Media Ciryl Gane explains why he's ducking Curtis Blaydes

[svmr_db]

 

[dc007]

"I can't stop a takedown"

 

[B0mbSquad]

Pretty sure Gane waxes him but the fight would answer important questions about his ability to stop the takedown after the loss to Ngannou.

 

[TorontoTO]

 

[DougieJones]

If he got controlled on the mat by Francis just imagine what Blaydes would do (and no I don't think Gane has improved much in that department since then)

 

[OldBoy91]

"Guys, Francis looked like prime Lesnar against me, and now you want me to fight an actual wrestler? Pump the breaks."

Too bad, there's nobody else to fight. Francis is out indefinitely and Stipe is sitting out for Jones. It's Blaydes or indefinitely sitting on the shelf.

 

[WildShrimper]

I could see why, not convinced he has improved his wrestling that much since the Ngannou fight yet.

 

[svmr_db]

Beat you to it fam

https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/ciryl-gane-explains-why-hes-ducking-curtis-blaydes.4254769/

 

[Sticko]

"Guys, Francis looked like prime Lesnar against me, and now you want me to fight an actual wrestler? Pump the breaks."

Too bad, there's nobody else to fight. Francis is out indefinitely and Stipe is sitting out for Jones. It's Blaydes or indefinitely sitting on the shelf.

Well he needs to wait a couple months to hear what Stipe, Francis, and Jones are gonna do. No point in accepting a fight now if one of them is going to be available in early 2023.

Although it is disappointing because Gane's catchphrase used to be "anyone, anywhere" or something like that.

 

[Pierced7681]

Gane has nothing to worry about. Curtis is the last guy the ufc will give a title shot to, solely because of his two losses to Francis. Ufc is still trying to get Stipe to play ball for the Jones interim title fight, but Stipe does what Stipe wants and it’ll be on his terms not the ufcs.

 

[svmr_db]

Although it is disappointing because Game's catchphrase used to be "anyone, anywhere" or something like that.

Yeah and he even repeated that in a few of his post fight interviews after the fight so it sucks to hear he's trying to duck Blaydes, it's the fight to make.

 

[MMA_AZ]

He was honest and is correct in my opinion. Take close to a year off, get better and fight for "a" belt sometime in the first half of 2023.

 

[Goatenstein]

He was honest and is correct in my opinion. Take close to a year off, get better and fight for "a" belt sometime in the first half of 2023.

Honest? I didn't hear the truth, which is he fears Blaydes.

 

[Sticko]

Yeah and he even repeated that in a few of his post fight interviews after the fight so it sucks to hear he's trying to duck Blaydes, it's the fight to make.

I really just think the fight to make for Gane is one of Stipe/Jones/Francis, assuming Francis doesn't leave and Jones and Stipe aren't actually retired, if two of them are fighting each other Gane can get the man who's left out.

With his hand injuries it's doubtful Gane would fight again before 2023 regardless of the opponent.

 

[MMA_AZ]

Honest? I didn't hear the truth, which is he fears Blaydes.

Clean out your ears then. He said Blaydes is dangerous and I'm pretty sure he wasn't talking about his striking

 

[Guy LeDouche]

"I can't stop a takedown"

It’s the French translation for this

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Gane is being smart, I think he should stay away from Blaydes. He is too raw in the wrestling still.

Blaydes is a very difficult fighter to beat, lets remember he only ever lost to 2 guys in his entire career, and they were just 1 punch KO's out of nowhere. No one has given him a real whooping in any fight.. I warned people on the Tom 'new greatest p4p fighter ever' threads that this is a very difficult matchup, because I haven't seen that 1 punch KO in Tom so far. Shame it ended like that but I feel Blaydes is much better than people think, he has beat up everyone he has ever faced, yeah he did lose to Black Beast and Ngannou but they were just 1 punch out of nowhere type endings that always seem to happen in HW, and I have yet to see that 1 punch KO in Gane, more of a volume guy.

I can easily see Gane getting stuck on the mat like Overeem and beaten up badly.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Honest? I didn't hear the truth, which is he fears Blaydes.

I dont think he has a reason to fear blaydes, Career wise it's not a big fight for him and gets him no closer to a title than his win over bam bam.

Blaydes isn't getting a title fight against francis.

 

[Ace70 V2]

Someone send this to Blaydes so he can respond and let Ciryl know he's a pussy.

 

[BigTruck]

Pretty sure Gane waxes him but the fight would answer important questions about his ability to stop the takedown after the loss to Ngannou.

I'd honestly put money on blaydes tbh.
He clearly just doesn't want to deal with the wrestling. Blaydes has a decent name and is a much better win than tai.