N'Gannou vs Santos

Who won N’Gannou vs Santos?

Francis NGannou beat Junior dos Santos by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC on ESPN 3, on Saturday 29th June 2019 at Target Center in Minneapolis.

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).

N’Gannou vs Santos stats

Francis NGannou stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses 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 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Francis NGannou's UFC record stood at 12-2-0, while Junior dos Santos' came in at 15-8-0.

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 a 31% submission rate over Santos' 5%.

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

N'Gannou had a 6-inch reach advantage.

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

N’Gannou vs Santos 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.

Activity check

N'Gannou's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Santos' last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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