Overeem on who the hardest puncher he ever faced in the octagon was

[Arm Barbarian]

UFC legend who fought Brock Lesnar describes pain of being punched by Ngannou

Alistair Overeem has unsurprisingly named Francis Ngannou as the hardest-hitting opponent he fought during his legendary fight career. ‘The Demolition Man’, who won multiple world titles in MMA and…

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The guy who nearly decapitated him - The Predator.

 

[ryun253]

Probably still has flashbacks of being a Pez dispenser

 

[Stick upkid]

I think everyone knows, without asking him, who the hardest puncher overeem ever fought is lol

 

[Last Falconry]

the fact that francis hit him with a follow-up shot on the ground after that punch is one of the funniest things that has ever happened in any sport, ever

 

[SamuraiBro]

the fact that francis hit him with a follow-up shot on the ground after that punch is one of the funniest things that has ever happened in any sport, ever

Was one of the few times my jaw legitimately dropped watching mma. Thought Reem fucking died lmao

 

[StonedLemur]

Probably still has flashbacks of being a Pez dispenser

Was it cherry flavored PEZ sir?

 

[StonedLemur]

Was one of the few times my jaw legitimately dropped watching mma. Thought Reem fucking died lmao

Took a shot in the mouth like the corpse he was lol

 

[MEAN357]

We know Reem, we know. Lmao

 

[BrockLesnarsTurtleBack]

Most brutal KO of all time in any sport.

 

[Wormwood]

Probably still has flashbacks of being a Pez dispenser

 

[Ibm]

Just imagine what Francis would do to Jones.

 

[loisestrad]

Just imagine what Francis would do to Jones.

Tap.

 

[7 others]

He got uppercut so hard I thought he's gonna do a backflip

 

[andgonsil]

The Jairzinho one was brutal too

 

[doggo]

The Jairzinho one was brutal too

Alisairs brain must be mush by now

 

[hector domino]

Tap.

people somehow forget how inhumanly strong francis is and is one of the reason why he doesnot get bullied by grapplers(obvious in stipe 2). in fact dude just powered his way into submissions like that kimura. I think Jones is Outgunned both in strength and punching power by a quite big margin. not to mention francis is fast as fuck for his size. I would say there is a reason Jones waited all this time to move up and instantly got in the moment it was obvious Francis will leave UFC

 

[Dr Fong]

I actually give him credit for stating the obvious.

Fighters often engage in weird bullshit for questions like this. There's some urge for them to either protect their ego or go all hipster and pretend they're more clever than everyone else by picking an obscure name.

'Ackshually, Aleksei Oleinik punched a lot harder than Ngannou' type of nonsense.

The most common one is guys claiming that their 'toughest fight' was against some guy they smoked rather than a guy they lost to.

Like Floyd Mayweather claiming 38-34 Emmanuel Augustus was his toughest fight - most people gave Floyd every round before he TKOd him - and not any of the guys that arguably beat him.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

Not a surprise. Francis absolutely blasted Reem.

 

[SamuraiBro]

Took a shot in the mouth like the corpse he was lol

Even worse, I picked Reem to win and was so hyped for the fight.

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

To be honest that Ngannou KO of Reem could very well be the greatest KO punch in MMA of all-time.