Junior dos Santos didn’t have much time to get settled in against Francis Ngannou in the UFC on ESPN 3 headliner on Saturday night.
That’s due in large part to his own lapse in judgment, which caused him to throw an ill-advised overhand right during an early exchange. “Cigano” missed badly and as a result left himself exposed to perhaps the most devastating power puncher in the heavyweight division. Ngannou capitalized, rocking his foe with a right hook and then following him to the canvas, where a series of hammerfists ended the contest 1:11 into Round 1.