About Ciryl Gane, her trainer Fernand Lopez, the man of the MMA Factory in Paris, promises you: “Remember his name! When MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) has the notoriety it deserves in France, which is sure to happen since fights are now allowed, Ciryl will be one of the favorite personalities of the French. He will be as famous as Teddy Riner, another great fighter. He will be for France what Conor McGregor represents for Ireland. I’m not telling you that in the air. I am convinced of it. Ciryl has everything to be appreciated: an endearing and rich personality. He is an exemplary champion. Shall we take the bets on what I’m saying and talk about it again soon? A few steps away, the person smiled at the words of his mentor, modest.
It will be September 19 in Las Vegas
While waiting to show his reel in advertisements for automobile brands, “Good kid”, his nickname since he was very young, will face Shamil Abdurakhimov on September 19 in Las Vegas as he exclusively announces to us: “J ‘ve already fought a lot in South East Asia but this is the first time that I will fight in the United States, in Vegas in the country of MMA. It is an additional and important step in my progress. The American public will discover me and I intend not to disappoint them, ”slips the heavyweight. “Ciryl is 15th in the world in the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) heavyweight ranking,” Lopez continues. Abdurakhimov, who is from Dagestan, is tenth. In case of victory, Gane will enter this closed circle of the best ten in the world and from there everything will be possible for him. Mostly the best. “
A Gane – Ngannou shock in Paris?
To be in the Top 10 heavyweights of the planet in a federation as powerful as the UFC is not nothing, faith of Fernand Lopez: “To sum up, the UFC is one of the first federations to have resumed its course with the Covid because it has its own controls and protocols. She is so powerful that she can do what she wants, of course respecting the sanitary rules. To go to the United States for the fight, for example, we will have no problem. The UFC will do what is necessary. “
If all goes well in Las Vegas in two weeks, a future fight is already waiting for Gane: the one against Francis Ngannou. The shock between the two residents of the MMA Factory, passed into the hands of Lopez is programmed. It may be the fight on the bill for the first UFC night in Paris: “Initially, we hoped that this first UFC event in France could take place at the end of 2020 but the Covid has obviously delayed everything,” says Fernand Lopez. We are now apparently moving towards an event in the first half of 2021 and it would indeed be great if the main poster was the Gane – Ngannou fight. “An assault between the former Parisian homeless man and the world hope of MMA would surely break the house to introduce a sport which is intriguing and always calls out:” With Francis, we met a few times. He will undoubtedly be in Vegas for my fight even though there may not be many people in the audience. It’s a fight that everyone is waiting for. Me too, of course. “
