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Curtis Blaydes vs Francis Ngannou

Result, odds and stats · Heavyweight · 5 rounds

Sat, Nov 24, 2018
Francis Ngannou def. Curtis Blaydes · KO/TKO, round 1 (0:45)
 
Curtis
Blaydes
Heavyweight
Record
10-1
UFC
5-1
Age
27
Height
6'4"
Reach
80"
Stance
Orthodox
Record and age going into this fight.
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Closing line

No closing line on record for this fight.

 
Francis
Ngannou
Heavyweight
Record
11-3
UFC
6-2
Age
32
Height
6'4"
Reach
83"
Stance
Orthodox
Record and age going into this fight.
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Fight stats

Curtis BlaydesFrancis Ngannou
Significant strikes1 of 813 of 17
Knockdowns01
Takedowns0 of 20 of 0
Control time0:000:08
Submission attempts00

How they fight

Significant strikes landed per round, averaged over each fighter's UFC career before this fight. Rounds a fight ended in are left out, so early finishes don't pull the averages down.

16
11
Round 1
17
5
Round 2
■ Curtis Blaydes ■ Francis Ngannou Rounds 4 and 5 not shown: too few of them to average.

Common opponents

Opponents both had fought in the UFC before this fight, with the most recent meeting for each.

Alistair Overeem
Curtis Blaydes
Won · KO/TKO, round 3
Jun 2018 · landed 2.3 more significant strikes a minute
Francis Ngannou
Won · KO/TKO, round 1
Dec 2017 · landed 2.9 more significant strikes a minute

Their other meetings

Francis Ngannou won by KO/TKO, round 2 (5:00)Apr 10, 2016

Other fights that night

Alex Morono def. Song Kenan decision, 3 rounds —— —— —— —— Alistair Overeem def. Sergei Pavlovich KO/TKO, round 1 (4:21) —— —— —— —— Li Jingliang def. David Zawada KO/TKO, round 3 (4:07) —— —— —— —— Rashad Coulter def. Hu Yaozong decision, 3 rounds —— —— —— —— Zhang Weili def. Jessica Aguilar submission, round 1 (3:41) —— —— —— —— Kevin Holland def. John Phillips submission, round 3 (4:05) —— —— —— —— Wu Yanan def. Lauren Mueller submission, round 1 (4:00) —— —— —— —— Louis Smolka def. Sumudaerji submission, round 2 (2:07) —— —— —— —— Pingyuan Liu def. Martin Day decision, 3 rounds —— —— —— —— Song Yadong def. Vince Morales decision, 3 rounds —— —— —— —— Yan Xiaonan def. Syuri Kondo decision, 3 rounds —— —— —— ——