LAS VEGAS – UFC president Dana White has wasted no time assigning heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic ’s next challenger. Following Miocic’s (20-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) successful title defense against Cormier (22-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC) in Saturday’s trilogy bout at UFC 252, light heavyweight champ Jon Jones made noise about moving up to challenge for the belt. White shut that down, though, saying the next title shot goes to Francis Ngannou , who is riding a four-fight first-round knockout streak. “Francis is definitely next,” White told reporters, including MMA Junkie, at the UFC 252 post-fight news conference. “I mean, you can’t jump over Francis
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