against a guy like Ngannou because he\u2019s got so much power.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nSleep tight, The Reem is coming 🔥 #ufc218<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/I6UOJ8UdYv<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Alistair Overeem (@Alistairovereem) November 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n