Ciryl Gane and Alexander Volkov have a brand new date for his or her rematch.
Following the information that their beforehand scheduled UFC 308 encounter had been postponed attributable to a Volkov knee damage, Gane (12-2) and Volkov (38-10) have formally been rescheduled for UFC 310 at T-Cell Area in Las Vegas. La Sueur initially reported that the bout had been moved to the Dec. 7 pay-per-view and the UFC introduced the transfer Friday.
This conflict of ranked heavyweights—Gane is at the moment No. 3 within the MMA Combating International Rankings, with Volkov a spot forward at No. 2—is a rematch of their June 2021 encounter that Gane gained by unanimous determination. Gane and Volkov met in a five-round bout that headlined a UFC APEX occasion in Las Vegas.
After defeating Volkov, Gane went on to beat Derrick Lewis win a vacant interim heavyweight title. He then challenged Francis Ngannou in a unification bout at UFC 270, the place he misplaced by unanimous determination. He scored a first-round knockout of Tai Tuivasa to earn one other title shot, this time for the heavyweight belt vacated by a departing Ngannou, however was submitted in a bit over two minutes by Jon Jones.
Gane defeated Serghei Spivac through second-round TKO in his most up-to-date outing in September 2023.
Volkov is on the most effective run of his UFC profession, having gained 4 straight fights for the primary time since beginning 4-0 for the promotion. The previous Bellator heavyweight champion has knocked off Sergei Pavlovich, Tuivasa, Alexandr Romanov, and Jairzinho Rozenstruik throughout this stretch, and targets a long-awaited UFC title shot if he can earn an elusive win over Gane.
