Lewis vs N'Gannou

Who won Lewis vs N’Gannou?

Derrick Lewis beat Francis NGannou by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 226, on Saturday 7th July 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Last Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Derrick Lewis.

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).

Lewis vs N’Gannou stats

Derrick Lewis stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Francis NGannou made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Derrick Lewis' UFC record stood at 18-10-0, while Francis NGannou's came in at 12-2-0.

The stats suggested Lewis had a large advantage in power over N'Gannou, boasting a 89% 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 Lewis, boasting a 36% submission rate over Lewis' 5%.

Derrick Lewis was the older man by 2 years, at 39 years old.

N'Gannou had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lewis. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Lewis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 7 months earlier than N'Gannou, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 50 more professional rounds, 86 to N'Gannou's 36.

Lewis vs N’Gannou form

Lewis had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ciryl Gane at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Curtis Blaydes at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Ilir Latifi at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

Activity check

Lewis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

N'Gannou's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 4 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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