N'Gannou vs Rozenstruik

Who won N’Gannou vs Rozenstruik?

Francis NGannou beat Jairzinho Rozenstruik by during the main card of UFC 249, on Saturday 9th May 2020 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Francis NGannou.

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 Rozenstruik stats

Francis NGannou stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out.

Francis NGannou's UFC record stood at 12-2-0, while Jairzinho Rozenstruik's came in at 8-5-0.

The stats suggested Rozenstruik had an advantage in power over N'Gannou, with a 90% knock out percentage over N'Gannou's 71%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested N'Gannou had a large advantage over Rozenstruik, boasting a 29% submission rate over Rozenstruik's 0%.

Francis NGannou was the older man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

N'Gannou had 5-inch reach advantage.

N'Gannou's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Rozenstruik's, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 1 year and 6 months later than Rozenstruik, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 36 to Rozenstruik's 36.

N’Gannou vs Rozenstruik form

N'Gannou had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 opponents and going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten 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.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he was victorious against Junior dos Santos at UFC on ESPN 3 on 29th June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Target Center, Minneapolis.

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.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten Shamil Gaziev at UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev on 2nd March 2024 by knockout in the 4th round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Jailton Almeida at UFC Fight Night – Rozenstruik vs. Almeida on 13th May 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Spectrum Center, Charlotte.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Chris Daukaus at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Curtis Blaydes at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jairzinho Rozenstruik had been fighting more than Francis NGannou.

Going to this contest, Francis NGannou had last fought 2 years, 2 months and 27 days ago, while Jairzinho Rozenstruik's last outing had been 1 month and 16 days ago.

N'Gannou's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Rozenstruik's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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