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UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane
Francis Ngannou
Francis Ngannou
16-3 · FRA
VS
Ciryl Gane
Ciryl Gane
10-0 · FRA
January 22, 2022 · Anaheim, California, USA
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
257.0lb
Weigh-in
247.0lb
Francis Ngannou def. Ciryl Gane by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ngannou12/310/000:40
Gane15/200/201:05
R2
Ngannou10/270/000:13
Gane19/330/000:00
R3
Ngannou9/202/301:55
Gane6/90/001:07
R4
Ngannou7/132/202:57
Gane16/170/000:00
R5
Ngannou5/130/002:44
Gane7/121/100:39
Total
Ngannou43/1044/508:29
Gane63/911/302:51

Scorecards

Ngannou vs Gane

RdDerek ClearyRon McCarthySal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-1010-99.1-9.9
R29-109-109-109-10
R310-910-910-910-9
R410-910-910-910-9
R510-910-910-99.6-9.4
Total48-4748-4749-4647.7-47.3

Media (23 cards) · avg 48.346.7 · 23 Ngannou · 0 Gane

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ngannou-Gane.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
NgannouWin probabilityGane
42.1%57.9%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
4%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 17.6 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Ngannou, blue toward Gane. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ngannou42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%65%33%
Submission2%4%3%
Decision13%31%7%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes63 (2786)act 43
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 4
Gane58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%34%25%
Submission3%4%9%
Decision36%62%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (2479)act 63
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Combined totals~122 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R213%
R311%
R47%
R55%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Ngannou
52.1%-111
Gane
+11147.1%
Most takedownstie 55.2%
Ngannou
25.1%-127
Gane
+12719.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ngannou
Expected: 63.3
63.5
Over 63.5
39.6%
+152
Under 63.5
60.4%
-152
080159
Gane
Expected: 58.2
58
Over 58
39.5%
+151
Exactly 58
0.8%
push
Under 58
59.6%
-151
073146
Takedowns — over/under
Ngannou
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
29.6%
+238
Under 0.5
70.4%
-238
035
Gane
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
24.4%
+310
Under 0.5
75.6%
-310
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 17.6 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Ngannou42.1%43.4%−1.3+121
Gane57.9%56.6%+1.3-144
By method
Ngannou by KO/TKO19.7%32.7%−13.0+145
Ngannou by submission1.8%3.2%−1.4+2379
Ngannou by decision20.5%6.7%+13.8+1091
Gane by KO/TKO27.2%25.3%+1.9+216
Gane by submission2.5%9.4%−6.9+749
Gane by decision28.3%22.6%+5.7+254
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds84.7%61.3%+23.4-194
Over 2.5 rds71.8%49.1%+22.7-111
Over 3.5 rds60.2%40.0%+20.2+132
Over 4.5 rds53.5%34.1%+19.4+175
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision48.8%30.8%+18.0+205

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
61.0Striking83.9
Gane +22.9
41.4Grappling41.6
Gane +0.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NgannouGane
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1666
Pound-for-pound
1629
1665
Divisional
1628
1536
Striking offense
1519
1551
Striking defense
1529
1514
Grappling offense
1482
1543
Grappling defense
1551
Physical
35 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'4"
83"
Reach
81"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.54
Strikes landed / min
5.37
41%
Strike accuracy
58%
2.04
Strikes absorbed / min
2.40
46%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.20
Takedowns / 15 min
0.71
33%
Takedown accuracy
21%
72%
Takedown defense
100%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
85%
UFC win rate
100%
+5
Win/loss streak
+7
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
57%
Recent opp. quality
301
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Francis Ngannou
  • WStipe MiocicKO/TKO R2
    Close -14010mo before
  • WJairzinho RozenstruikKO/TKO R1
    Close -2651y 8mo before
  • WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close -2202y 7mo before
  • WCain VelasquezKO/TKO R1
    Close +1752y 11mo before
  • WCurtis BlaydesKO/TKO R1
    Close +2003y 2mo before
Ciryl Gane
  • WDerrick LewisKO/TKO R3
    Close -3316mo before
  • WAlexander VolkovU-DEC R5
    Close -1607mo before
  • WJairzinho RozenstruikU-DEC R5
    Close -23611mo before
  • WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close -4001y 1mo before
  • WTanner BoserU-DEC R3
    Close -6412y 1mo before
Ngannou — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
12 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (91%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Gane — win / loss by method
Record: 10-0-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
4 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (29%)Submission() 0
3 (43%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Ngannou
Gane
13
UFC fights
7
73.2 min · 5.6 avg
Octagon time
105.7 min · 15.1 avg
12y 8m
Career length
8y 0m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Ngannou
Gane
217W–55L · 79.8%
Overall
123W–31L · 79.9%
181W–48L · 79.0%
Wins
123W–31L · 79.9%
36W–7L · 83.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ngannou
Gane
15W–4L · 78.9%
Overall
16W–2L · 88.9%
8W–4L · 66.7%
Wins
16W–2L · 88.9%
7W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Ngannou
Gane
2.61
Landed / min
5.37
32.8%
Accuracy
55.4%
50.0%
Defense
63.1%
1.64
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.28
60.7%
Time at distance
86.5%
Grappling & control
Ngannou
Gane
0.20
Takedowns / 15 min
0.71
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
20.8%
72.2%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.41
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.28
12.9%
Control share
98.3%
Strike target map
Ngannou
  • Head79%(147)div 65%
  • Body11%(20)div 19%
  • Legs10%(19)div 16%
Gane
  • Head44%(249)div 65%
  • Body26%(147)div 19%
  • Legs30%(172)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Francis Ngannou
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Ciryl Gane
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.