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UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje
Francis Ngannou
Francis Ngannou
14-3 · FRA
VS
May 9, 2020 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
261.5lb
Weigh-in
260.0lb
Francis Ngannou def. Jairzinho Rozenstruik by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:20
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:20
Ngannou6/130/010:02
Rozenstruik5/50/000:00
Total
Ngannou6/130/010:02
Rozenstruik5/50/000:00

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 probabilityRozenstruik
81.7%18.3%
KO / TKO
51%
Submission
10%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 9.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ngannou82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO43%52%
Submission9%11%
Decision30%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2250)act 6
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 0
Rozenstruik18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%48%
Submission0%3%
Decision9%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1433)act 5
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R230%
R38%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Ngannou
67.4%-217
Rozenstruik
+21731.0%
Most takedownstie 49.7%
Ngannou
45.2%-887
Rozenstruik
+8875.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ngannou
Expected: 38.8
39
Over 39
41.3%
+138
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
57.0%
-138
04998
Rozenstruik
Expected: 25.7
25.5
Over 25.5
43.0%
+133
Under 25.5
57.0%
-133
03365
Takedowns — over/under
Ngannou
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
47.4%
+111
Under 0.5
52.6%
-111
035
Rozenstruik
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.3%
Exactly 0
91.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 9.7 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
Ngannou81.7%70.2%+11.5-265
Rozenstruik18.3%29.8%−11.5+225

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
59.4Striking58.6
Ngannou +0.8
25.4Grappling20.8
Ngannou +4.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NgannouRozenstruik
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1633
Pound-for-pound
1588
1633
Divisional
1588
Striking offense
Striking defense
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
33 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'2"
83"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.15
Strikes landed / min
3.72
38%
Strike accuracy
47%
1.97
Strikes absorbed / min
3.05
48%
Strike defense
32%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
71%
Takedown defense
75%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
82%
UFC win rate
100%
+3
Win/loss streak
+4
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
315
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Francis Ngannou
  • WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close -22010mo before
  • WCain VelasquezKO/TKO R1
    Close +1751y 3mo before
  • WCurtis BlaydesKO/TKO R1
    Close +2001y 5mo before
  • LDerrick LewisU-DEC R3
    Close -3101y 10mo before
  • LStipe MiocicU-DEC R5
    Close -1702y 4mo before
Jairzinho Rozenstruik
  • WAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R5
    Close -1505mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKO R1
    Close -1606mo before
  • WAllen CrowderKO/TKO R1
    Close -23011mo before
  • WJunior AlbiniKO/TKO R2
    Close +1251y 3mo before
Ngannou — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
71% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (89%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)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
Rozenstruik — 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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
90% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Ngannou
Rozenstruik
11
UFC fights
4
67.0 min · 6.1 avg
Octagon time
31.5 min · 7.9 avg
12y 8m
Career length
14y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ngannou
Rozenstruik
187W–52L · 78.2%
Overall
97W–42L · 69.8%
151W–45L · 77.0%
Wins
97W–42L · 69.8%
36W–7L · 83.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ngannou
Rozenstruik
15W–4L · 78.9%
Overall
27W–15L · 64.3%
8W–4L · 66.7%
Wins
27W–15L · 64.3%
7W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Ngannou
Rozenstruik
2.45
Landed / min
4.80
31.1%
Accuracy
40.1%
53.9%
Defense
39.8%
1.12
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.91
58.6%
Time at distance
54.9%
Grappling & control
Ngannou
Rozenstruik
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
71.4%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.45
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
11.6%
Control share
3.4%
Strike target map
Ngannou
  • Head79%(114)div 66%
  • Body12%(17)div 19%
  • Legs9%(13)div 15%
Rozenstruik
  • Head68%(79)div 66%
  • Body15%(17)div 19%
  • Legs18%(21)div 15%

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.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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