Francis Ngannou vs Curtis Blaydes — UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos
Francis Ngannou vs Curtis Blaydes

Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Card

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Francis NgannouWinner

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UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos

Sunday, April 10, 2016 · Zagreb · Croatia

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Result

Francis Ngannou def. Curtis Blaydes

KO/TKO (Eye Injury) · Round 2 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Kevin SatakiSource · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

KO/TKO · R2 · 5:00

Francis NgannouRound 2Curtis Blaydes

21 / 49Sig. strikes11 / 33

43%Accuracy33%

24 / 53Total strikes12 / 34

0Knockdowns0

0 / 0Takedowns1 / 3

0Sub. attempts0

0:18Control0:16

4.2Pace / min2.2

53%Control share47%

Francis Ngannou

Targethead 95% · body 0% · leg 5%

Phasedistance 95% · clinch 5% · ground 0%

Curtis Blaydes

Targethead 82% · body 0% · leg 18%

Phasedistance 82% · clinch 18% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeFrancis Ngannou landed 21 significant strikes to 11.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R1

Pace upFrancis Ngannou's significant-strike pace moved +40% from R1 to R2, 4.2 against 3.0 per minute.
Target shiftFrancis Ngannou's head share of landed strikes moved +15 pts, to 95% head with 0% body and 5% leg.
Pace downCurtis Blaydes's significant-strike pace moved -15% from R1 to R2, 2.2 against 2.6 per minute.
Accuracy shiftCurtis Blaydes's significant-strike accuracy moved -19 pts, 33% against 52%.
Target shiftCurtis Blaydes's head share of landed strikes moved +28 pts, to 82% head with 0% body and 18% leg.
Defensive driftCurtis Blaydes absorbed significant strikes +40% faster than in R1, 4.2 against 3.0 per minute.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Francis Ngannou

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Curtis Blaydes

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

36Francis Ngannou sig. strikes

24Curtis Blaydes sig. strikes

2rounds observed

+40%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Francis Ngannou)

Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.