Who won Lewis vs N’Gannou?
Derrick Lewis beat Francis NGannou by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 226, on Saturday 7th July 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Last Vegas.
The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Derrick Lewis.
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).
Lewis vs N’Gannou stats
Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.
Francis NGannou made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.
This was Derrick Lewis' 29th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Francis NGannou marked his 14th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.
Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 19-10-0, while Francis NGannou's came in at 12-2-0.
The stats suggested Lewis had a large advantage in power over N'Gannou, boasting a 89% 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 Lewis, boasting a 36% submission rate over Lewis' 5%.
Derrick Lewis was the older man by 1 year, at 39 years old.
N'Gannou had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lewis. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.
Lewis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 7 months earlier than N'Gannou, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 52 more professional rounds, 89 to N'Gannou's 37.
Lewis vs N’Gannou form
Lewis had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.
In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alexander Volkov at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had beaten Francis NGannou at UFC 226 on 7th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had defeated Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night 126 on 18th February 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Frank Erwin Center, Austin.
Before that, he had lost to Mark Hunt at UFC Fight Night 110 on 10th June 2017 by knockout in the 4th round at Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.
He was victorious against Travis Browne at UFC Fight Night 105 on 19th February 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at Scotiabank Centre, Halifax, Canada.
N'Gannou had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4opponents and going the distance once.
In his last fight leading up to 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
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Francis NGannou had been fighting more than Derrick Lewis.
Going to this contest, Derrick Lewis had last fought 6 years and 26 days ago, while Francis NGannou's last outing had been 2 years, 9 months and 10 days ago.
Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 8 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.
N'Gannou's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.
What were the odds on Lewis vs N’Gannou?
Sorry, we couldn’t find any historical odds for Lewis vs N’Gannou.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.