Francis Ngannou (18-3, 17) was born in Batié, Cameroon on September 5, 1986. At the age of 27 years on November 30, 2013, he made his professional MMA debut against Rachid Benzina, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
On December 19, 2015, 29-year old Francis Ngannou made his UFC debut on his 7th professional MMA fight at UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 against a 22-year old Luis Henrique, winning the fight in the 2nd round via KO.
On his 13th career fight at 31 years old, Francis Ngannou got a shot at the UFC Championship heavyweight titles against Stipe Miocic on January 20, 2018 but lost the fight via 5-round unanimous decision.
He became the UFC heavyweight champion on March 27, 2021 at age 34 on his 19th professional MMA fight at UFC 260 after defeating a 38-year old Stipe Miocic via 2nd-round KO.
Ngannou's last fight was a heavyweight title fight against Renan Ferreira for Ferreira's PFL Super Fights Championship title on October 19, 2024. He stopped Ferreira via KO and was crowned the new heavyweight PFL champion. He is on a 7-fight winning streak.
He has fought 14 times in the UFC, and has a record of 12 wins and 2 losses in the promotion.
Some of Francis Ngannou's best fights have been against Stipe Miocic, Renan Ferreira, Ciryl Gane, Junior dos Santos, Curtis Blaydes, Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Cain Velasquez. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Francis Ngannou".
Ngannou has 3 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Francis Ngannou Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21  | Oct 19, 2024 38 years, 1 months 18-3 (17) | 34 years, 10 months 13-3 (12) | PFL | HW | 1 | KO | Win Punches Won PFL Super Fights heavyweight title |
20  | Jan 22, 2022 35 years, 4 months 17-3 (16) | 31 years, 9 months 10-0 (7) | UFC | HW | 5 | UD | Win Defended UFC heavyweight title |
19  | Mar 27, 2021 34 years, 6 months 16-3 (16) | 38 years, 7 months 20-3 (15) | UFC | HW | 2 | KO | Win Punch Won UFC heavyweight title |
18  | May 9, 2020 33 years, 8 months 15-3 (15) | 32 years, 1 month 10-0 (9) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | Win Punches |
17  | Jun 29, 2019 32 years, 9 months 14-3 (14) | 35 years, 4 months 21-5 (16) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
16  | Feb 17, 2019 32 years, 5 months 13-3 (13) | 36 years, 6 months 14-2 (12) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | Win Punches |
15  | Nov 24, 2018 32 years, 2 months 12-3 (12) | 27 years, 9 months 10-1 (8) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
14  | Jul 7, 2018 31 years, 10 months 11-3 (11) | 33 years, 5 months 19-5 (18) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | Loss |
13 | Jan 20, 2018 31 years, 4 months 11-2 (11) | 35 years, 5 months 17-2 (14) | UFC | HW | 5 | UD | Loss For UFC heavyweight title |
12  | Dec 2, 2017 31 years, 2 months 11-1 (11) | 37 years, 6 months 43-15 (38) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | Win Punch |
11  | Jan 28, 2017 30 years, 4 months 10-1 (10) | 37 years, 11 months 25-13 (20) | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
10  | Dec 9, 2016 30 years, 3 months 9-1 (9) | 36 years, 7 months 15-5 (9) | UFC | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Kimura |
9 | Jul 23, 2016 29 years, 10 months 8-1 (8) | Bojan Mihajlović | UFC | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
8 | Apr 10, 2016 29 years, 7 months 7-1 (7) | 25 years, 1 month 5-0 (5) | UFC | HW | 2 | TKO | Win Doctor stoppage |
7  | Dec 19, 2015 29 years, 3 months 6-1 (6) | 22 years, 3 months 8-1 (5) | UFC | HW | 2 | KO | Win Punch |
6 | May 28, 2015 28 years, 8 months 5-1 (5) | William Baldutti | HW | 2 | TKO | Win Punches | |
5 | Sep 20, 2014 28 years 4-1 (4) | Luc Ngeleka | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke | |
4 | Apr 5, 2014 27 years, 7 months 3-1 (3) | Nicolas Specq | HW | 2 | SUB | Win Arm-triangle choke | |
3 | Apr 5, 2014 27 years, 7 months 2-1 (2) | Bilal Tahtahi | HW | 1 | KO | Win Punch | |
2 | Dec 14, 2013 27 years, 3 months 1-1 (1) | Zoumana Cisse | HW | 2 | UD | Loss | |
1 | Nov 30, 2013 27 years, 2 months 1-0 (1) | Rachid Benzina | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Armbar |
