UFC News: Francis Ngannou will take on Derrick Lewis at UFC 226

What's the story?

After a lot of speculation, we finally have confirmation that Francis " The Predator" Ngannou will take on Derrick " The Blak Beast" Lewis at UFC 226.

The event will take place in place July 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. This is an exciting heavyweight bout between two really powerful knockout artists.

Derrick Lewis calls out Ngannou in his Instagram post

In case you didn’t know…

Lewis is coming off an impressive TKO win over Marcin Tybura and has been calling out Ngannou multiple times on social media.

Ngannou also responded to Lewis's comments and was looking forward to this fight. Ngannou was last seen in the octagon after his loss to the current heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic.

UFC 220: Miocic v Ngannou

The heart of the matter

The fight will mark Lewis’ 14th UFC appearance since 2014, which is the most of any heavyweight fighter in the heavyweight division.

Ngannou will enter UFC 226 looking to rebound. After surging up the divisional rankings with some massive knockouts, “The Predator” challenged champion Miocic at UFC 220 in January.

He was dominated, though, and lost via unanimous decision for his first defeat in UFC.

What's next?

Both fighters possess some serious knockout power and the winner of this fight will be a step closer to another title shot.

The current UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic will also defend his title against UFC Ligh heavyweight champion of the world Daniel Cormier in the UFC 226 main event.

Author's take

The UFC is piling up excellent fights for UFC 226 and this might be a big event to push their PPV buys.

Coming back to the fight this is a great matchup in the heavyweight division between two powerhouses. This fight is not going to the judges for sure. Both men will step inside the octagon to knock the other guy out.

The winner of this fight will be a top contender in the heavyweight division for sure.