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Report: UFC booking Derrick Lewis vs. Cyril Gane for interim heavyweight title

It seems likely that the UFC were targeting a heavyweight title fight between Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis to sit atop their Houston PPV card later this summer. But if that was the hope, then those plans appear to have hit a bump in the road.

Instead, ESPN’s Brett Okamoto announced via Twitter that the promotion is now putting together an interim title bout between Cyril Gane and Derrick Lewis to headline UFC 265.

Gane is fresh off a dominant five round decision over Alexander Volkov this past Saturday, June 26th in the main event of UFC Vegas 30.