When Ciryl Gane defeated Derrick Lewis via a ruthless TKO, Ciryl Gane cemented his place as the most serious challenger for Francis Ngannou’s heavyweight title. Immediately following the fight, commentators and fans were discussing the impending clash of heavyweight champions, and Gane has ideas of his own about how it will all go down.
Gane spoke with BJPenn.com on the matter. “I’m going to rest a little bit because I started to prepare for camp in July of last year. Since then, I have continued every week to prepare a new fight, just fight-after-fight-after-fight.
Gane Wants Ngannou in Paris ASAP
I just want to rest a little bit and I have my wife due soon with my daughter. It complicates training camp a little bit but maybe the end of this year or the beginning of 2022.
If it’s possible in France as well. For the first UFC event in Paris, France it will be a success for sure. It will be really great.”
It would be the UFC’s first event in France, which only legalized MMA last year. If the prospect of two home-grown fighters in Ngannou and Gane competing for a title at the nation’s first UFC event isn’t enough, the story behind the fight will be sure to get fans excited. Gane and Ngannou are former training partners, although Ngannou left Paris’ MMA Factory for greener pastures in the USA.
On the subject of training with Francis Ngannou, Gane said: “It was good, it was really crazy for me. I just started MMA and he was already in the top-five so it was crazy to spar with this big name.
I do feel lucky a little bit. We did spar a little bit, but not too much… No, we aren’t really close. We both have changed since we sparred, we do have some videos but I don’t know exactly how we will prepare for this fight but my coach will do the job.”
Cyril Gane was similarly complimentary of Francis Ngannou’s fighting ability, acknowledging that the Cameroonian champion is a more well-rounded fighter than Derrick Lewis.
“Yes, he is more well-rounded, 100 percent. He has more conditioning and is an athlete too. The people want to see this fight and it will be a really big fight.”
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