N'Gannou vs Arlovski

Who won N’Gannou vs Arlovski?

Francis NGannou beat Andrei Arlovski by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC on FOX 23, on Saturday 28th January 2017 at Pepsi Center in Denver.

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 Arlovski stats

Francis NGannou stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Andrei Arlovski made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Francis NGannou's UFC record stood at 12-2-0, while Andrei Arlovski's came in at 23-17-0.

The stats suggested Arlovski had an advantage in power over N'Gannou, with a 68% knock out percentage over N'Gannou's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested N'Gannou had a massive advantage over Arlovski, boasting a 44% submission rate over Arlovski's 12%.

Francis NGannou was the younger man by 8 years, at 37 years old.

N'Gannou had a height advantage of 1 inch over Arlovski. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

N'Gannou was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 28 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 14 years and 7 months later than Arlovski, whose first professional fight was in 1999. He had fought 91 less professional rounds, 36 to Arlovski's 127.

N’Gannou vs Arlovski form

Andrei Arlovski had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Tom Aspinall at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Tanner Boser at UFC Vegas 13 on 7th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Philipe Lins at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 13th May 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he had defeated Ben Rothwell at UFC on ESPN 4 on 20th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

He had been beaten by Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC Fight Night 136 on 15th September 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Olimpiyskiy Arena, Moscow, Russia.

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Arlovski's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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