PARIS – A perfect fighter his entire career, Ciryl Gane was forced to grow from his loss to Francis Ngannou . Gane (10-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) won Rounds 1 and 2 on two judges’ scorecards in his title fight against heavyweight champion Ngannou (17-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) at UFC 270, but Ngannou unexpectedly used his wrestling to rally and beat Gane by decision. The loss marked was Gane’s first, but it was a valuable lesson that he plans on learning from. “Maturity,” Gane told reporters at Thursday’s UFC Fight Night 209 media day. “I won every fight I did, and I was really flawless, not because it was easy, but you’re flawless. The loss puts some questions in your head and you must have some answers. So this put more maturity in (my) head.” No one has really been able to hang with Gane on the feet, but the Frenchman is aware losing to Ngannou in that fashion has many wondering if the champion exposed a chink in his armor. As he enters Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 209 headliner against ...
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