Filed under: Featured , News , UFC , Videos When it comes to Francis Ngannou , we, as MMA fans, are doing something we’ve done before: We’re getting ahead of ourselves, and we’re not going to learn from the past. Then again, when it comes to someone like Ngannou – a UFC heavyweight contender who’s now one win away from the title, all while sporting one of MMA’s most remarkable background stories – the excitement is a little understandable. But it’s also made us dumb. As reported this week, Ngannou (11-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC), who’s No. 2 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA heavyweight rankings and fresh off a vicious knockout of Alistair Overeem, takes on reigning champ and No.
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The Speed Bag: With Francis Ngannou, our excitement has made us dumb – MMA Junkie