UFC 270: Ngannou vs Gane

[Schnitzl]

Heavyweight Francis Ngannou (c) vs. Ciryl Gane (ic)
Flyweight Brandon Moreno (c) vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
Welterweight Michel Pereira vs. André Fialho
Bantamweight Cody Stamann vs. Said Nurmagomedov

Preliminary card (ESPN2 / ESPN+)

Middleweight Rodolfo Vieira vs. Wellington Turman
Bantamweight Raoni Barcelos vs. Victor Henry
Featherweight Movsar Evloev vs. Ilia Topuria
Welterweight Warlley Alves vs. Jack Della Maddalena

Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)

Bantamweight Tony Gravely vs. Saimon Oliveira
Welterweight Trevin Giles vs. Michael Morales
Women's Strawweight Silvana Gomez Juarez vs. Vanessa Demopoulos
Lightweight Matt Frevola vs. Genaro Valdez
Women's Flyweight Kay Hansen vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius

Sick card, Evloev vs Topuria is going to be a banger, Said, Pereira is always fun to watch, Moreno vs Fig 3 & the main event ofcourse.

I think a good safe bet would be Evloev, Nurmagomedov, Moreno triple whopper. Main event is too strange to call especially when you've got Ngannou in there who might go berserk and just steamroll Gane. Wouldn't bet on that at all as Gane by decision doesn't pay enough. Not sure what the odds are on Francis 1rd round KO but that could be a sick gamble if it's -500 or better.

[ninetynine8]

ngannou is being slept on big time

[Gringo12]

Gane all day. I've said he will be champ since before the rozenstruick fight. And he's honna hold that title for a very long time.

Gane
Figueriedo
Topuria
Periera for the lolz

And my mate is fighting on this card making his debut so of course I'm backing my boy Jack della

[DigDeeper1]

Gane
Moreno

[CellyTech]

Gotta do some work on this card before I make my picks.

I think my final bet pulled 5/8 correct on my parlay on the card over the weekend. Brito sunk me. I had holmes fight not to GTD and I had Kattar RD4 KO. If they pulled through I was banking over 900/1 odds. Mans woulda been up around £15k.

[nikeoneplatinum]

I watch every UFC card dating back 8+ years and there has to be 7-8 names I don't recognize on this card, but Topuria Evloev is a great fight, I think Topuria takes it.

[JoeDelts]

Heavyweights are too tough call but I like Gane if I had to pick. I think Francis relies too much on the one punch KO and really isn't even that good of a technical puncher or fighter in general.

[bfdehewdbyywhn]

Nnganou is gonna win

you are low IQ if you've watched his fights and think technical skill will work against him.

Nnganou will just throw a flurry and only 1 needs to connect. serious

[PrimarisIn]

As much as i want to be a fan of Gane, he just hasn't shown that heavyweight pizzazz, imo.

If you watch how Francis celebrates after his wins, I think that's a huge tell.

[Schnitzl]

Gotta do some work on this card before I make my picks.

I think my final bet pulled 5/8 correct on my parlay on the card over the weekend. Brito sunk me. I had holmes fight not to GTD and I had Kattar RD4 KO. If they pulled through I was banking over 900/1 odds. Mans woulda been up around £15k.

That's why it's good to hedge the bets and just throw a winner parlay in there rather than purely sniping methods.

[FAPhaggot]

Ngannou is another stand-and-throw heavyweight with 0 gas tank and 0 ground game. Gane absolutely dismantles those kind of fighters. IMO, Francis has a puncher's chance and that's it. Gane should win this one easily.

There's not a heavyweight in the UFC who can match Gane's mobility, and no one except Blaydes has any sort of ground game to test him there (I don't think 40 yo Stipe has enough juice left). All the division offers is big slow sluggers, and Gane obliterates big slow sluggers. They don't even phucking touch him. He's your HW champion, and the fighter who will take his belt isn't in the division right now.

[ninetynine8]

Ngannou is another stand-and-throw heavyweight with 0 gas tank and 0 ground game. Gane absolutely dismantles those kind of fighters. IMO, Francis has a puncher's chance and that's it. Gane should win this one easily.

There's not a heavyweight in the UFC who can match Gane's mobility, and no one except Blaydes has any sort of ground game to test him there (I don't think 40 yo Stipe has enough juice left). All the division offers is big slow sluggers, and Gane obliterates big slow sluggers. They don't even phucking touch him. He's your HW champion, and the fighter who will take his belt isn't in the division right now.

this is gonna age so bad

gane is vulnerable to leg kicks, mark my words you'll see that in the fight

[ispy]

[Gringo12]

this is gonna age so bad

gane is vulnerable to leg kicks, mark my words you'll see that in the fight

Ngannou hasn't checked a kick in years, plus his kicking form is awful. Gane is gotta light him up with kicks and quick jabs. Only way I see gane losing is if he throws a front kick, takes too long on the redraw ans ngannou rushes him and lands.

Its not just 1 hit and it's over from ngannou, stipe took a lot of his shots and can't caught by one he didn't expect

[sooby]

Ngannou hasn't checked a kick in years, plus his kicking form is awful. Gane is gotta light him up with kicks and quick jabs. Only way I see gane losing is if he throws a front kick, takes too long on the redraw ans ngannou rushes him and lands.

Its not just 1 hit and it's over from ngannou, stipe took a lot of his shots and can't caught by one he didn't expect

and to be fair, Stipe ran into that one if you watch the replay

[sdmk]

will LMAO if Ngannou knocks out Gane with some w0rldstar tier windmill punch like he did Rozenstruik

[bfdehewdbyywhn]

will LMAO if Ngannou knocks out Gane with some w0rldstar tier windmill punch like he did Rozenstruik

he probably will

Ngannou has world class power. if he learned to box hed be unstoppable in MMA and boxing

[Barteh]

Surprised to see that Gane is actually the betting favourite. I think Ngannou is gonna easily run him over. I think people really underestimate him because he has power so they assume he has no skills besides that.

[StrongWTFbrah]

Gane has to be ON and focused because no matter how good he is technically, all it takes is that one punch from Ngannou. Kinda like how Woodley got caught. That can't happen to Gane.

[ninetynine8]

Ngannou hasn't checked a kick in years, plus his kicking form is awful. Gane is gotta light him up with kicks and quick jabs. Only way I see gane losing is if he throws a front kick, takes too long on the redraw ans ngannou rushes him and lands.

Its not just 1 hit and it's over from ngannou, stipe took a lot of his shots and can't caught by one he didn't expect

the thing is gane leaves himself open to leg kicks with his stance but no ones punished him for it yet. I can see Ngannou throwing just one powerful leg kick and that throwing Gane off

Ngannou hurt Gane with a high kick in sparring (ofc its just sparring) but he still connected nonetheless. Leg kicks are way easier to land than head kicks especially against someone that leaves themselves open to it

[Carbonfibre]

has Gane ever been rocked?

don't recall fight where someone landed proper punch on Gane.

if he has chin maybe he can point his way to win by keeping distance and movement

getting take down in first round would be massive he would gas Francis right away

don't think Gane has the power to knock Francis out

[Gringo12]

has Gane ever been rocked?

don't recall fight where someone landed proper punch on Gane.

if he has chin maybe he can point his way to win by keeping distance and movement

getting take down in first round would be massive he would gas Francis right away

don't think Gane has the power to knock Francis out

Hes never had a clean shot landed on him, volkov came the closest

Hes never lost a round in his entire fighting career including muay thai (he only started training at age 23)

"Gane has to be perfect for 25 minutes, Francis only needs to be perfect for 1 second"

People said the exact same sht when he fought derrick Lewis and look what happened.

We've never seen someone like Gane in HW. Ngannou is nothing new. The man was panting after 1 exchange with stipe. Gane is gonna feel him out first 2 rounds, and then the constant pressure from jabs, leg and body kicks from gane are destroy ngannou. Wouldn't be surprised if gane gets a tko or sub in round 4 or 5.



Gane
Figgy
Periera
Stammas
Morales
Della

[KhumatMibra]

Gane by TKO

[MinisterOfLust]

I am picking Gane. Cyril fight IQ is very impressive. I want Nganou to win but I say Cyril win this fight


Feel bad that I have to work tomorrow night and I won't be able to watch most of the card

[Miscbob]

Hes never had a clean shot landed on him, volkov came the closest

Hes never lost a round in his entire fighting career including muay thai (he only started training at age 23)

"Gane has to be perfect for 25 minutes, Francis only needs to be perfect for 1 second"

People said the exact same sht when he fought derrick Lewis and look what happened.

We've never seen someone like Gane in HW. Ngannou is nothing new. The man was panting after 1 exchange with stipe. Gane is gonna feel him out first 2 rounds, and then the constant pressure from jabs, leg and body kicks from gane are destroy ngannou. Wouldn't be surprised if gane gets a tko or sub in round 4 or 5.



Gane
Figgy
Periera
Stammas
Morales
Della

I haven't followed MMA as closely these days so I will take your word for it. Thing is Gane only finished 2 of his last 5 fights and Francis has yet to be knocked out.

Would you be predicting Gane by unanimous decision?

[Gringo12]

I haven't followed MMA as closely these days so I will take your word for it. Thing is Gane only finished 2 of his last 5 fights and Francis has yet to be knocked out.

Would you be predicting Gane by unanimous decision?

That is most likely, but wouldn't be surprised with a 4th/5th tko or sub

[bfdehewdbyywhn]

Gane
Figgy
Periera
Stammas
Morales
Della

Gane is not gonna win

you ruined your whole spread.


hate on francis all you want, he can end the fight in one punch anytime. and its a 5 round fight which favors strikers

only way I see Ngannou losing is by submission

[ninetynine8]

Gane is not gonna win

you ruined your whole spread.


hate on francis all you want, he can end the fight in one punch anytime. and its a 5 round fight which favors strikers

only way I see Ngannou losing is by submission

only way I see Francis losing is by decision


something people aren't talking about is the fact Ngannou could probably wrestlefuk Gane.

[Gringo12]

Gane is not gonna win

you ruined your whole spread.


hate on francis all you want, he can end the fight in one punch anytime. and its a 5 round fight which favors strikers

only way I see Ngannou losing is by submission

Right, so it's same game plan as derrick Lewis, howd that go?

only way I see Francis losing is by decision


something people aren't talking about is the fact Ngannou could probably wrestlefuk Gane.

Gane has also never been taken down and has excellent clinch work. His stance doesn't allow for easy double leg take downs so unless ngannou has been training 24/7 wrestling in dagestan for the last year I don't see him being able to take down gane


I've been saying this for ages, it's either a ko from ngannou or its going to be an absolute shut out / embarrassment

[ninetynine8]

Right, so it's same game plan as derrick Lewis, howd that go?





Gane has also never been taken down and has excellent clinch work. His stance doesn't allow for easy double leg take downs so unless ngannou has been training 24/7 wrestling in dagestan for the last year I don't see him being able to take down gane


I've been saying this for ages, it's either a ko from ngannou or its going to be an absolute shut out / embarrassment

he's probably planning to pressure him into the cage which is where a takedown could take place. Even great wrestlers get taken down against the cage. Anyways goin 2 bed hyped for this fight