N'Gannou vs Santos

Who won N’Gannou vs Santos?

Francis NGannou beat Junior dos Santos by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC on ESPN 3, on Saturday 29th June 2019 at Target Center in Minneapolis.

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 Santos stats

Francis NGannou stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Junior dos Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 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 Junior dos Santos' came in at 15-8-0.

The stats suggested Santos had a slight advantage in power over N'Gannou, with a 71% knock out percentage over N'Gannou's 69%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested N'Gannou had a large advantage over Santos, boasting a 31% submission rate over Santos' 5%.

Francis NGannou was the younger man by 3 years, at 38 years old.

N'Gannou had a 6-inch reach advantage.

N'Gannou was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 7 years and 4 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 28 less professional rounds, 37 to Santos' 65.

N’Gannou vs Santos form

Francis NGannou had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Curtis Blaydes at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Cadillac Arena, Beijing, China.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

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

Activity check

N'Gannou's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Santos' last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 10 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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