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Farah Hannoun and Abbey Subhan

UFC Paris headliner Ciryl Gane’s main takeaway from Francis Ngannou loss: ‘Maturity’

PARIS – A perfect fighter his entire career, Ciryl Gane was forced to grow from his loss to Francis Ngannou.

Gane (10-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) won Rounds 1 and 2 on two judges’ scorecards in his title fight against heavyweight champion Ngannou (17-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) at UFC 270, but Ngannou unexpectedly used his wrestling to rally and beat Gane by decision.

The loss marked was Gane’s first, but it was a valuable lesson that he plans on learning from.

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