![]() ![]() Inside leg kicks by Miocic keep him ahead on the scorecards. ![]() Ngannou misses with a left hook, Miocic hits him with a straight punch. Dean resets them in the center of the cage with half a round to go. It doesn’t look like he has anything left in his arms. Miocic transitions back to the single leg and Ngannou tries to counter with a guillotine. Miocic has the right underhook and he’s just leaning on Ngannou. Takedown attempt by Miocic is blocked, but he’s got the clinch against the cage again. ![]() Round 5: Ngannou looks like he’s ready to fall over at any moment. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-8, Miocic. Miocic ends the round punching Ngannou’s body. Ngannou can only get a hand up to block the punches. Miocic just pushing Ngannou down and he’s landing uppercuts from back position. ![]() Punches to the side of Ngannou’s head now and he’s just trying to crawl out of the situation, which leads to him being pinned against the fence again. Ngannou is on his hands and knees just turtling up as Miocic elbows him in the body. Nothing major, but Miocic is landing plenty of punches from top control. Round 4: Single leg by Miocic and he’s back in side control with plenty of time to work. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Miocic. Ngannou is stuck in this position and Miocic is content to keep scoring. Ground-and-pound by Miocic, he’s landing short punches and elbows. Big right hand by Ngannou hurts Miocic, he shoots in and gets the fight back to the mat. Ngannou throws a slow jab and Miocic makes him pay with a straight right. Ngannou stands up with Miocic leaning on him. Ngannou looks like he attempted to push Miocic down, but Miocic easily reverses the situation and takes side-back control again. Ngannou defends it, but he’s pressed against the fence. Round 3: Less than 30 seconds in and Miocic shoots in for a single leg. The challenger’s strength is just being drained. Miocic content to hang onto Ngannou and throw the occasional knee to the body. Ngannou pinned against the cage with Miocic putting all of his weight on his back. He shoots in and takes Ngannou all the way across the cage before finishing the takedown. Straight right scores for Miocic, then a straight left. Miocic decks him with an overhand right, but Ngannou absorbs it. Miocic content to stay outside and score with inside leg kicks. Inside leg kick by Miocic, Ngannou partially lands an overhand right. Round 2: Miocic again opening up with an inside leg kick. Miocic avoids Ngannou’s’ shots and clips him on the chin with a couple of punches, Ngannou gets in one of his own, Miocic takes him down again to close the round. Ngannou flat on his back and he takes punches to the face, but he gets to his knees and powers back up to his feet. Short punches from top position by the champion. He times a double leg and finally gets Ngannou down, moving into side control. Right hand by Miocic finds Ngannou’s chin. Miocic ducks out of the way of a big Ngannou punch. They separate again with half a round to go. Work against the fence, Ngannou scores with a high knee. Ngannou searching for that uppercut and Miocic clinches up with him. More big shots from Ngannou that catch air, Miocic comes over the top with a right hand. Uppercut connects for Ngannou, Miocic looks okay. Winging shots by Ngannou, Miocic dodging his head out of the way. Ngannou defends it and he’s stalking Miocic now. They separate and Ngannou goes head hunting, Miocic counters with a single leg. They end up with Miocic pressing Ngannou against the fence. Ngannou answers by going up high with a kick, Miocic digs in for a takedown and almost gets it. Miocic scores first with an outside leg kick. Round 1: Herb Dean on hand to officiate the heavyweight championship main event. Miocic, the reigning champion, will look to become the first heavyweight in UFC history to record three consecutive title defenses when he takes on Ngannou, the Cameroonian-French fighter who has finished all six of his UFC opponents, in the night’s main event. Francis Ngannou, a heavyweight championship bout at Saturday night’s UFC event at the TD Garden in Boston. This is the UFC 220 live blog for Stipe Miocic vs. ![]()
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