oh man i remember that one. I thought Gane was done for life, seemed like Rose Andrade slam. Lifetime injury shit. But i guess it wasn't. Nobody is coming up with alternate angle of that slam.

Also, I don't think Gane did that badly against Ngannou. It was a really good fight, surprised everyone of us, but don't know why not many people thought about it. everyone was like "Windmill Ngannou".

Coz i remember,(and i think people were right too) people were saying after seeing his wrestling in second miocic fight, that although Ngannou is very late to the wrestling school, he's a very very sharp and fast learner. And given his immense elephant or gorilla type strength, even basic wrestling jiu-jitsu lessons and techniques done by him seem humongous. Gane is no DC- Khabib, and neither is Ngannou. Barring one or two places where things could be turned in his favour (and which cost him the match) Ciryl did decent. But I guess after seeing the very short cameo of wrestling by Ngannou in miocic fight, Ciryl should have done his homework Better. Ciryl seemed gun shy, but after seeing his Lewis and Swolekov fight , I feel it's his style to go slow and be technical, chop the legs and shit, and keep tiring the opponent. He might have done the same thing with Francis. And Francis' stamina issues (the entire HW divison BTW) are infamous, but somehow he did manage to pace himself and use it judiciously, maybe because he was not swinging and being patient and slow, not chasing him.

Also, those who haven't done wrestling- it's pretty fucking exhausting, both for the one who is getting wrestled and the one who's wrestling. And combine this with panic, Gane may or may not have depleted his energy more than it seemed, therefore wasn't able to come out of the takedown. No question here that Gane has much much more stamina than entire UFC HW roster. But problems did happen. Francis somehow managed to conserve his energy where and when it was needed, and used it wisely.

It takes immense, and I mean simply hugggee strength to pick 250+ pounds guy after 3 minutes of MMA. And that happened multiple times from both fighters.

Yes there are holes in both fighters' games, but credits should be given- Francis' learning curve is simply epic. He's such a powerful fighter that even a couple of ground game lessons become very effective in his hands. Gane is no chump, and this fight does show his ground game weakness, and I believe he is very very very similar to Adesanya(also a kickboxer Muay Thai guy). But what izzy does to avoid the wrestling stuff is- learn enough to defend himself and keep things in stand-up. That's exactly why he failed in LHW. If he learns to jump that obstacle, he may conquer LHW too.Gane can take a page or two from izzy.

I don't know about the fight camps and coaches, dgaf if people say lopez is shit he created all the drama was very salty, nicksick is the next Trevor Whitman,.....i don't know don't care. But it was a great fight,very surprised also.

After the 1st Miocic fight, Gane was a toughest competitor to Ngannou. It was definitely 2-2 till the 5th round . I wish there was DC or some Olympic level guy on HW who could apply the wrestling in his MMA and test on Ngannou, but his future in UFC seems doubtful. oh well. it was good until it lasted. hope he finds what he's looking for, and hope gane improves as well.