Ciryl Gane displayed an impressive performance to win the interim title fight against Derrick Lewis at UFC 265. Moreover, Bon Gamin defeated The Black Beast via TKO in the third round of the main event at Houston, Texas. As a result, the French fighter’s win over Derrick Lewis means that he is now the number one contender for the heavyweight title.
After winning the contest, Ciryl Gane spoke about his future matchup against Francis Ngannou in the post-fight press conference. Yeah, the training is something, the fight is another thing. So yeah, not surprised, everybody knows Francis’ strengths and everybody knows what is my strengths and we will see.
But for the moment I don’t want to think about that. I just want to rest for a bit and enjoy. It is needless to say that Gane deserves a break as he has already fought three times in five months. However, the promotion is excited about this contest and UFC President Dana White has revealed that he wants to schedule this fight as soon as possible.
Speaking more about this matchup, there couldn’t have been a better storyline for the build-up of the fight between Ciryl Gane and Francis Ngannou for the undisputed heavyweight title Owing to the fact, that the two fighters previously trained under the same coach before The Predator left after having a fallout with the coach whereas Gane remained loyal with Fernand Lopez.
Therefore this fight will be between two former teammates who went their separate paths and are now set to face each other for the biggest prize in UFC.
Ciryl Gane speaks about his rivalry with Francis Ngannou after UFC 265
As mentioned above, there is a history involved between Ciryl Gane and Francis Ngannou. Hence there was no doubt that a question regarding the rivalry of the two heavyweights would be raised following the French fighter’s win against Derrick Lewis at UFC 265.
Bon Gamin responded during the post-fight press conference by commenting that “Oh no, for me it’s just a sport. No, no it’s just a sport. I just want to make a show, I want to do a performance and this is my job. This is my job and I want to make money with that.”
By taking a look at the French fighter’s comments it seems that there is no beef against Francis Ngannou and he has moved on from what happened in the past. Moreover, his focus is to get more wins and create a legacy for his own.
In the end, this matchup between Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane will garner a lot of attention as two of the best heavyweights will collide to determine the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.