For UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier , Cain Velasquez ’s loss to Francis Ngannou “was very hard to watch.” “Just very disappointed,” Cormier said during a “SportsCenter” appearance after the fight. “I know how hard he trained. I know how well he prepared for this fight, and for it to end the way that it did was very unfortunate.” Velasquez (14-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC), who’s been plagued by injuries throughout his career, returned from a two-and-a-half-year layoff to fight Ngannou (13-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) in the UFC on ESPN 1 headliner Sunday night at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix. The fight couldn’t have gone worse for the former two-time champion as Ngannou needed just 26 seconds to win by knockout .
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