There’s no ‘Bon Gamin’ this weekend …
After a uncommon weekend off, Final Preventing Championship (UFC) returns to Paris, France, this weekend (Sat., Sept. 28, 2024). And for the primary time for the reason that largest blended martial arts (MMA) promotion on this planet began going to the “Metropolis of Love,” Ciryl Gane will not be headlining the ESPN+streamed card. As a substitute, Benoit-Saint Denis predominant occasions his first occasion in opposition to foul-mouthed Brazilian, Renato Moicano (checkout the remainder of the cardboard right here).
For months, combat followers puzzled the explanation(s) UFC’s former interim Heavyweight champion was absent from the cardboard and was as an alternative booked for UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi (now it’s UFC 310).
Now, there’s a solution: a greater alternative.
“Uh, yeah, we don’t have to speak about it with the UFC coming to Paris,” Gane’s coach, Fernand Lopez, instructed Inside Preventing. “It’s apparent that they need Ciryl to combat in Paris and I used to be desirous about Ciryl combating in Paris — that is what we talked [about]. However, a possibility confirmed up with a greater opponent by way of rating, a greater alternative by way of pay-per-view and higher profession constructions to return to the belt.
“It is sensible for us to simply accept that chance,” Lopez continued. “Ciryl already fought two instances in Paris, completed his opponent two instances in Paris and loved the second to win in Paris. I believe for him it’s a new problem to go to Abu Dhabi, a brand new totally different market. And for him to be certified in the event that they want him for the [belt].”
Sadly for Gane, these plans had been dashed — albeit briefly — after his opponent, Alexander Volkov, pulled out of the combat with an harm. The highest-ranked Heavyweight contenders will now collide on Dec. 7, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Gane has not competed since destroying Serghei Spivac in the primary occasion of UFC Paris in Sept. 2023 (watch highlights).
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