Francis Ngannou scored the biggest victory of his career with a KO victory over Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 260 on Saturday to win the heavyweight title.

Miocic (21-3, 15-3 UFC), who defeated Ngannou (15-4, 10-3 UFC) by unanimous decision in 2018, was overwhelmed by Ngannou's power from the start.

Ngannou now turns his attention to a super fight against Jon Jones, who's moving up to the heavyweight division looking for bigger challenges.

After the win, fellow fighters and other sport figures took to social media to praise Ngannou's incredible performance.

Let's play baby

— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 28, 2021

Show me the money

— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 28, 2021

Congrats to @francis_ngannou the NEW Heavyweight Champion of the World pic.twitter.com/PA4EnY9ZP0

— SHAQ (@SHAQ) March 28, 2021

FRANCIS NGANNOU ??????????

— Joel "Troel" Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) March 28, 2021

*Can't wait to see FRANCIS NGANNOU and JON JONES NEXT!!!! #UFC260

— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) March 28, 2021

Wow that was dominant.
What an incredible #goat run @stipemiocic had.
Nothing but respect for that guy.
A huge congrats to my brother @francis_ngannou.
The era of the Predator begins. #WarriorMana #UFC260

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) March 28, 2021

And Newwwwwwww @francis_ngannou !!! ????? La fierté!! #UFC260

— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) March 28, 2021

Congratulations Africa . Now you have 3 @ufc champions

— khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) March 28, 2021

We're taking gold back to Africa!!

— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) March 28, 2021

Oh My ??? @francis_ngannou #UFC260

— Karl-Anthony Towns (@KarlTowns) March 28, 2021

Francis Ngannou was dangerous when he didn't know how to fight, now that he's learning is actually scary. #UFC260

— Teddy Atlas (@TeddyAtlasReal) March 28, 2021

Imagine Jon jones and Francis in Africa, be monumental!!!

— Jeremy Stephens (@LiLHeathenMMA) March 28, 2021

Main event worth the price of admission #AndNew #UFC260

— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) March 28, 2021

DAMN! Francis is sooo powerful.

— Funky (@Benaskren) March 28, 2021

I mean can we ASAP Francis Ngannou vs Jon Jones ! ??? #UFC260

— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) March 28, 2021

Man! He is a monster #AndNew #UFC260

— John Dodson III (@JohnDodsonMMA) March 28, 2021

Anyone. Anywhere. Anytime. Except Francis I ain't fighting him

— Matt Brown (@IamTheImmortal) March 28, 2021

That makes the @JonnyBones fight so much more interesting... Ngannou was calm, calculated, technical.... so exciting!! #UFC260

— Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) March 28, 2021