Júnior Cigano faces Francis Ngannou at UFC 239

Cigano (left) faces Ngannou (right) in the UFC 239. Photo: Montagem SL MMA Press

Clash of giants in UFC 239, an event that takes place on July 6th, in Las Vegas (USA). The Brazilian junior gypsy, third in the heavyweight rankings, measures his strength against the Cameroonian Francis Ngannou, second in the classification. The winner must get the chance to fight for the category belt.

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Going through a great phase in his career, Cigano has a professional record of 21 wins and five losses. The Brazilian won the three fights he had since July 2018, beating Blagoy Ivanov, Tai tuivasa e Derrick Lewis.

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Just like the Brazilian, Ngannou is looking for the chance to fight for the heavyweight belt again. The Cameroonian, who has a record of 13 wins and three losses, competed for the division title in 2018, but was surpassed by Stipe Miocic. He comes from two consecutive victories against Curtis blaydes e Cain Velazquez.

UFC 239

The fight program UFC 239 promises to be the biggest card of 2019. The organization has already announced that the main attraction of the night will be the light heavyweight belt fight (up to 93 kg.) where the Brazilian Thiago Marreta challenge the champion Jon Jones. In the second most anticipated duel of the night, Amanda nunes defends the women's bantamweight title (up to 61,2 kg.) against the North American Holly holm. Check out the show card so far below:

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