Ciryl Gane, who is 6-0 in his MMA career, is currently the 14th-ranked contender in the heavyweight division, and is looking to break in to the top ten. If he can get past a former champion and a top-10 ranked contender in Dos Santos, Gane will definitely see his standing in the division rise exponentially.
Ciryl Gane is counting on the fact that a win over JDS could ultimately bring him closer to a matchup with number 1-ranked contender Francis Ngannou.
Speaking to Petesy Carroll and Niall McGrath on The Bash MMA, Gane explained that a matchup with Ngannou will be unavoidable if he can beat Junior Dos Santos:
As a matter of fact, Ciryl Gane and Francis Ngannou have a bit of a connection. Gane trains under Fernand Lopez at MMA Factory in Paris, just like Francis Ngannou used to before his well-publicized falling out with Lopez.
Lopez went as far as to say that Ngannou had an ego problem:
Ciryl Gane says he is ’not really close’ to former teammate Francis Ngannou
While Fernand Lopez’ relationship with former pupil Francis Ngannou has publicly broken down, Ciryl Gane doesn’t have much of a relationship with his former MMA Factory teammate either:
Before Gane can worry about fighting Ngannou however, he will first have to deal with a tough former champion in Junior Dos Santos at UFC 256 this weekend.
With the backstory between the two fighters, a Gane vs. Ngannou bout would definitely be interesting.
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