Francis Ngannou

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Age 38
Gender Male
Height 6' 4"
Weight Class Heavyweight

Francis Ngannou is a MMA fighter with a professional fight record of 18 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws

Professional Career Statistics

Pro Record 18-3-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Career Length 10 months, 19 days
Rounds Fought 26.7
Avg. Fights/Year 1.9
Longest Layoff 2 years, 8 months, 27 days
Quickest Turnaround 2 weeks, 0 days

Record BreakDown

- KO/TKO SUB DEC
Wins 13 4 1
Losses 0 0 3
Finish Rate 94.4%
Finished Rate 0.0%
Win by Decision Rate 5.6%
Loss by Decision Rate 100.0%
Win by KO Rate 72.2%
Loss by KO Rate 0.0%
Win by SUB Rate 22.2%
Loss by SUB Rate 0.0%
Win Method
Loss Method

Quick Hits

Fastest Win 20
Fastest KO 20
Fastest SUB 01:44
Ave. Rounds (Ws) 0.9
Ave. Length of Fight (Ws) 04:37
Ave. Rounds (Ls) 3.3
Ave. Length of Fight (Ls) 16:40
Finish Rounds
Finished Rounds

Official Professional MMA Fight Record

Date Opponent Weightclass Method Round Time
OFF 10/19/2024 W
(17-3-0)
Renan Ferreira
(12-4-0)
HW
( 256.8 vs. 261.5 )
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
PFL Battle of the Giants
1 03:22
OFF 01/22/2022 W
(16-3-0)
Ciryl Gane
(13-2-0)
HW
( 257.0 vs. 247.0 )
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
UFC 270: NGANNOU vs GANE
5 05:00
OFF 03/27/2021 W
(15-3-0)
Stipe Miocic
(20-5-0)
HW
( 263.0 vs. 234.0 )
KO
UFC 260: MIOCIC vs NGANNOU
2 00:52
OFF 05/09/2020 W
(14-3-0)
Jair Rozenstruik
(15-5-0)
HW
( 261.5 vs. 260.0 )
KO
UFC 249: FERGUSON vs GAETHJE
1 00:20
OFF 06/29/2019 W
(13-3-0)
Junior Dos Santos
(23-10-0)
HW
( 255.0 vs. 249.0 )
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
UFC on ESPN 3
1 01:11
OFF 02/17/2019 W
(12-3-0)
Cain Velasquez
(14-3-0)
HW
( 258.0 vs. 248.0 )
KO
UFC: Ngannou vs Velasquez
1 00:26
OFF 11/24/2018 W
(11-3-0)
Curtis Blaydes
(18-5-0)
HW
( 254.0 vs. 260.0 )
TKO/RSC
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2
1 00:45
OFF 07/07/2018 L
(11-2-0)
Derrick Lewis
(28-12-0)
HW
( 253.0 vs. 264.5 )
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
UFC 226: MIOCIC vs. CORMIER
3 05:00
OFF 01/20/2018 L
(11-1-0)
Stipe Miocic
(20-5-0)
HW
( 263.0 vs. 246.0 )
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
UFC 220: MIOCIC vs. NGANNAU
5 05:00
OFF 12/02/2017 W
(10-1-0)
Alistair Overeem
(47-19-0)
HW
( 262.0 vs. 247.0 )
KO
UFC 218: Holloway vs Aldo 2
1 01:43
OFF 01/28/2017 W
(9-1-0)
Andrei Arlovski
(34-24-0)
HW
( 253.0 vs. 246.0 )
KO
UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Pena
1 01:32
OFF 12/09/2016 W
(8-1-0)
Anthony Hamilton
(21-12-0)
HW
( 257.2 vs. 254.6 )
Submission (Kimura)
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov
1 01:57
OFF 07/23/2016 W
(7-1-0)
Bojan Mihajlovic
(9-6-0)
HW
( 259.0 vs. 228.0 )
TKO/RSC
UFN FOX 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko
1 01:34
OFF 04/10/2016 W
(6-1-0)
Curtis Blaydes
(18-5-0)
TKO/RSC
UFC Fight Night 86: Rothwell vs Dos Santos
2 05:00
OFF 12/19/2015 W
(5-1-0)
Luis Henrique Oliveira
(15-9-0)
HW
( 254.0 vs. 248.0 )
KO
UFC on FOX 17: Cerrone vs Dos Anjos
2 02:53
NRB 05/28/2015 W
(4-1-0)
William Gigante
(6-4-0)
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
KHK MMA 05/28/15
2 05:00
NRB 09/20/2014 W
(3-1-0)
Luc Ngeleka
(8-4-0)
Submission
Strength and Honor Championship 10 (Switzerland)
1 05:00
NRB 04/05/2014 W
(1-1-0)
Bilal Tahtahi
(0-3-0)
KO
100% Fight 20
1 05:00
NRB 04/05/2014 W
(1-1-0)
Nikolas Specq
(2-2-0)
Submission
100% Fight 20
2 05:00
NRB 12/14/2013 L
(1-0-0)
Zoumana Cissa
(13-3-0)
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
100% Fight - Contenders 21
3 05:00
NRB 11/30/2013 W
(0-0-0)
Rachid Benzina
(0-1-0)
Submission (Arm Bar)
100% Fight - Contenders 20
1 01:44

* Bouts marked with 'OFF' denote results which have been verified by an ABC-recognized athletic commission. Bouts marked with an SB denote bouts overseen by a duly-recognized sanctioning organization. Bouts marked NRB denote non-regulated bouts.

* Bouts marked with an (*) are considered exhibition bouts and do not count towards the fighter's record

* Weights marked with an (*) denote those over the limit for the weight class