After losing his undefeated record to divisional king Francis Ngannou, Ciryl Game delivered a wonderful performance in front of his adoring home fans. This spurred them on, allowed them to impose themselves on the fight, and create an electric atmosphere. Hence, one could even brand them as the real MVP of the first-ever UFC Fight Night card in France.
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The heart and grit shown by his dance partner, Tai ‘Bam Bam’ Tuivasa, were surreal as well. ‘Bon Gamin’ Gane finished the bout in the third round.
After a slow first round, the heavyweight showed what a live UFC event feels like. Both heavyweights fired shots with malicious intent.
Tuivasa hurt the hometown hero and put him down, which looked like a finish for the Aussie fighter. A miracle was in making, however, ‘Bon Gamin’ was not done.
The French fighter fought through the catastrophic moment and won the bout in the third round with multiple ferocious strikes.
“Look at this, I’m so happy bro,” Gane said about the UFC coming to Paris and him putting on an incredible effort for his fans.
“Tai puts the lights out,” the former title challenger reacted to the second-round knockdown by the Aussie athlete.
“Thank you Paris, “ Tai Tuivasa greeted the fans in attendance.
The MMA world reacts to the UFC Paris main event
Tai Tuivasa’s incredible resiliency and Gane’s volume and intent to finish the bout were praised by the fans, who were amazed at the contest. Even Joe Rogan, watching the fight, reacted to it on a live stream on his YouTube channel.
HOLY SHIT. Ciryl Gane is a fckin beast. #UFCParis
Beautiful main event two incredible fighters Tai’s stock only went up from this one ✊🏾
Gane is so damn special man #UFCParis
A couple of right hands and Tai goes down! Ref jumps in to stop it and Ciryl Gane is your winner. WOWOWOW! Great fight. #UFCParis
Gane stops Tuivasa in the third. Tuivasa made as much of that a fight as he could, but Gane too much of a sniper. Fantastic fight.
That boy @ciryl_gane is surgical!!!#UFCParis 🎯😷 🔥
That was a fucking scrap. Great HW main event
Ciryl Gane wins by TKO. Tai’s body was finished. What a damn war
WOW. Gane finishes Tuivasa with a nasty flurry. Amazing fight. Incredible finish. #UFCParis
Woww Ciryl Gane, that was fantastic! He wanted a finish at home and he got it. Tuivasa was super game though! #UFCParis
With Georges St-Pierre in attendance, Gane made a similar request to Dana White as ‘Rush’ made after he lost to Matt Hughes in his first title attempt and bounced back from the loss.
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