N'Gannou vs Rozenstruik

Who won N’Gannou vs Rozenstruik?

Francis NGannou beat Jairzinho Rozenstruik by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 249, on Saturday 9th May 2020 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

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 Rozenstruik stats

Francis NGannou stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out.

Francis NGannou's UFC record stood at 12-2-0, while Jairzinho Rozenstruik's came in at 8-5-0.

The stats suggested Rozenstruik had an advantage in power over N'Gannou, with a 90% knock out percentage over N'Gannou's 71%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested N'Gannou had a large advantage over Rozenstruik, boasting a 29% submission rate over Rozenstruik's 0%.

Francis NGannou was the older man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

N'Gannou had 5-inch reach advantage.

N'Gannou's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Rozenstruik's, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 1 year and 6 months later than Rozenstruik, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 36 to Rozenstruik's 36.

N’Gannou vs Rozenstruik form

Francis NGannou had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

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

Previous to that, he had beaten Cain Velasquez at UFC on ESPN 1 on 17th February 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix.

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

Before that, 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.

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.

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N'Gannou's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Rozenstruik's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 11 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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