NGannou vs Werdum

When is NGannou vs Werdum?

Francis NGannou could potentially square off against Fabricio Werdum, in Summer 2025.

The fight would take place over 5 rounds in the NGannou vs Werdum division, which means the weight limit would be pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

NGannou vs Werdum stats

Francis NGannou would step into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Fabricio Werdum would make his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

The stats suggest N'Gannou would have a massive power advantage over Werdum, boasting a 72% knock out percentage over Werdum's 25%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Werdum would have a large advantage over N'Gannou, boasting a 50% submission rate over N'Gannou's 22%.

Francis NGannou is the younger man by 9 years, at 38 years old.

N'Gannou has a 6-inch reach advantage.

N'Gannou is currently the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 11 years and 5 months later than Werdum, whose first professional fight was in 2002. He has fought 39 less professional rounds, 37 to Werdum's 76.

NGannou vs Werdum form

N'Gannou has won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 opponents and going to the judges once.

In his last fight, he 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.

Fabricio Werdum has beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he lost to Renan Ferreira at PFL 2021 #3 on 6th May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Alexander Gustafsson at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night 127 on 17th March 2018 by knockout in the 4th round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night 121 on 18th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia.

He was victorious against Walt Harris at UFC 216 on 7th October 2017 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Francis NGannou has been fighting more than Fabricio Werdum.

Francis NGannou last fought 1 month and 22 days ago, while Fabricio Werdum's last outing was 3 years, 7 months and 5 days ago.

N'Gannou's last 5 fights have come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 12 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2 rounds on average.

Werdum's last 5 fights have come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 4 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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