Francis Ngannou had some magnificent knockouts throughout his UFC profession – however none of his challengers fell quicker than Jairzinho Rozenstruik.
In May 2020, Ngannou required simply 20 seconds to beat Rozenstruik, however the fact is ‘Bigi Boi’ was out method before the blockage.
After rebounding from back-to-back choice beats by knocking out Cain Velasquez, Curtis Blaydes and Junior dos Santos, Ngannou was scheduled in a title remover bout versus an unbeaten possibility.
Rozenstruik rapidly made a 10-0 record after transitioning to mixed martial arts from kickboxing and was fresh off a harsh fifth-round blockage win over Alistair Overeem, whose lip appeared to take off throughout their battle in December 2019.
Several months later on, he discovered himself standing opposite Ngannou.
Rozenstruik landed a within leg kick to begin procedures, however Ngannou utilized his visible size benefit to square up and diminish his challenger.
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The Cameroonian fighter tossed a series of shots till a left hook captured Rozenstruik flush on the jaw and sent him to sleep versus the cage.
Rather than pull back from his unconscious competitor, ‘The Predator’ measured up to his label by landing a number of unneeded shots.
Rozenstruik’s head bounced off the fence as Ngannou uncorked 5 follow-up hooks before veteran referee Dan Miragliotta had the ability to action in.
Boxing legend Mike Tyson was among the lots of individuals seeing who were blown away by Ngannou’s extremely fast surface of Rozenstruik.
Taking to X – previously referred to as Twitter – Tyson composed: “Resounding…vicious…future champ. Francis Ngannou 20 second knockout tonight.”
The 57-year-old made a profession by damaging challengers throughout his reign of fear in the 1980s as he left lots of leading heavyweight competitors on the flooring.
Growing up as a kid, Ngannou was a substantial fan of ‘Iron Mike’ and he wished to imitate his profession inside the boxing ring.
The 2 guys came together to train ahead of Ngannou’s launching in the sport versus WBC heavyweight champ Tyson Fury last October.
‘The Gypsy King’ got a taste of the power that triggered Rozenstruik’s very first mixed martial arts loss when he was stopped by a Ngannou hook in round 3.
Fury made it through the scare to tape-record a questionable split choice success and established a historical four-belt undeniable battle with WBO, WBA, and IBF champ Oleksandr Usyk on May 18.
Ngannou will continue his boxing profession versus previous two-time heavyweight boxing world champ Anthony Joshua on March 8.
Rozenstruik has actually lost 4 more battles given that being blown away by Ngannou and has simply one win from his last 4 bouts in mixed martial arts’s premier promo.
Rozenstruik will want to get his profession back on track this Saturday when he handles unbeaten 12-0 competitor Shamil Gaziev at UFC Vegas 87.
Ahead of a must-win battle, he has actually sent out some kind words to Ngannou, who he wishes to see beat Joshua at ‘Knockout Chaos’ next weekend.
“The only thing I can say is I wish him luck,” Rozenstruik informed TMZ Sports.
“I hope everything goes well for him.
“It was nice sharing the Octagon, the energy, and I wish him luck.
“No bad vibes… I hope he wins.”
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