N'Gannou vs Blaydes

Who won N’Gannou vs Blaydes?

Francis NGannou beat Curtis Blaydes by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 141, on Saturday 24th November 2018 at Cadillac Arena in Beijing.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

N’Gannou vs Blaydes stats

Francis NGannou stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Curtis Blaydes made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Francis NGannou's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015. Curtis Blaydes marked his 19th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Francis NGannou's UFC record stood at 12-2-0, while Curtis Blaydes' came in at 13-5-0.

The stats suggested Blaydes had an advantage in power over N'Gannou, with a 80% knock out percentage over N'Gannou's 64%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested N'Gannou had a massive advantage over Blaydes, boasting a 36% submission rate over Blaydes' 0%.

Francis NGannou was the older man by 4 years, at 38 years old.

N'Gannou had a 3-inch reach advantage.

N'Gannou's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Blaydes', having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 6 months earlier than Blaydes, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 14 less professional rounds, 37 to Blaydes' 51.

N’Gannou vs Blaydes form

N'Gannou had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 opponents and going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Stipe Miocic at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he was victorious against Junior dos Santos at UFC on ESPN 3 on 29th June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Target Center, Minneapolis.

He had won against Cain Velasquez at UFC on ESPN 1 on 17th February 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix.

Activity check

N'Gannou's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Blaydes' last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 10 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years and 11 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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