N'Gannou vs Arlovski

Who won N’Gannou vs Arlovski?

Francis NGannou beat Andrei Arlovski by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC on FOX 23, on Saturday 28th January 2017 at Pepsi Center in Denver.

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 Arlovski stats

Francis NGannou stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Andrei Arlovski made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Francis NGannou's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015. Andrei Arlovski marked his 42nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2000.

Francis NGannou's UFC record stood at 12-2-0, while Andrei Arlovski's came in at 23-18-0.

The stats suggested Arlovski had an advantage in power over N'Gannou, with a 68% knock out percentage over N'Gannou's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested N'Gannou had a massive advantage over Arlovski, boasting a 44% submission rate over Arlovski's 12%.

Francis NGannou was the younger man by 8 years, at 38 years old.

N'Gannou had a height advantage of 1 inch over Arlovski. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

N'Gannou was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 28 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 14 years and 7 months later than Arlovski, whose first professional fight was in 1999. He had fought 93 less professional rounds, 37 to Arlovski's 130.

N’Gannou vs Arlovski 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 Renan Ferreira at PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants on 19th October 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had beaten Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated 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.

Before that, he was victorious against Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

He had won against Junior dos Santos at UFC on ESPN 3 on 29th June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Target Center, Minneapolis.

Activity check

N'Gannou's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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