A key heavyweight scrap between former division kingpin Cain Velasquez and former title challenger Francis Ngannou headlined tonight’s UFC Phoenix event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cain Velasquez returns for the first time since UFC 200 in July of 2016, where he defeated Travis Browne via first round TKO<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The former UFC heavyweight champion of the world, Velasquez, enters tonight’s contest sporting an overall record of 14-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Francis Ngannou (12-3 MMA) was most recently seen in action at November’s UFC<\/a> Fight Night event in Beijing, where he earned a first-round TKO victory over perennial division contender Curtis Blaydes<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “The Predator” has gone 7-2 since joining the UFC ranks in December of 2015. All seven of Ngannou’s UFC victories have come by way of stoppage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n