Ngannou ‘rushed’ for KO against Miocic but won’t make same mistake twice

Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images Francis Ngannou had just five years’ MMA experience under his belt heading into his heavyweight title fight with Stipe Miocic at UFC 220, and ‘The Predator’ believes that that played a huge role in the outcome.

“I didn’t spend enough time in the octagon to have that experience,” Ngannou, who is set to take on Miocic in a championship rematch at UFC 260, told Joe Rogan on a recent episode of JRE (h/t Jed Meshew of MMA Fighting). “Even though it was almost four years since I’d been doing the sport but I didn’t spend enough time in the octagon to have that experience. I think in one night I covered more than what I’d been spending in the octagon for the…