Ngannou vs Gane

Who won Ngannou vs Gane?

Francis NGannou beat Ciryl Gane by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 270, on Saturday 22nd January 2022 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 48-47, 48-47 in favor of the winner Francis NGannou.

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).

This contest was for the UFC heavyweight championship.

Ngannou vs Gane stats

Francis NGannou stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Ciryl Gane made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Francis NGannou's UFC record stood at 12-2-0, while Ciryl Gane's came in at 9-2-0.

The stats suggested N'Gannou had a massive power advantage over Gane, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Gane's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gane had a slight advantage over N'Gannou, with a 30% submission rate over N'Gannou's 27%.

Francis NGannou was the older man by 3 years, at 37 years old.

N'Gannou was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 4 years and 8 months earlier than Gane, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 1 less professional rounds, 36 to Gane's 37.

Ngannou vs Gane form

Gane had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Tai Tuivasa at UFC Fight Night Paris on 3rd September 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had lost to Francis NGannou at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Derrick Lewis at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he had defeated Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Junior dos Santos at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

N'Gannou's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 7 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Gane's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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