In the wake of the fiasco of his fight against Tom Aspinall on Saturday, Ciryl Gane learned that he would be entitled to a new duel.
Confirmation will therefore not take long. Just a few hours after witnessing the premature end of the main event of UFC 321 in Dubai which took place between Ciryl Gane and Tom Aspinall, the boss of the organization announced that there would be a new fight between the two men, for the victory of the heavyweight belt. A relief for the Frenchman.
After missing his chance twice in 2022 and 2023, respectively against Francis Ngannou and Jon Jones, Ciryl Gane had practically bet everything for his duel against Tom Aspinall. But “Bon Gamin” accidentally and unintentionally put his fingers in his opponent’s eyes. As a result, the match was definitively stopped from the first restart.
Tom Aspinall could perhaps have tried to continue, but the pain was obviously too great and the referee finally decided to stop the fight. The rules indicating that in this specific case, the match was not lost by the fighter being forced to withdraw, the belt remained around the Briton’s waist. Was Ciryl Gane going to get a fourth chance?
Ciryl Gane impressed Dana White
The answer arrived at the press conference organized after the event, in which Dana White participated. Asked about a possibility of a “rematch”, he confirmed it in his own way by railing about the evening’s scenario. “It’s really annoying, but yeah. »
And if the leader quickly opted for a new fight, it is also because he was impressed by Ciryl Gane.
“He was pretty darn good tonight. » We will certainly have to wait until the first months of 2026 (at best) to witness this new opposition.
