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Bojan Mihajlovic vs. Francis Ngannou

UFC 0-3-0 vs. 12-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0
UFC record
12-2-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
46
AgeΔ 6 yrs
40
5'11"
HeightΔ 5"
6'4"
73"
ReachΔ 10"
83"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
109.6
Layoff (months)Δ 52.7 mo
56.9
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Francis Ngannou carries real power — 1.22 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Heavyweight norm.
Bojan Mihajlovic rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Francis Ngannou is a submission threat — 0.31 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Bojan Mihajlovic

Full career not yet synced for Bojan Mihajlovic — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Francis Ngannou

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 132
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.02 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

261.23/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
2292.33/min · norm 3.28
1265.95/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2122.16/min · norm 3.19
35.6%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
41.3%norm 47.5%
47.5%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
41.9%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
81.22/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Bojan Mihajlovic

Distance 87.7% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 10.6%)

Francis Ngannou

Distance 79.5% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 11.9% (norm 9.3%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Bojan Mihajlovic

Head 61.6% (norm 78.5%) · Body 19.2% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 19.2% (norm 9.7%)

Francis Ngannou

Head 82.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Mihajlovic L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Ngannou L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 21 / 64 32.8% 41.5% 150 / 441 34.0% 40.1%
In the clinch 5 / 8 too few to rate 70.8% 36 / 48 75.0% 70.4%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 72.9% 43 / 66 65.2% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 7 / 45 15.6% 39.2% 156 / 455 34.3% 39.0%
To the body 9 / 14 too few to rate 72.0% 41 / 64 64.1% 77.0%
To the legs 10 / 14 too few to rate 82.1% 32 / 36 88.9% 87.8%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Mihajlovic L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Ngannou L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 32 / 90 35.6% 40.6% 168 / 306 54.9% 40.7%
In the clinch 21 / 34 61.8% 68.8% 16 / 21 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 73 / 116 62.9% 70.4% 28 / 38 73.7% 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 88 / 196 44.9% 37.7% 92 / 210 43.8% 39.3%
To the body 34 / 36 94.4% 72.9% 46 / 67 68.7% 75.1%
To the legs 4 / 8 too few to rate 83.1% 74 / 88 84.1% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
562.5% acc · 0.76/15 · norm 0.90
133.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2871.8% def · norm 63.2%
1:065.2% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
11:4311.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
11:117:55 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
24:363:45 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
20.31/15 · norm 0.16

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Ngannou has more cage time on record.