N'Gannou vs Overeem

Who won N’Gannou vs Overeem?

Francis NGannou beat Alistair Overeem by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC 218, on Saturday 2nd December 2017 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

N’Gannou vs Overeem stats

Francis NGannou stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Alistair Overeem made his way to the cage with a record of 43 wins, 15 losses and 0 draws, 21 of those wins coming by knock out and 17 by submission.

This was Francis NGannou's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015.

Francis NGannou's UFC record stood at 12-2-0, while Alistair Overeem's came in at 12-8-0.

The stats suggested N'Gannou had an advantage in power over Overeem, with a 60% knock out percentage over Overeem's 49%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that N'Gannou and Overeem would have been pretty equal, both with a 40% submission rate.

Francis NGannou was the younger man by 6 years, at 38 years old.

N'Gannou had a 3-inch reach advantage.

N'Gannou was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 47 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 14 years and 1 month later than Overeem, whose first professional fight was in 1999. He had fought 68 less professional rounds, 37 to Overeem's 105.

N’Gannou vs Overeem form

Francis NGannou had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Curtis Blaydes at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Cadillac Arena, Beijing, China.

Previous to that, he had lost to Derrick Lewis at UFC 226 on 7th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Stipe Miocic at UFC 220 on 20th January 2018 by unanimous decision in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at TD Garden, Boston.

Before that, he had beaten Alistair Overeem at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit.

He had defeated Andrei Arlovski at UFC on FOX 23 on 28th January 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Pepsi Center, Denver.

Activity check

N'Gannou's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 3 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Overeem's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years, 1 month and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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