UFC 220 fight card — Miocic vs. Ngannou: Predictions, odds, lines, prelims

Being big is applicable again in fighting. Throughout the last year or so, both boxing and MMA have seen a bit of a rebirth from the heavyweight divisions with Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder and Stipe Miocic rising through the ranks as the best in the world. And with top winners brings some of the best opponents, and on Saturday night in Boston, Miocic will be the first to answer a truly hard test.
The current UFC heavyweight champion is set to carry on perhaps the scariest puncher in MMA when he squares off from Francis Ngannou at the main event at TD Garden. Ngannou (11-1, 7 KOs) has won five of his fights since joining the organization and all coming through KO/TKO with not one getting past the second round. His brutal knockout of top contender Alistair Overeem in UFC 218 could have been the most barbarous knockout of this year.
But Miocic remains his calm and collected self ahead of his challenge. Miocic (17-2, 13 KOs) can also be on a five-fight knockout streak and sits just one win short of becoming the longest reigning heavyweight champion in business history.
“I’m so utilized to it now,” Miocic stated throughout his receptive work on Wednesday. “I love being the underdog since I shut up everyone. That’s exactly what this sport’s all about — it’s like’The Jerry Springer Show’… I’m walking ‘and .’ No one (else) is going to be winner until I depart.

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