UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski doesn’t think Tai Tuivasa lost much stock against Ciryl Gane.
Although Tuivasa’s winning streak snapped Sept. 3 at the hands of Gane at UFC Fight Night 209 in Paris, the Aussie slugger brought out a version of Gane (11-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) the world was yet to see.
Tuivasa (15-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) became the first man to drop Gane and turned their matchup into a dog fight. However, Gane survived and eventually punished Tuivasa’s body before he got the knockout finish. Just based off his gutsy performance, Volkanovski says Tuivasa isn’t out of the title race yet.