Dry-Eyed Cigano Plotting Ngannou Revenge

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Everyone has been so busy talking about the return of Conor McGregor, which happened at UFC 246 last weekend in Las Vegas, that this Saturday’s UFC Raleigh card has been missing out on some of the usual pre-fight hype.

Former UFC heavyweight champion, Junior dos Santos, will return to the Octagon to battle top contender, Curtis Blaydes, in the UFC Fight Night 166 main event, airing exclusively on ESPN+ from inside PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina.

That seems to be the position Blaydes (12-2) is currently in after scoring consecutive wins of his own. “Razor” was last seen beating the brakes off Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC 242 and his only losses at heavyweight have come against Ngannou.

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