Ciryl Gane picks his words like he picks his punches and kicks, preferring a high-percentage approach where he’s judicious, but precise with what he says and what he offers inside the Octagon.
Thus far, his in-cage approach has worked perfectly, as the surging French heavyweight arrives in Las Vegas for his first main event assignment opposite Jairzinho Rosenstruik this weekend with a pristine 7-0 record that includes four victories and three finishes since arriving in the UFC in the summer of 2019.
Last time out, Gane showed that he can hang with the big boys in the heavyweight division by handing former champion Junior Dos Santos his fourth consecutive loss, stinging him with a sharp jab midway through the middle stanza of their three-round clash at UFC 256 before sealing the victory seconds later with a collection of unanswered strikes along the fence.