Despite his successful return to mixed martial arts over the course of the weekend, Francis Ngannou has been struck out of the list as the best heavyweight currently — according to Chael Sonnen, who picks light heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira to take that crown.
Ngannou, a former undisputed UFC heavyweight champion, snapped a two-year-plus hiatus from mixed martial arts over the course of the weekend, winning the PFL super fight championship with an impressive first round ground strikes KO win over Brazilian phenom, Renan Ferreira.
And as for Pereira, the former undisputed middleweight titleholder and current light heavyweight champion, most recently featured in the main event of UFC 307, turning in a brutal fourth round knockout win over challenger, Khalil Rountree with a bloody display in the pair’s back-and-forth showdown.