Francis Ngannou
“The Predator”
Francis Ngannou is ranked 3rd of 231 heavyweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,1303rd of 231 · Heavyweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.33Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.11 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 2,134, 16 May 2026
- Record
- 19–3Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: 2,000 careers simulated from today, fight by fight; the dashed line is the middle one.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2026 | Won vs Philipe LinsMost Valuable Promotions - Rousey vs. Carano · KO (Punch), R1 | +14 |
| 19 Oct 2024 | Won vs Renan Ferreira TitlePFL Super Fights - Battle of the Giants: Brace for Impact · KO (Punches), R1 | +4 |
| 22 Jan 2022 | Won vs Ciryl Gane TitleUFC 270 - Ngannou vs. Gane · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +19 |
| 27 Mar 2021 | Won vs Stipe Miocic TitleUFC 260 - Miocic vs. Ngannou 2 · KO (Punch), R2 | +39 |
| 9 May 2020 | Won vs Jairzinho RozenstruikUFC 249 - Ferguson vs. Gaethje · KO (Punches), R1 | +22 |
| 29 Jun 2019 | Won vs Junior dos SantosUFC on ESPN 3 - Ngannou vs. Dos Santos · TKO (Punches), R1 | +41 |
| 17 Feb 2019 | Won vs Cain VelasquezUFC on ESPN 1 - Ngannou vs. Velasquez · KO (Punches), R1 | +53 |
| 24 Nov 2018 | Won vs Curtis BlaydesUFC Fight Night 141 - Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 · TKO (Punches), R1 | +51 |
| 7 Jul 2018 | Lost to Derrick LewisUFC 226 - Miocic vs. Cormier · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −17 |
| 20 Jan 2018 | Lost to Stipe Miocic TitleUFC 220 - Miocic vs. Ngannou · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −9 |
| 2 Dec 2017 | Won vs Alistair OvereemUFC 218 - Holloway vs. Aldo 2 · KO (Punch), R1 | +64 |
| 28 Jan 2017 | Won vs Andrei ArlovskiUFC on Fox 23 - Shevchenko vs. Pena · TKO (Punches), R1 | +73 |
FLR is what the fight did to their First Light Rating: the true measure of skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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