Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-03-08, some good exchanges and a spectacular finish: Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou is one of the best boxing fights of the year 2024 and it gets four stars!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-10-28, pretty good boxing match: Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Ngannou vs Fury is scheduled to take place Saturday, October 28th, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), in a 10-round heavyweight (over 200 lbs, 90.7 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening, billed as “Battle of the Baddest”. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-01-22, some good exchanges in the second part of the match but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma fight Francis Ngannou vs Ciryl Gane gets two (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Gane vs Ngannou is the main event of UFC 270 and it is valid for the UFC heavyweight title (Ngannou’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-03-27, heavy exchanges with a spectacular finish: Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou 2 is one of the best mma fights of the year 2021 and it gets four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Ngannou vs Miocic 2 is the main event of Ufc 260 and it is valid for the UFC heavyweight title (Miocic’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-05-09, good start between Francis Ngannou and Jairzinho Rozenstruik: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). Moreover this match was ranked in the ‘Top 10 Mma Fights of the Year 2020‘ (ranking generated by our users).Francis Ngannou entered this fight with a mma record of 14-3-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 heavyweight in the world. He lost two consecutive bouts in 2018, against current #1 Hw Ufc champion Stipe Miocic (Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou) and Derrick Lewis (Francis Ngannou vs Derrick Lewis), after this fight he has fought three times defeating Cain Velasquez (Francis Ngannou vs Cain Velasquez) and Junior dos Santos in 2019 (Francis Ngannou vs Junior dos Santos).
His opponent, the undefeated 2016 WLF kickboxing champion Jairzinho Rozenstruik, has a perfect record of 10-0-0 (90% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. In his last three fights he has won over Allen Crowder, Andrei Arlovski and Alistair Overeem (Alistair Overeem vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik). Ngannou vs Rozenstruik is on the undercard of Tony Ferguson vs Justin Gaethje – UFC 249. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-06-29, fight not so exciting between Francis Ngannou and Junior dos Santos: it gets two stars (UFC Performances of the Night).Francis Ngannou entered this fight with a professional mma record of 13-3-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Cormier). He lost two consecutive bouts in 2018, against Stipe Miocic (Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou) and Derrick Lewis (Francis Ngannou vs Derrick Lewis), but then he has beat Curtis Blaydes (Curtis Blaydes vs Francis Ngannou 2) and Cain Velasquez (Francis Ngannou vs Cain Velasquez).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Hw champ Junior dos Santos, has an official record of 21-5-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. ‘Cigano’ dos Santos lost the rematch with Stipe Miocic in 2017 (Stipe Miocic vs Junior dos Santos 2) but then JDS has won over Blagoy Ivanov (Junior dos Santos vs Blagoy Ivanov), Tai Tuivasa (Junior dos Santos vs Tai Tuivasa) and Derrick Lewis (Derrick Lewis vs Junior dos Santos). Ngannou vs dos Santos is the main event of UFC on ESPN 3. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-02-17, disappointing fight between Francis Ngannou and Cain Velasquez: it gets two stars.Francis Ngannou entered this fight with a pro record of 12-3-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Cormier) but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Stipe Miocic (Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou) and Derrick Lewis (Francis Ngannou vs Derrick Lewis); after this bout he has beat Curtis Blaydes in their rematch (Curtis Blaydes vs Francis Ngannou 2).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and former Ufc champion Cain Velasquez, has an official mma record of 14-2-0 (86% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since July 9, 2016 when he defeated Travis Browne (Cain Velasquez vs Travis Browne); before this bout, in 2015, he had lost to Fabricio Werdum (Cain Velasquez vs Fabricio Werdum). Ngannou vs Velasquez is the main event of UFC on ESPN 1. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-11-24, good start between Curtis Blaydes and Francis Ngannou 2: it gets three stars (UFC Performances of the Night).Curtis Blaydes entered this fight with a professional mma record of 10-1-0 (80% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.4 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Cormier). He suffered his only loss when he faced Francis Ngannou in 2016, after this fight he has collected five victories and one no-contest defeating Alexey Oleynik (Alexey Oleynik vs Curtis Blaydes), Mark Hunt (Mark Hunt vs Curtis Blaydes) and Alistair Overeem in his last three (Alistair Overeem vs Curtis Blaydes).
His opponent, Francis Ngannou, has an official record of 11-3-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class but he comes off two consecutive losses, suffered against Stipe Miocic (Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou) and Derrick Lewis (Francis Ngannou vs Derrick Lewis); before these two bouts he had beat Alistair Overeem (Alistair Overeem vs Francis Ngannou). Blaydes vs Ngannou 2 is the main event of UFC Fight Night 141. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-07-07, boring and disappointing fight between Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis: it gets one star!Francis Ngannou entered this fight with a pro record of 11-2-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 heavyweight in the world. He fought twice last year beating Andrei Arlovski (Arlovski vs Ngannou) and Alistair Overeem (Overeem vs Ngannou) but then he lost to #1 Ufc champ Stipe Miocic in 2018 (Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou).
His opponent, Derrick Lewis, has an official mma record of 19-5-0 (95% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Mark Hunt in 2018 (Derrick Lewis vs Mark Hunt) but he came back to win in 2018 with Marcin Tybura (Derrick Lewis vs Marcin Tybura). Ngannou vs Lewis is on the undercard of Stipe Miocic vs Daniel Cormier – UFC 226. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-20, good start but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou gets two stars.The Ufc Hw champion Stipe Miocic entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-2-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Junior dos Santos in their first bout in 2014 (via unanimous decision, dos Santos vs Miocic), after this fight he has collected five victories winning the Ufc belt against Fabricio Werdum (=Werdum vs Miocic) and defending it with Alistair Overeem (=Miocic vs Overeem) and Junior dos Santos in their second bout (=Miocic vs dos Santos 2).
His opponent, Francis Ngannou, has an official record of 11-1-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Zoumana Cisse at his second pro mma fight in 2013, since then he has won ten consecutive fights beating Anthony Hamilton, Andrei Arlovski (=Arlovski vs Ngannou) and Alistair Overeem in his last three (=Overeem vs Ngannou). Miocic vs Ngannou, main event of Ufc 220, is valid for the Ufc heavyweight title (Miocic’s third defense); they also faced each other a second time on March 27, 2021 (Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
