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Jon Jones, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Israel Adesanya, Alex Volkanovski, and other UFC aces react to Francis Ngannou’s KO against Stipe Miocic at UFC 260

by Prateek Athanur
March 28, 2021 / 10:17 GMT
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The world witnessed a new heavyweight world champion as Francis Ngannou knocked out the former heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic at the UFC 260 main event. Stipe Miocic had three consecutive title defenses and was looking to make the 4th one but today the world witnessed a whole other Francis Ngannou as he knocked the former champion in the second round of the fight. With Francis winning the belt it opens doors for one of the greatest UFC fights of all time, Ngannou vs. Jones.

THE NEW HEAVYWEIGHT KING HAS ARRIVED 👑 #UFC260 pic.twitter.com/0ElFSDvyu1

— UFC (@ufc) March 28, 2021

UFC Twitter explodes as Francis Ngannou is crowned the new UFC Heavyweight champion

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Francis Ngannou vs. Stipe Miocic

The tweet everyone was waiting for finally happened. The former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones who is making a move up to the heavyweight division will be fighting Francis Ngannou in his first bout at the new weight class. Here’s what Jones has to say about this. Jon Jones wrote, “Show me the money” reacting to Ngannou’s win.

Show me the money

— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 28, 2021

Recently retired undefeated lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov congratulated Francis on his heavyweight title. The Dagestani wrote, “Congratulations Africa now you have 3.” in his tweet.

Congratulations Africa . Now you have 3 @ufc champions

— khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) March 28, 2021

Fellow African, Israel Adesanya who is the middleweight champion couldn’t control his excitement as Ngannou was crowned the new champion.

SNAKE IN THE MONKEY SHADOW!!

— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) March 28, 2021

KING KONG!! KING KONG!! KING KONG!!

— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) March 28, 2021

Alex Volkanovski and Aljamain Sterling too had their reactions to the monstrous performance by the Cameroon bred Francis Ngannou’s knockout.

That was naaaaasty!! 😱 #UFC260

— Alex Volkanovski (@alexvolkanovski) March 28, 2021

That was scary! A fight where I didn’t want either guy to lose. They’re both just great ppl. #UFC260

— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) March 28, 2021

Stephen Thompson is excited for the Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou fight and couldn’t contain his excitement.

That makes the @JonnyBones fight so much more interesting… Ngannou was calm, calculated, technical…. so exciting!! #UFC260

— Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) March 28, 2021

Also read: Justin Gaethje, Stephen Thompson, Ariel Helwani, Jamahal Hill, and other UFC aces react to Vicente Luque’s submission against Tyron Woodley

UFC 260: Play by Play live results, Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou 2

Tags: Aljamain SterlingFrancis NgannouIsrael AdesanyaJon JonesKhabib NurmagomedovStipe Miocic
Prateek Athanur

Prateek Athanur

Prateek Athanur leads the FirstSportz UFC/MMA team with great enthusiasm. He has been a content writer for more than 2 years and has written over 2500 articles. A connoisseur of Football, MMA, Cricket, and Basketball and is always down to banter. The Conor - Khabib rivalry drew him into the sport and there has been no turning back ever since. Prateek loves a good underdog story and there isn't a sport in this world that produces upsets like mixed martial arts.

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