N'Gannou vs Blaydes

Who won N’Gannou vs Blaydes?

Francis NGannou beat Curtis Blaydes by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 141, on Saturday 24th November 2018 at Cadillac Arena in Beijing.

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 Blaydes stats

Francis NGannou stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Curtis Blaydes made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out.

Francis NGannou's UFC record stood at 12-2-0, while Curtis Blaydes' came in at 13-4-0.

The stats suggested Blaydes had an advantage in power over N'Gannou, with a 80% 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 Blaydes, boasting a 36% submission rate over Blaydes' 0%.

Francis NGannou was the older man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

N'Gannou had 3-inch reach advantage.

N'Gannou's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Blaydes', having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 6 months earlier than Blaydes, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 14 less professional rounds, 36 to Blaydes' 50.

N’Gannou vs Blaydes 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 6 years, 4 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Blaydes' last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 4 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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