A heavyweight collision between perennial division contenders Curtis Blaydes and Francis Ngannou headlined tonight’s UFC Beijing event.<\/p>\n
The bout served as a rematch, as Francis Ngannou had previously defeated Curtis Blaydes via second-round TKO (doctors stoppage) at UFC Fight Night 86 in April of 2016.<\/p>\n
Curtis Blaydes entered tonight’s headliner on a five-fight win streak, his latest being a third-round TKO victory over Alistair Overeem<\/a> at UFC<\/a> 225.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Francis Ngannou came in to tonight’s contest looking to rebound, this having lost his past two bouts. In his most recent outing at UFC 226<\/a>, “The Predator” was outpointed by Derrick Lewis in what could politely be called an uneventful contest.<\/p>\n Prior to the setbacks, Francis Ngannou had put together an impressive ten-fight win streak, which included stoppage victories over Alistair Overeem<\/a> and Andrei Arlovski.<\/p>\n Tonight’s UFC Beijing main event started and then ended just seconds later. “The Predator” was able to land a huge overhand right that sent Curtis Blaydes crashing to the canvas. Blaydes would eventually scramble back up to his feet only to be sent back down to the canvas by another big punch from Ngannou. After a couple more strikes, the referee stepped in and called a stop to the action.<\/p>\n Check out how the pros reacted to Francis Ngannou stopping Curtis Blaydes in tonight’s UFC Beijing main event<\/a>.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/POSTERBOYJM\/status\/1066319336955146240<\/p>\n Francis Ngannou def Curtis Blaydes via TKO (Punches) at 0:25 of round one#UFCBeijing<\/a><\/p>\n — bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) November 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n