UFC Beijing: Ngannou runs over Blaydes in 35 seconds. and announces: 'I'm back'

Ngannou wins UFC Beijing main fight. Photo: Facebook ufc

Francis Ngannou is back! The Cameroonian, who gained fame for brutally knocking out his opponents, started 2018 with a title fight. But the setback against the then champion Stipe Miocic followed by loss to Derrick Lewis seemed to have decreed the decline of the heavyweight division. But this Saturday morning (24) the 'Predator' showed that it can still make a lot of noise in the division. In the main fight of UFC Beijing, he was not aware of Curtis blaydes and knocked out the third-ranked player in just 45 seconds.

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“I feel really good. It's one of the best feelings, I'm back! 2018 was a difficult year for me, I had to use a lot of my experience as a fighter to turn things around. My last fight was really bad, it wasn't me. I promised I would give a show to the Chinese public and I did it. It was very quick – declared the Cameroonian, who aims for duels with Junior Gypsy, Alexander Volkov e Stipe Miocic

The fight

As soon as the dispute started, Ngannou didn't want to waste time studying and went straight to the top. He landed a right punch and Blaydes went to the ground. The American tried to grab Francis' legs, but was hit again and fell to the ground on his knees. With a few more powerful blows, Ngannou fired more bombs until the referee stopped the duel.

Overeem shakes off bad form and beats Nurmagomedov's partner

Overeem recovers at UFC Beijing. Photo: Reproduction / Facebook @ufc

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Coming from two series defeats, alistair overeem entered UFC Beijing under pressure. But the veteran needed just over four minutes to end the unbeaten run of Russian Sergey Pavlovich, Khabib Nurmagomedov's training partner, and win by knockout in the first round.

Despite Overeem's victory, it was Pavlovich who took the initiative at the beginning of the fight and landed the best blows. However, the Dutchman entered the duel and put his rival against the bars, connecting with good blows in the clinch. Khabib's partner still managed to get out of the pressure, but 'The Daredevil' went up and managed to take Pavlovich down. Superior in ground fighting, he passed the guard and landed very hard blows to his opponent's head, which turned sideways and forced the central referee to stop the fight.

UFC Beijing results

Heavyweight: Francis Ngannou derrotou Curtis blaydes by technical knockout at 45 seconds. from R1

Heavyweight: alistair overeem defeated Sergey Pavlovich by technical knockout at 4:21 of R1

Bantamweight: Yadong Song defeated Vince Morales in the unanimous decision of the judges;

Welterweight Weight: li jingliang derrotou David Zawada by technical knockout (kick and punches) at 4:06 of R3

Welterweight Weight: alex morono derrotou Kenan Song by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Fly weight: Yanan Wu defeated Lauren Mueller via submission (armbar) at 4:00 of R1

Light heavyweight: Rashad Coulter defeated Yaozong Hu by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Straw weight: Weili Zhang defeated Jessica Aguillar via submission (armbar) at 4:31 of R1

Bantamweight: Pingyuan Liu defeated Martin Day by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Strawweight: Yan Xioanan defeated Syuri Kondo by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Average weight: Kevin holland defeated John Phillips via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:05 of R3

Bantamweight: Louis Smolka defeated Sumudaerji via submission (armbar) at 2:07 of R2