Francis Ngannou

Francis "The Predator" Ngannou is the current UFC Heavyweight Champion with a professional record of 16 wins and 3 losses. He holds the record for the highest punching power ever measured by the UFC.

1. Early Life and Career
2. Francis Ngannou UFC
3. Francis vs Miocic 2
4. Francis Career Stats
5. Francis Ngannou Last Fight
6. Francis Ngannou Next Fight
7. Francis Ngannou Record

Early Life and Career

Francis Ngannou was born in Cameroon, where he lived in poverty with little formal education. At age 6, Francis went to live with his aunt due to his parent's divorce, and by age 10, he started working in the stone quarry of Batié.

Taking inspiration from the negative reputation of his father, Ngannou, wanted to do something positive and picked up boxing at age 22, but left in a year due to an illness.

The turning point in Ngannou's life came when he reached Paris after being released from his 2-month imprisonment in Spain for illegally crossing the Moroccan-Spanish border. In Paris, Francis met Fernand Lopez who allowed him to train MMA and sleep at the gym for free.

Francis started his MMA career in November 2013 and made his debut at 100% Fight Contenders 20 against Rachid Benzina. Ngannou submitted Benzina inside 2-minutes via armbar. He lost his next fight against Zoumana Cisse by unanimous decision before returning to winning ways with KO victories over Bilal Tahtahi and William Baldutti. He submitted Nicolas Specq and Luc Ngeleka in his next two bouts to amass a record of 5-1.

Ngannou left the French MMA circuit in 2015 to join the UFC.

Francis Ngannou UFC

Francis Ngannou made his UFC debut in 2015 at UFC on Fox 17 against Luis Henrique Barbosa de Oliveira, who he defeated in the 2nd round via knockout. Following this victory, Ngannou went on a dominant run in the UFC and won his next 5 fights, beating the likes of Curtis Blaydes, Andrei Arlovski, and Alistair Overeem before getting a UFC heavyweight championship title shot against Stipe Miocic at UFC 220.

Stipe Miocic outclassed Ngannou throughout the bout, exposing his poor wrestling and limited gas tank. Miocic secured a unanimous decision victory to give Ngannou his first loss in the UFC. Ngannou then came up short in his next fight against Derrick Lewis at UFC 226 to extend his losing streak to 2.

He bounced back from the back-to-back losses in style, as he defeated Curtis Blaydes in their rematch at UFC Fight Night 141. He then proceeded to knock out UFC legend Cain Velasquez in 26 seconds, Junior dos Santos in 71 seconds, and Jairzinho Rozenstruik in 20 seconds to earn a second title shot against Stipe Miocic at UFC 260. This time, Ngannou easily stuffed Miocic's takedown attempt and KO'ed him in the 2nd round to become the new UFC heavyweight champion.

Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou 2

Francis Ngannou fought Stipe Miocic for the second time at UFC 260 for the UFC heavyweight belt. Ngannou showed patience in the first round of the fight as he looked to tag Miocic instead of throwing in haymakers. Ngannou didn't overcommit to any attack and instead connected with low kicks, a takedown, and landed clean strikes to secure the first round.

The pace increased in the second round when Ngannou caught Miocic with a straight left followed by a that knocked down Miocic. He finished the bout with a big hammer fist to become the new UFC heavyweight champion.

Credit: MMA Fighting

Francis Career Stats

Current Status:

Francis Ngannou's current professional record stands at 16-3. He is the current UFC heavyweight champion.

Win-Loss-Draw

Matches	Wins	Losses	Draws
19	16	3	0

Wins by Knockout:

1. 12

Wins by Submission:

1. 4

Wins by Decision:

1. 0

Current Titles:

1. UFC Heavyweight Championship

Reach:

1. 83 in(210.83cm)

Weight:

1. 255lbs/116kg

Weight Class:

1. Heavyweight

Francis Ngannou Last Fight

Francis Ngannou's last fight was against Stipe Miocic at UFC 260. Ngannou won the fight in the 2nd round via KO/TKO to become the new UFC heavyweight champion.

Francis Ngannou Next Fight

Francis Ngannou is scheduled to fight Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 for the undisputed UFC heavyweight belt.

Francis Ngannou Record

Below is the MMA and UFC professional record of Francis "The Predator" Ngannou:

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date
Win	16-3	Stipe Miocic	KO(punches)	UFC 260	27/03/2021
Win	15-3	Kairzinho Rozenstruik	KO(punches)	UFC 249	09/04/2020
Win	14-3	Junior dos Santos	TKO(punches)	UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs dos Santos	29/06/2019
Win	13-3	Cain Velasquez	KO(punches)	UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs Velasquez	17/02/2019
Win	12-3	Curtis Blaydes	TKO(punches)	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Ngannou 2	24/11/18
Loss	11-3	Derrick Lewis	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC 226	07/07/2018
Loss	11-2	Stipe Miocic	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC 220	20/01/2018
Win	11-1	Alistair Overeem	KO(punch)	UFC 218	02/12/2017
Win	10-1	Andrei Arlovski	TKO(punches)	UFC on Fox: Shevchenko Vs Peña	28/01/2017
Win	9-1	Anthony Hamilton	Submission (Kimura)	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Abdurakhimov	09/12/2016
Win	8-1	Bojan Mihaljovic	TKO(punches)	TKO(punches)	23/07/2016
Win	7-1	Curtis Blaydes	TKO(doctor stoppage)	UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs dos Santos	10/04/2016
Win	6-1	Luis Henrique	KO(punch)	UFC on Fox dos Anjos vs Cowboy 2	19/12/2015
Win	5-1	William Baldutti	TKO(punches)	KHK MMA National Tryouts: Finale 2015	28/05/2015
Win	4-1	Luc Ngeleka	Submission (guillotine choke)	SHC 10 Carvalho vs Belo	20/9/2014
Win	3-1	Nicolas Specq	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	100% Fight 20: Comeback	05/04/2014
Win	2-1	Bilal Tahtahi	KO(punch	100% Fight 20: Comeback	05/04/2014
Loss	1-1	Zoumana Cisse	Decision (unanimous	100% Fight Contenders 21	14/12/2013
Win	1-0	Rachid Benzina	Submission (armbar)	100% Fight Contenders 20	30/11/2013