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Francis Ngannou Adds the “King of Kickboxing” to His Training Team to Prepare for Ciryl Gane Fight

Published 11/18/2021, 7:58 AM EST

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Francis Ngannou will fight Ciryl Gane at the main event of UFC 270. The fight will be a Heavyweight Championship unification bout. Both the fighters are going through a rigorous training camp. The 6’4″ Cameroonian is currently training in the gym of MMA icon Randy Couture in Las Vegas. Recently, “The Predator” was spotted training with none other than Rico Verhoeven.

The Dutchman is the reigning Glory Heavyweight Champion. Besides filming for a movie in the USA, Rico is acting as a workout buddy for Ngannou. The 32-year-old Kickboxing legend is a great sparring fighter for Ngannou as well. Both are top-tier heavyweight fighters in their respective organizations and training with Verhoeven will certainly help Ngannou.

 

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Eric Nicksick, Francis’s trainer, shared an Instagram post saying, “Found this dude cruising through the parking lot, thought he’d make for a good sparring partner this camp @ricoverhoeven @francisngannou “

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Who will win between Francis Ngannou vs Ciryl Gane?

Gane and Ngannou will fight each other on the first pay-per-view event of 2022; UFC 270. Of course, the fight will see some insane, raw fighting power. Current Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou is on a 5 win streak. Besides boasting a respectful record of 16wins and 3 losses, he has set up the world record for the hardest punch ever recorded. He finished 12 out of 16 matches with a nasty knockout.

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Similarly, his opponent, Ciryl Gane, is in an unstoppable winning frenzy. The 31-year-old Frenchman is currently on a 10 fight win streak with zero losses. The list of people he defeated includes names such as Derrick Lewis, Alexander Volkov, and Jairzinho Rozenstruik.

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With an unbeaten fighting record, “Bon Gamin” currently holds the interim title, which he won by defeating Derrick Lewis at UFC 265. The event will take place on Sunday, Jan 23rd in the Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

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Both the fighters seem to be in top shape. Who do you think will win the fight between the two? Share your thoughts and predictions in the comment section down below.

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Siddharth Negi is a UFC writer at EssentiallySports. This English graduate, who has been following MMA and the culture surrounding the sport for almost four years, elected to fuse his degree and interest to provide fans with the background information beyond the fights. Negi believes that combining his vast knowledge and curiosity for every little fact of the sport with his love for language can bring a change to the reader’s point of view.
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