Miocic vs N'Gannou

Who won Miocic vs N’Gannou?

Stipe Miocic beat Francis NGannou by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 220, on Saturday 20th January 2018 at TD Garden in Boston.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Stipe Miocic.

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).

This contest was for the UFC Heavyweight championship.

Miocic vs N’Gannou stats

Stipe Miocic stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Francis NGannou made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Stipe Miocic's 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011. Francis NGannou marked his 14th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Stipe Miocic's UFC record stood at 14-5-0, while Francis NGannou's came in at 12-2-0.

The stats suggested Miocic had an advantage in power over N'Gannou, with a 82% 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 Miocic, boasting a 36% submission rate over Miocic's 0%.

Stipe Miocic was the older man by 4 years, at 42 years old.

N'Gannou had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Miocic was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 9 months earlier than N'Gannou, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 21 more professional rounds, 58 to N'Gannou's 37.

Miocic vs N’Gannou form

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

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