N'Gannou vs Santos

Who won N’Gannou vs Santos?

Francis NGannou beat Junior dos Santos by during the main event of UFC on ESPN 3, on Saturday 29th June 2019 at Target Center in Minneapolis.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

N’Gannou vs Santos stats

Francis NGannou stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Junior dos Santos made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 15 of those wins by knock out and 1 by submission.

The stats suggested Santos had a slight advantage in power over N'Gannou, with a 71% knock out percentage over N'Gannou's 69%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested N'Gannou had a large advantage over Santos, boasting at 31% submission rate over Santos' 5%.

Francis NGannou was the younger man by 3 years, at 36 years old.

N'Gannou had 6-inch reach advantage.

N'Gannou was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 7 year and 4 months later than Santos, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 29 less professional rounds, 36 to Santos' 65.

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Santos' last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on N’Gannou vs Santos?

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