Dana White hints at a possible rematch between Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou in March 2021


Dana White hints at a possible rematch between Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou in March 2021
Stipe Miocic (L) and Francis Ngannou (R)

Looks like Francis Ngannou’s prayers will be offered soon as UFC President Dana White hinted at a possible rematch between Francis and Stipe in March 2021. Francis Ngannou, who has just fought one fight in the last 16 months, had become restless of late, taking to twitter to vent his frustration. He posted several tweets asking Dana White and the UFC to land him a fight as soon as possible.

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Francis and Stipe fought against each other back in January 2018 for the heavyweight title. Stipe dominated Francis to win via unanimous decision. Francis, then faced Derrick Lewis, and he lost that as well. Just when his career was going in a downward spiral, Francis hit back with four back to back dominating KO wins and reclaim the no.1 heavyweight title contender ranking.

“The rematch is the goal” – Dana White on the possibility of a Stipe vs Francis rematch

Dana White

Since Dana and the UFC were busy with a lot of fights, especially UFC 254, Francis’s twitter calls went unanswered. Another reason was Stipe had very recently defended his heavyweight belt against Daniel Cormier, and one cannot simply ask him to fight again in the near future. Now that Dana has become quite free, he talked about a possibility of a rematch between Francis Ngannou and Stipe Miocic. Although, White hinted that the fight wouldn’t happen till March, he assured that he was working on it. Speaking to TMZ Sports, Dana White was quoted as saying, “That fight won’t be ready till March,” White said. “… It could (happen). Yeah, that’s the goal. We’ll see what happens.”

How do you think the fight will go down? Will “The Predator” become the new heavyweight champion? Or will it be another successful title defense for the experienced Stipe?

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