N'Gannou vs Overeem

Who won N’Gannou vs Overeem?

Francis NGannou beat Alistair Overeem by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC 218, on Saturday 2nd December 2017 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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 Overeem stats

Francis NGannou stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Alistair Overeem made his way to the cage with a record of 43 wins, 15 losses and 0 draws, 21 of those wins coming by knock out and 17 by submission.

Francis NGannou's UFC record stood at 12-2-0, while Alistair Overeem's came in at 12-8-0.

The stats suggested N'Gannou had an advantage in power over Overeem, with a 60% knock out percentage over Overeem's 49%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that N'Gannou and Overeem would have been pretty equal, both with a 40% submission rate.

Francis NGannou was the younger man by 6 years, at 37 years old.

N'Gannou had 3-inch reach advantage.

N'Gannou was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 47 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 14 years and 1 month later than Overeem, whose first professional fight was in 1999. He had fought 69 less professional rounds, 36 to Overeem's 105.

N’Gannou vs Overeem 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 5 years, 5 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 1 month. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

Overeem's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 6 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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