Filed under: Featured , News , Radio Highlight , UFC , Videos When former champ Alistair Overeem went crashing to the canvas at UFC 218, it wasn’t a surprise for Francis Ngannou ’s coach. “Francis trained very hard for months, since the (Junior) Dos Santos fight got canceled,” Dewey Cooper on Monday told MMAjunkie Radio. “He stayed in the gym working hard, had great sparring, and we all expected the outcome that the world saw.” In taking out Overeem (43-16 MMA, 8-5 UFC), Ngannou (11-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC), the No. 9 fighter in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA heavyweight rankings , notched his sixth straight win and cemented his status as one of MMA’s hardest punchers. He also secured a title shot against No
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