UFC 220 Aftermath: Don’t write off Francis Ngannou just yet

BOSTON -- The cheap and easy hot take is right there, ready for the taking: The one that says Francis Ngannou was all hype.
The only thing we enjoy better than building people up in this culture is tearing them down. So after Ngannou lost to Stipe Miocic on across-the-board, 50-44 scores in the main event of UFC 220 at TD Garden, it would be simple to say Ngannou is just the latest hype job in what’s undeniably been a string of them during the WME era.
Forget the freezing-cold takes this