{"id":264928,"date":"2017-12-03T05:53:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T13:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=264928"},"modified":"2017-12-03T05:53:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T13:53:14","slug":"dana-white-high-praise-francis-ngannou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/francis-ngannou\/dana-white-high-praise-francis-ngannou\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White has some high praise for Francis Ngannou"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night, on the main card of the absolutely wild UFC 218, red hot heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou picked up the biggest win of his career, executing Alistair Overeem<\/a> with a first-round uppercut. <\/a><\/p>\n

With this win, Ngannou seems to have positioned himself for a shot at Stipe Miocic and the UFC heavyweight title. In the opinion of UFC President Dana White, he’s also on the cusp of becoming an international rock star.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had some trouble getting him a fight,\u201d White said of Ngannou’s lack of fights in 2017 (via MMAFighting.com<\/a>). \u201cBut once we keep this guy active and you see him doing this to all the big stars that you know and yeah, I think this guy\u2019s going to be a rock star globally.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guy, first of all, when you look at him, he looks like the heavyweight champion of the world,\u201d White said. \u201cI mean, he looks like the heavyweight champion of something. The guy is a monster.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe looked incredible tonight. Wow… That\u2019s as impressive a heavyweight knockout as you\u2019ll ever see.\u201d<\/p>\n

With this crushing win over Alistair Overeem, Francis Ngannou moved to an impressive 11-1 overall. His 6 most recent wins have all occurred in the UFC’s Octagon, where he has levelled Luis Henrique, Curtis Blaydes,\u00a0Bojan Mihajlovi\u0107, Anthony Hamilton, Andrei Arlovski and now Overeem.<\/p>\n

Miocic, meanwhile is 17-2 in sum. He’s recently authored destructive stoppages of Mark Hunt, Andrei Arlovski, Fabricio Werdum, Alistair Overeem, and most recently, the former champ Dos Santos.<\/p>\n

Who do you think wins a UFC heavyweight title fight between champ Stipe Miocic and surging contender Francis Ngannou? Do you think Ngannou will become an MMA superstar?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 2\/12\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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