Heavyweight MMA · 2010s
Francis Ngannou
83″ reach · +9.22% reach advantage · 97th percentile
Francis Ngannou has a reach of 83″ against a height of 76″ — a reach advantage of +9.22%, which is exceptional for a heavyweight MMA fighter and sits at the 97th percentile of the 319 in this dataset.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+9.22%
83″ reach on a 76″ frame
Against 319 heavyweight MMA fighters. Division median is 3.29%.
| Reach | 83″ (210.8 cm) | 94th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 76″ (193 cm) | 70th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 2010s | |
| Country | Cameroon |
Record
MMA record
19–3
22 bouts recorded
Finish rate
95%
of wins ended inside the distance — division median 84%, 69th percentile
| Method | Wins | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Knockout | 14 | 74% |
| Submission | 4 | 21% |
| Decision | 1 | 5% |
Records in more than one sport
Most databases cover one discipline. Francis Ngannou competed in 2, so the records sit together here.
| Discipline | Won | Lost | By KO |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMA | 19 | 3 | 14 |
| Kickboxing | 1 | — | — |
Closest in build
Heavyweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Bob Sapp +6.49% 82″ reach · 86th pct
- Mariusz Pudzianowski +6.31% 77.6″ reach · 84th pct
- Cain Velasquez +5.5% 77″ reach · 81st pct
- Frank Mir +5.35% 79″ reach · 76th pct
- Stipe Miocic +5.28% 80″ reach · 72nd pct
- Jiří Procházka +5.28% 80″ reach · 72nd pct
- Ciryl Gane +5.16% 81″ reach · 70th pct
- Maurício Rua +4.1% 76″ reach · 63rd pct
How this is worked out
- Reach and height are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox and normalised to centimetres.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height, expressed as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- The percentile is that figure's rank among the 319 heavyweight MMA fighters in this dataset — not among everyone who has ever fought.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Francis Ngannou on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), infobox as of 2026-07-09. Percentiles computed here.