Francis Ngannou Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	#1Ciryl GaneTitle Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane	Jan 22, 2022
W	CStipe MiocicTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	0:52	UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou	Mar 27, 2021
W	#6Jairzinho Rozenstruik Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:20	UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje	May 9, 2020
W	#3Junior Dos Santos Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	1:11	UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos	Jun 29, 2019
W	#4Cain Velasquez Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	0:26	UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez	Feb 17, 2019
W	#3Curtis Blaydes Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:45	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2	Nov 24, 2018
L	#5Derrick Lewis Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier	Jul 7, 2018
L	CStipe MiocicTitle Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou	Jan 20, 2018
W	#1Alistair Overeem Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:42	UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2	Dec 2, 2017
W	#7Andrei Arlovski Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:32	UFC on FOX: Shevchenko vs. Pena	Jan 28, 2017
W	Anthony Hamilton Heavyweight	Submission	Kimura Standing	R1	1:57	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov	Dec 9, 2016
W	Bojan Mihajlovic Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	1:34	UFC on FOX: Holm vs. Shevchenko	Jul 23, 2016
W	Curtis Blaydes Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Eye Injury	R2	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. Dos Santos	Apr 10, 2016
W	Luis Henrique Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	2:53	UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2	Dec 19, 2015

Outside the UFC

7-1across 8 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 3 sub100% Fight 20 · 100% Fight · Most Valuable Promotions · PFL · KHK MMA National Tryouts +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Philipe Lins18-6	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	4:31	Most Valuable Promotions	May 16, 2026
W	Renan Ferreira13-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:32	PFL	Oct 19, 2024
W	William Baldutti7-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	—	KHK MMA National Tryouts	May 28, 2015
W	Luc Ngeleka8-4	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:43	SHC 10	Sep 20, 2014
W	Nicolas Specq3-2	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	2:10	100% Fight 20	Apr 5, 2014
W	Bilal Tahtahi0-3	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	3:58	100% Fight 20	Apr 5, 2014
L	Zoumana Cisse13-3	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	100% Fight	Dec 14, 2013
W	Rachid Benzina0-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:44	100% Fight	Nov 30, 2013

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

0-1across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionTop Rank

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Tyson Fury1-0	Decision	Split	R10	3:00	Top Rank	Oct 28, 2023

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

14 wins, 0 losses

W14

L0

Submission

4 wins, 0 losses

W4

L0

Decision

1 win, 3 losses

W1

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

10

Above avg · 18%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.57

Above avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

1

Below avg · 8%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.14

Below avg · 0.25Heavyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Francis Ngannou

PowerChin

Knockout rate

71%

10 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

8

5.13 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never finished by strikes · Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

3 scorecards on file

Francis Ngannou

Scorecard luck

Even on close calls

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 2 rounds they disagreed on (50%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–1

Won – Lost

50% went their way

Unanimous3 decisions · 100%

1W2L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

3 rounds total

0

Won

3

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC56th

41%229 / 555

Striking accuracy

41%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.17 differential

Landed2.33

Absorbed2.16

56%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-18%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head68%42nd156
Body18%48th41
Leg14%50th32

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

66%Standing

Standing66%150
Clinch16%36
Ground19%43

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Francis Ngannou

Landed per 15

Head

D

35th

23.8

35th

Body

D

40th

6.3

40th

Leg

C

47th

4.9

47th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A+

89th

14.1

89th

Body

B

59th

7.0

59th

Leg

F

21st

11.3

21st

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	23.8	156	455	34%
Body	6.3	41	64	64%
Leg	4.9	32	36	89%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	14.1	92	210	44%
Body	7.0	46	67	69%
Leg	11.3	74	88	84%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Francis Ngannou

63%

Takedown accuracy

72%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-2.0 min net

On top1.8

On bottom3.8

Offense

Takedowns

C

52nd

0.8

52nd

TD accuracy

A

77th

63%

77th

Sub attempts

B

64th

0.3

64th

Control

C

49th

1.8 min

49th

Defense

TD defense

B

62nd

72%

62nd

Controlled

3.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	5 / 8
Submission attempts	2
Control time	11:43

Defense

TDs defended	28 / 39
Control absorbed	24:36

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (98min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Francis Ngannou

14 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 98 min

110%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Ngannou fades (-19% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Ngannou lifts to 110% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Ngannou ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Ngannoulanded / min

Takedown attempts

Ngannouattempts / min

Control time

Ngannou% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.0	3.4	2.0	0.05	9%	14
R2	2.9	2.8	2.4	0.00	2%	6
R3	2.2	0.9	1.9	0.27	13%	3
R4	2.5	0.7	3.4	0.20	30%	2
R5	1.7	0.6	1.4	0.00	27%	2

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Francis Ngannou

14 resolved UFC bouts · 10 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

95/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

98th

80%

98th

Win quality

A+

99th

96%

99th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

8

1

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	2-1	67%
Top-5	8	7-1	88%
Top-15	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Ciryl Gane#1	Top-5	93	Jan 22, 2022
W	Stipe MiocicCHAMP	Champion	100	Mar 27, 2021
W	Jairzinho Rozenstruik#6	Top-5	81	May 9, 2020
W	Junior Dos Santos#3	Top-5	88	Jun 29, 2019
W	Cain Velasquez#4	Champion	93	Feb 17, 2019
W	Curtis Blaydes#3	Top-5	86	Nov 24, 2018
L	Derrick Lewis#5	Top-5	84	Jul 7, 2018
L	Stipe MiocicCHAMP	Champion	100	Jan 20, 2018
W	Alistair Overeem#1	Top-5	90	Dec 2, 2017
W	Andrei Arlovski#7	Top-5	82	Jan 28, 2017
W	Anthony Hamilton	Unproven	12	Dec 9, 2016
W	Bojan Mihajlovic	Unproven	8	Jul 23, 2016
W	Curtis Blaydes	Top-5	59	Apr 10, 2016
W	Luis Henrique	Top-15	42	Dec 19, 2015

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

14 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

2-1

3 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

5-1

6 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

4-0

4 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-1

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

10-1

11 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

2-1

3 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

1-0

1 bout

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-1

2 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

2-0

2 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

8 weeks

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Francis Ngannou

Active

8 weekssince last bout

vs Philipe Lins · May 16, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 8-2As underdog 4-0

90.9

DK avg

103.3

Median

117.4

Ceiling

88.7

Floor

86%

Boom

14%

Bust

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