UFC 220 Miocic vs. Ngannou Betting: Fight Card Odds and Predictions

The UFC has not seen a scarier heavyweight than Francis Ngannou in a really long time. He chooses in Boston on Stipe Miocic for its championship buckle Saturday.
We are only in the third week of January, but the UFC might have trouble staging a better card at the top at 2018 than UFC 220 on Saturday night in TD Garden at Boston. It’s headlined with a heavyweight title bout between champion Stipe Miocic and terrifying Francis Ngannou. The five-fight main card is expected to start at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view. Following is a look at those bouts and their MMA odds.
UFC 220 Miocic vs. Ngannou Odds
Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou
Records: Miocic (17-2), Ngannou (11-1)
Division: Heavyweight
UFC Odds: Ngannou -160, Miocic +130 Prediction: Ngannou by KO/TKO
The Miocic, 35, looks to create UFC history here by producing a third straight powerful defence of his heavyweight title — that has never been done before. Miocic has won five fights in a row overall and took the belt out of Fabricio Werdum by first-round knockout (punches) in UFC 198 in May 2016. Miocic then beat Alistair Overeem in September that year-old knockout (punches) and got revenge on former champion Junior dos Santos in May 2017 using a first-round TKO (punches). Dos Santos handed Miocic his last lossback in December 2014. A total of 13 of the 17 wins of Miocic have come by KO/TKO.
Ngannou, a 31-year-old from Cameroon, could soon be the biggest name in the sport other than Conor McGregor, if McGregor ever struggles. “The Predator” simply has catastrophic power — believe Mike Tyson in his prime. Ngannou has yet to see the third round in any of his struggles, and his previous four’ve all ended by KO/TKO or entry in just two minutes of the first round. Ngannou ruined Overeem in December using a punch, and throughout his six fights in the UFC Ngannou has landed 1.83 knockdowns per 15 minutes, the maximum rate among ranked heavyweights. Miocic, a former NCAA wrestler, will want this fight on the mat. He was past an underdog vs. Werdum.

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