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It appears the UFC’s first visit to the New York state capital city has its first fight.
Heavyweight Anthony Hamilton (15-5 MMA, 3-3 UFC) says he’s been booked for a fight against Francis Ngannou (8-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 102 in Albany. Hamilton told the news to Las Vegas NBC Sports Radio affiliate AM 920, though the UFC has not yet formally announced the fight.
UFC Fight Night 102 takes place Dec. 9 at Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y. The rare UFC Friday night card will stream in its entirety on UFC Fight Pass.
Hamilton signed with the UFC in 2014 on a six-fight winning streak, including heavyweight titles for CageSport in his home state of Washington and MFC in Canada. But in the UFC, he has alternated wins and losses in all six of his fights. He has knockout wins over Ruan Potts and Damian Grabowski, and a decision victory over Daniel Omielanczuk. But he has a decision loss to Shamil Abdurakhimov, a 33-second knockout loss to Todd Duffee and a submission loss to Oleksiy Oliynyk, which came in his promotional debut.
Most recently, he got back in the win column with a knockout of Grabowski at UFC 201 in Atlanta, so once again he’ll be trying to put together his first winning streak in the promotion.
Ngannou has won seven straight fights, including his first three in the UFC – and all his career wins have come by stoppage. The Frenchman, who is an honorable mention selection in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA heavyweight rankings, has knockouts in all three of his UFC bouts. In July at UFC on FOX 20, he shut down Bojan Mihajlovic just 94 seconds into their fight. Prior to that, he stopped Curtis Blaydes in April and Luis Henrique this past December in his promotional debut.
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