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CAMEROON

2 fighters on FighterStatus 2 sports: Boxing, MMA 2 divisions 28-3 combined
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FighterStatus tracks 2 fighters from Cameroon, competing in Boxing and MMA. Their combined record is 28-3, across 31 recorded bouts. 27 of those 28 wins came inside the distance, a 96% finish rate — 23 by knockout or TKO and 4 by submission. No two of them share a weight class: they are spread one apiece across 2 divisions. Francis Ngannou is the highest rated of them, on a FighterStatus Score of 71.13, ranked #1 in our MMA Heavyweight rankings and #1 in our MMA pound-for-pound rankings. All 2 are active.

Combined Record

FighterStatus holds 31 recorded professional bouts for the 2 fighters from Cameroon: 28 wins, 3 losses. That is an average of 16 bouts a fighter. The longest win streak on the roster is 8 wins, by Francis Ngannou.

27 of those 28 wins ended inside the distance — 23 by knockout or TKO and 4 by submission — for a 96% finish rate, with 1 going to the judges.

28
Combined Wins
3
Losses
31
Pro Bouts
27
Finishes
96%
Finish Rate
2
Active
2
Ranked

How And Where They Fight

Win Methods
KO/TKO
23
Submission
4
Decision
1

Share of the 28 Cameroon wins with a method recorded: 82% ko/tko, 14% submission, 4% decision.

Divisions Fielded
CruiserweightBoxing 1
Camps
MMA Factory 1

1 of the 2 has a camp on file, across 1 gym.

Split By Sport

Cameroon: record by sport
Sport Fighters Combined record KO/TKO Submission Finishes
Boxing 1 9-0 9 — 9
MMA 1 19-3 14 4 18

Career professional totals, not bouts fought under one promotion — a boxer who also has an MMA record is counted once, under the sport his FighterStatus profile is filed in.

Standouts

Physicals

Height is recorded for 1 of the 2 fighters from Cameroon and averages 193 cm (76 in); reach is recorded for 1 and averages 211 cm (83 in). Stance is on file for 1: 1 orthodox. Ages run from 24 (Tamba Merlin) to 40 (Francis Ngannou).

193Average height (cm)
211Average reach (cm)
1Orthodox
24–40Age range

Top Of The Roster

Highest-rated fighters from Cameroon
Fighter Division Record KO Sub Finish rate Streak Age / born Rank FS Score
Francis Ngannou MMA · Heavyweight 19-3 14 4 95% 8 wins 40 #1 71.13
Tamba Merlin BOX · Cruiserweight 9-0 9 — 100% — 24 #34 56.65

Ordered by FighterStatus Score. Finish rate is that fighter's own stoppage wins as a share of his wins, and reads as a dash where no win methods were imported for him. Rank is his current FighterStatus divisional rank; retired fighters carry none.

Every figure on this page is summed from the 2 Cameroon profiles on FighterStatus — career professional records, win methods, weight classes, camps and vitals as recorded on each fighter. Nationality is keyed on the fighter's country code, so alternative spellings of the same country are counted once. A profile records a date of birth and no date of death, so an age is quoted only for a fighter still listed as active; retired fighters carry the year they were born instead. The FighterStatus Score is a proprietary 0-100 rating created by FighterStatus.com and is not an official UFC, boxing or MMA ranking; divisional and pound-for-pound ranks are drawn from it. Fields left blank on a profile are omitted here rather than guessed at.

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