Francis Ngannou scored a devastating knockout against Alistair Overeem at UFC 218 in Detroit. The performance was Ngannou's sixth win in a row to start his UFC career and earned him his first ...

While that was a hugely disappointing defeat for Overeem, he would suffer his most devastating knockout loss some 15 ... career than when he faced Francis Ngannou at UFC 218 in December 2017.

Ngannou silenced all the naysayers with a first-round knockout of PFL Champion Renan ... of the heavyweight division such as Alistair Overeem, Curtis Blaydes, Cain Velasquez, Junior Dos Santos ...

His TV-friendly fighting style won him fans, and earned praise from the UFC commentator and podcaster Joe Rogan who called Ngannou an "absolutely brutal knockout artist." Rogan added: "He has ...