MMA News: Iceman Melts, Ngannou Demolishes

Tito Ortiz got revenge against his bitter long-term rival Chuck ‘The Iceman” Liddell on Saturday night.

Yet what fans witnessed was sad and borderline laughable, as the fight went how many had feared.

Towards the end of the first round, the Iceman melted from the first significant strike Ortiz landed.

Possibly a money grab, possibly the poor idea from brain which has taken too much punishment, people were understandably concerned when Chuck called out Ortiz.

Let’s not forget that Dana White told Liddell to retire from fighting eight years ago, when it became apparent that the one-time legend had passed his better years.

Despite this, people were still interested to see a near 49 year old fight a 43 year old.

But once the fight got underway, everyone realised this would not be a battle like their old fights.

Some fans, like myself, worried the stream was lagging when the bout begun, but it soon became clear that both fighters were just extremely slow.

Let’s hope for Chuck’s health, he stays retired after this.

UFC Fight Night 141
Something that certainly wasn’t laughable or sad, but instead extremely scary, was Francis Ngannou’s return to form in last night’s UFC Fight Night 141 in Beijing.

“The Predator’ took just 45 seconds to once again defeat Curtis Blaydes via TKO.

It was a great sight to see Ngannou moving forward from his last performance against Derrick Lewis, which many considered to be among the worst UFC fights of all time.

The Beijing crowd were treated to Alistair Overeem also returning to winning ways, with his first-round win over Sergey Pavlovich.

The future looks interesting for both winners, with a rematch potentially on the cards.

Ngannou scored a Mortal Kombat-like knockout on Overeem the last time they met.