Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou is one of those rare matchups that become obvious overnight and are booked seemingly the next day.
When the fast-rising contender nearly knocked Alistair Overeem's head clean off his body with an uppercut, a matchup with the current champion seemed like a no-brainer. Now, seven weeks later, it's happening. The Cameroon native will have the opportunity to become the next UFC heavyweight champion.
Ngannou walks into the matchup as the favorite over the champion. Despite back-to-back title defenses for Miocic, Ngannou's six-straight stoppage victories in the UFC have him pegged as the next big thing in MMA.