The heavyweight title rematch between champion [autotag]Stipe Miocic[/autotag] and [autotag]Francis Ngannou[/autotag] is on.
UFC president Dana White confirmed at Saturday’s UFC on ABC 1 post-fight news conference that Miocic (20-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) vs. Ngannou (15-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) has been finalized to headline UFC 260 in March.
After Miocic earned a unanimous decision win over Ngannou in their first meeting at UFC 220, he has since gone on to have a trilogy with Daniel Cormier, winning two of those three bouts.
Ngannou, meanwhile, is on a four-fight winning streak, all of which have come by first-round knockout.
The latest UFC 260 lineup includes:
- Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou – for heavyweight title
- Alexander Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega – for featherweight title
- Jimmy Crute vs. Johnny Walker
- Modestas Bukauskas vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk
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