N'Gannou vs Velasquez

Who won N’Gannou vs Velasquez?

Francis NGannou beat Cain Velasquez by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC on ESPN 1, on Sunday 17th February 2019 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix.

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 Velasquez stats

Francis NGannou stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Cain Velasquez made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out.

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 Cain Velasquez's came in at 12-3-0.

The stats suggested Velasquez had an advantage in power over N'Gannou, with a 86% knock out percentage over N'Gannou's 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested N'Gannou had a massive advantage over Velasquez, boasting a 33% submission rate over Velasquez's 0%.

Francis NGannou was the younger man by 4 years, at 38 years old.

N'Gannou had a height advantage of 3 inches over Velasquez. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

N'Gannou was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 7 years and 1 month later than Velasquez, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 6 more professional rounds, 37 to Velasquez's 31.

N’Gannou vs Velasquez form

Francis NGannou had stopped all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Junior dos Santos at UFC on ESPN 3 on 29th June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Target Center, Minneapolis.

Before that, he was victorious against Cain Velasquez at UFC on ESPN 1 on 17th February 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix.

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.

Activity check

N'Gannou's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

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