{"id":317741,"date":"2019-06-29T20:42:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T03:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=317741"},"modified":"2019-06-29T20:42:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T03:42:14","slug":"ufc-minneapolis-results-francis-ngannou-flattens-junior-dos-santos-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-minneapolis-results-francis-ngannou-flattens-junior-dos-santos-video\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Minneapolis Results: Francis Ngannou flattens Junior dos Santos (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A key heavyweight bout featuring former division champion Junior dos Santos taking on dangerous knockout artist Francis Ngannou headlined tonight&#8217;s UFC Minneapolis event.<\/p>\n<p>Junior dos Santos (21-5 MMA) entered tonight&#8217;s contest on a three-fight winning streak, his latest being a second round TKO victory over Derrick Lewis at March&#8217;s UFC Wichita event.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Francis Ngannou (13-3 MMA) was last seen in action at February&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\">UFC<\/a> event in Phoenix, where he scored a 26-second knockout victory over former division kingpin Cain Velasquez. &#8216;The Predator&#8217; entered tonight&#8217;s UFC Minneapolis <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-minneapolis-live-results-and-highlights\/\">headliner<\/a> on a two-fight win streak, this after suffering back-to-back setbacks to Derrick Lewis and Stipe Miocic.<\/p>\n<p>Round one of the UFC Minneapolis main event begins and Francis Ngannou starts things off with a heavy low kick. He lands another. &#8216;The Predator&#8217; with a big right that glances off the head of &#8216;JDS&#8217;. That appeared to hurt the former champion. Ngannou presses forward and lands a massive punch. Junior dos Santos crumbles to the floor and this one is all over! WOW!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TOO MUCH! TOO POWERFUL! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCMinneapolis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCMinneapolis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IHvyzuQ4v1\">pic.twitter.com\/IHvyzuQ4v1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1145174779869028358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Official UFC Minneapolis Result: Francis Ngannou def. Junior dos Santos via KO in Round 1<\/p>\n<p>Who would you like to see Francis Ngannou fight next following his victory over Junior dos Santos at UFC Minneapolis? Sound off in the comments section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on BJPENN.com June 29, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A key heavyweight bout featuring former division champion Junior dos Santos taking on dangerous knockout artist Francis Ngannou headlined tonight&#8217;s UFC Minneapolis event. Junior dos Santos (21-5 MMA) entered tonight&#8217;s contest on a three-fight winning streak, his latest being a second round TKO victory over Derrick Lewis at March&#8217;s UFC Wichita event. 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