Tai Tuivasa is a fan favorite whenever he steps into the Octagon, but he is walking onto Ciryl Gane’s turf at UFC Paris, JustinBarrasso writes
Ciryl Gane returns to action Saturday for the first time since dropping the heavyweight title, stepping back into the Octagon in his home country of France.
“It was a tough fight, and I was disappointed to lose,” Gane says. "I needed a few months, then I came back to the gym with more motivation and more maturity. That fight added even more experience to my career.” “On paper, I’m the favorite,” Gane says. “But it’s 50/50 in the cage. I’ve trained a lot and I’m focused, but this is not going to be easy.”
Tuivasa is a fan favorite whenever he steps into the Octagon, but he is walking onto Gane’s turf in Paris. Only time will tell how his victory celebration of drinking a beer out of a shoe–a Shoey–will be received by the French crowd, but Gane is intent on making that a nonfactor by winning the fight.
Someone is about to take another loss, as Whittaker and Vettori face off tomorrow at UFC Fight Night in Paris. Vettori is the third-ranked middleweight in the division, and he has a chance to elevate himself back into title contention by defeating top-ranked Whittaker. That is the exact same goal for Whittaker, who dropped a bout for a second time to Adesanya this past February–and desperately needs a victory against Vettori to restart his journey to the title.
“I left that fight with undoubted confidence that I am the most dangerous man in this division,” Whittaker says. “I’m not really worried about anything else right now, my only focus is on beating Marvin. I know I have a straightforward path back to where I want to go, and that’s by winning.”
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