Coach Claims the Writing Was on the Wall for Ciryl Gane’s Failure After UFC’s Ignorance Towards Their Request

When the UFC made the bout between Ciryl Gane and Jon Jones official, it was evident that the Frenchman had already proven himself as a heavyweight. Considering the fact that Jones stayed away from the octagon for three long years and was coming back to face Gane in a completely new division, many believed that ‘Bon Gamin’ stood a chance of winning. However, Gane‘s fans’ belief was easily destroyed within a few minutes of the bout. The entire UFC world was eagerly waiting for UFC 285 to witness two powerful fighters locking horns. Contrary to the majority’s expectations, the bout ended up with Jones having a seemingly effortless victory against Gane.

‘Bones’ forced the Frenchman to tap through his guillotine choke within 2 minutes and 4 seconds into the first round. Gane fell short in the ground game against Jones. The easy win for the American raised him to the supreme position of heavyweight king. Followed by people all over the world tagged him the G.O.A.T.

While Ciryl Gane faced a backlash from fans for terribly failing against ‘Bones’. Recently, the Frenchman’s head coach, Fernand Lopez, revealed one of the reasons that paved the way for Gane‘s loss.

UFC ignored the request of Ciryl Gane in the Jon Jones fight

In a YouTube video uploaded by La Sueur+, Lopez was seen answering questions put forward regarding Gane‘s loss at UFC 285. The coach was asked whether more training time would have helped ‘Bon Gamin’ fight better. It is then that the head coach revealed in French how the UFC ignored their demand for more time.

Lopez said “Everyone would have liked to have two months more, but it’s always the same worries. You do with what is given to you. You negotiate but you see it’s a good thing to have the fight, but then you say.”

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Talking on the same subject, he further detailed, “UFC was to say ‘we have a date, this date does not move. We will offer you a fight but it will not move,’ and you look at your schedule. You do another schedule and you say ‘Let’s go, we take the fight.’“

The Frenchman is angry with himself

After losing the bout, in the post-fight press conference, “Bon Gamin” said that the UFC gave him time to train; but it was not that long. He was angry at himself for his poor performance at the match. Gane further explained how he has practiced with his partners in the time available, but nothing came to use when Jones came with full preparation. Gane‘s head coach still believes that things would have been different if the UFC were ready to listen to their request.

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