Lins vs Ngannou is scheduled to take place Saturday, May 16th, at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood (California, United States), in a 5-round heavyweight (265 lbs, 120 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Gina Carano – MVP MMA 1 (Most Valuable Promotions). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Francis Ngannou record
The former Ufc Hw champ Francis Ngannou entered this fight with a mma record of 18-3-0 (94% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since 2024.
He lost two consecutive bouts in 2018, against Stipe Miocic in their first fight (Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou I) and Derrick Lewis (Francis Ngannou vs Derrick Lewis), but then he has won seven fights beating Ciryl Gane (Francis Ngannou vs Ciryl Gane) and Renan Ferreira in his last two (Francis Ngannou vs Renan Ferreira).
In the last years he has made his pro boxing debut losing to Tyson Fury via split decision (Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou) and to Anthony Joshua (4-stars match, Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou).
But if you want to watch Ngannou’s best fights, here are two exciting bouts:
Philipe Lins record
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and PFL 2018 Hw tournament champ Philipe Lins, has an official record of 18-5-0 (72% finishing rate) but he is also not ranked as he hasn’t fought since 2024.
He lost two consecutive fights in 2020, against Andrei Arlovski (Andrei Arlovski vs Philipe Lins) and Tanner Boser, but then he has won over Marcin Prachnio, Ovince St Preux (Ovince St Preux vs Philipe Lins), Maxim Grishin and Ion Cuțelaba.
Fight card
Here is the MVP MMA 1: Rousey vs Carano full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on Netflix)
Ronda Rousey vs Gina Carano
Francis Ngannou vs Philipe Lins
Nate Diaz vs Mike Perry
Salahdine Parnasse vs Kenneth Cross
Junior dos Santos vs Robelis Despaigne
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on Youtube)
Namo Fazil vs Jake Babian
Adriano Moraes vs Phumi Nkuta
Jason Jackson vs Lorenz Larkin
David Mgoyan vs Albert Morales
Aline Pereira vs Jade Masson-Wong
Chris Avila vs Brandon Jenkins
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Francis Ngannou vs Philipe Lins as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official highlights
Result
Who won Ngannou vs Lins fight?
Francis Ngannou defeated Philipe Lins via KO at 4:31, round 1.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the MVP MMA 1 post-fight interview video of Francis Ngannou and Philipe Lins.