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Francis Ngannou will return to action this weekend as he takes on Ciryl Gane in a huge title clash at UFC 270.

Ngannou's next fight has been the focus of chatter in the MMA world after the heavyweight star had to watch on at the interim title clash at UFC 265.

Ngannou’s rise from the sand mines of Cameroon to UFC heavyweight champion is simply breath-taking
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Ngannou’s rise from the sand mines of Cameroon to UFC heavyweight champion is simply breath-takingCredit: Getty

His bout with Derrick Lewis looked a sure thing for a while but Dana White's company opted for a clash between 'The Black Beast' and Gane instead.

Gane won via TKO to claim the interim belt but many were left confused as to why Ngannou was not involved.

Ngannou became the outright UFC heavyweight champion at UFC 260 when he destroyed Stipe Miocic.

Now 'The Predator' will be back as 2022 kicks off with a bang in the world of MMA.

Ngannou vs Gane: Date, start time and how to follow

The showpiece event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 22 and is being held at the Honda Center in California.

The prelim action will get going at 1am UK time on Sunday morning with the main card kicking off at 3am.

Ngannou vs Gane can then be expected at around 6am.

The action will be shown on BT Sport 2 with their coverage starting at 00:30am.

marvelbet369.com will also have all the build-up to the action throughout fight week and will have a live blog from Anaheim on the night.

Gane defeated Derrick Lewis for the UFC interim heavyweight title
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Gane defeated Derrick Lewis for the UFC interim heavyweight titleCredit: Getty

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Ngannou vs Gane: Fight card

Subject to change

Main card

  • Main event: Francis Ngannou (c) vs Ciryl Gane (ic) - for UFC Heavyweight Championship
  • Brandon Moreno (c) vs Deiveson Figueiredo - for UFC Flyweight Championship
  • Michel Pereira vs. Andre Fialh, Welterweight
  • Cody Stamann vs Said Nurmagomedov, Bantamweight
  • Rodolfo Vieira vs Wellington Turman, Middleweight

Preliminary card

  • Raoni Barcelos vs Victor Henry, Bantamweight
  • Trevin Giles vs Michael Morales, Welterweight
  • Jack Della Maddalena vs Pete Rodriguez, Welterweight
  • Tony Gravely vs Saimon Oliveira, Bantamweight
  • Silvana Gomez Juarez vs Vanessa Demopoulos, Women's Strawweight
  • Matt Frevola vs Genaro Valdez, Lightweight
  • Kay Hansen vs Jasmine Jasudavicius, Women's Flyweight
Stipe Miocic was transported to a Las Vegas hospital for precautionary measures after his knockout defeat to Ngannou at UFC 260
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Stipe Miocic was transported to a Las Vegas hospital for precautionary measures after his knockout defeat to Ngannou at UFC 260Credit: Getty

Ngannou vs Gane: What has been said?

Ngannou told : "I am not actually very familiar with Gane - I have only trained with him less than eight times for a few weeks three years ago.

"That is not enough to know that much about it. Also, everyone has improved and worked on different things since then - so it doesn't mean anything for me. But yes, he is an all round good fighter whose abilities I am aware of.

"I heard Gane wants to go five rounds and win on points. That is definitely a BIG risk with my power to try and last that long.

"It will have to be his very lucky day to survive the first round or two, let alone five. If he makes five rounds, it will be a big accomplishment for him.

"My prediction is that it will probably be a second round knockout from me - or at least I will have knocked him out in under two rounds."

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