Francis Ngannou

Francis Ngannou’s record, in numbers

Francis Ngannou’s official record is 19-3. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 19 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 17 wins, 2 losses — because 3 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.

The 17 wins break down as 13 by knockout, 3 by submission and 1 by decision — 16 of 17 inside the distance, a finish rate of 94%. Across all 19 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 5 minutes 54 seconds.

Francis Ngannou has never been stopped in the 19 bouts on file; all 2 losses went to a decision. The last 8 bouts on file are all wins.

Of the 19 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 4 were for a title and 7 were the main event of the card. Two of them have come since September 2024.

Set against the 487 Heavyweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Francis Ngannou has a finish rate above 81% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 91% of them and a two-year bout count above 77% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.

Francis Ngannou is listed at 6ft 4in with a reach of 82in, fights orthodox and is 40, born 4 September 1986.

These figures are recomputed from Francis Ngannou’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.