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Video: Francis Ngannou’s Hometown Celebrates Heavyweight Championship Coronation

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5.15am
Batié, Cameroon

Incredible scenes from the hometown of @Francis_Ngannou as they celebrate the crowning of a new UFC Heavyweight Champion!

( Mathieu Pennella) pic.twitter.com/NSA57bUsmA — UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) March 28, 2021

It may have been in the wee hours of morning in Batie, Cameroon, when Francis Ngannou captured UFC heavyweight gold, but that didn’t prevent his home country from launching into a raucous celebration.

Video footage shows Ngannou’s countrymen cheering wildly after “The Predator” knocked out Stipe Miocic in the UFC 260 main event on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.