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The Clinch

Cameroon “The Predator” 2015-2022 · 27 rounds on file

Francis Ngannou

12-2-0 W-L-D in this database

Francis Ngannou, photograph by X2o
Strike accuracy 229/555
Takedown accuracy 5/8
Sig. strikes / round 8.5
Control / round 0:26
Inside the distance 92% 11 of 12 wins
Height
6′4″193 cm
Reach
83″210.8 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4005 SEP 1986
Listed weight
250 lb113.4 kg
Pressure Striker Automatically assigned from data across 14 fights - 0.9 takedown attempts and 9% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 5 5-0-0 vs 1586 avg
Positional Controller 5 5-0-0
Striking 5 4-1-0 vs 1614 avg
Distance Striker 4 4-0-0
Pressure Striker 1 0-1-0
Hybrid 4 3-1-0 vs 1667 avg
Well-Rounded 4 3-1-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 5 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

19 DEC 2015 - beat Luis Henrique · Technical Knockout 10 APR 2016 - beat Curtis Blaydes · Technical Knockout 23 JUL 2016 - beat Bojan Mihajlovic · Technical Knockout 09 DEC 2016 - beat Anthony Hamilton · Submission 28 JAN 2017 - beat Andrei Arlovski · Technical Knockout 02 DEC 2017 - beat Alistair Overeem · Technical Knockout 20 JAN 2018 - lost to Stipe Miocic · Decision (Unanimous) 07 JUL 2018 - lost to Derrick Lewis · Decision (Unanimous) 24 NOV 2018 - beat Curtis Blaydes · Technical Knockout 17 FEB 2019 - beat Cain Velasquez · Technical Knockout 29 JUN 2019 - beat Junior Dos Santos · Technical Knockout 09 MAY 2020 - beat Jairzinho Rozenstruik · Technical Knockout 27 MAR 2021 - beat Stipe Miocic · Technical Knockout 22 JAN 2022 - beat Ciryl Gane · Decision (Unanimous)

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 27 rounds across 14 of 14 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 8.5
Sig. strikes absorbed 7.9
Takedowns landed 0.2
Knockdowns 0.3
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 0:26 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 41% 229/555
Takedowns 63% 5/8
Opponents’ accuracy 58% 212/365

Where the strikes land

Head 68% 156
Body 18% 41
Leg 14% 32

And from where

At distance 66% 150
In the clinch 16% 36
On the ground 19% 43

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 10 won Technical Knockout · 10-0
Submission 1 won Submission · 1-0
Decision 1 won Decision (Unanimous) · 1-2

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
22 JAN 2022 Ciryl Gane Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 43 63 UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane
27 MAR 2021 Stipe Miocic Won Technical Knockout R2 0:52 36 12 UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou
09 MAY 2020 Jairzinho Rozenstruik Won Technical Knockout R1 0:20 6 5 UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje
29 JUN 2019 Junior Dos Santos Won Technical Knockout R1 1:11 9 4 UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos
17 FEB 2019 Cain Velasquez Won Technical Knockout R1 0:26 6 1 UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez
24 NOV 2018 Curtis Blaydes Won Technical Knockout R1 0:45 13 1 UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2
07 JUL 2018 Derrick Lewis Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 11 20 UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier
20 JAN 2018 Stipe Miocic Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 21 70 UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou
02 DEC 2017 Alistair Overeem Won Technical Knockout R1 1:42 6 1 UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2
28 JAN 2017 Andrei Arlovski Won Technical Knockout R1 1:32 8 3 UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena
09 DEC 2016 Anthony Hamilton Won Submission R1 1:57 1 0 UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov
23 JUL 2016 Bojan Mihajlovic Won Technical Knockout R1 1:34 8 3 UFC on FOX: Holm vs. Shevchenko
10 APR 2016 Curtis Blaydes Won Technical Knockout R2 5:00 36 24 UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos
19 DEC 2015 Luis Henrique Won Technical Knockout R2 2:53 25 5 UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2

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