Ciryl
must win this one, so we can get Gane vs N'Gannou. Current MMA Factory vs Former MMA Factory.
The student who abandoned Fernand Lopez when he made it to the top, and the student who shall forever honor his sensei.
The match that will turn France into a nation of MMA enthusiasts!
As of today, the French love their Judo, Muay Thai and Kickboxing, but much like Ireland before Conor McGregor made it big, MMA is dead there.
Now that the ban is lifted, time for my HW dream match to be reach concretion!
VS
Main event for UFC Paris?
Bellator has already produced their first event there, and did pretty damn good.
If the card is cool, it could bring a new market to the UFC...
Get
Tom "Fire Kid" Duquesnoy to come back for one fight, same for
Cyril "Da Snake" Diabaté! (too bad Bisping is too banged up for a rematchn their first fight was tight... a Shogun rematch could be cool too, but I, I just want Mauricio to retire, that loss to Paul Craig was depressing to watch
)
Cédric "Le Meilleur" Doumbé , currently n°1 WW in the world, current GLORY ww champ, and one of the best p4p kickboxers out there, has been talking about getting into MMA for years now.
What better occasion than the first UFC card in France?
Okay, okay, I'm getting carried away because no way would he ever give up on kickboxing, if he gets into MMA it will be with an org that lets him do some "French Boxing" on the side.
A MMA rematch against his fellow French rival
Jimmy "Le Guépard" Vienot, who was the 4th Frenchie to win the Lumpinee belt (at 160lbs) would be so sick.
After their GLORY bout, many said that Jimmy would have kicked his ass under Muay Thai rules, and that may be the case...
In MMA though?
Since I'm going full fantasy match-ups, why not have GSP do an exhibition grappling bout against Khabib before the main event, now that would be crazy! I've often said that this could be a solution to all their problems;
No weight class, no perfect record on the line so no danger for Khabib's legacy, just a sweet submission grappling bout between Khabib, who always wanted to fight his father's favorite fighter, and St-Pierre, who has often said that if he were to come back, it would only be for The Eagle...
And GSP is still training hard all the time, he's an extremely competitive guy, he would be glad to be able to do that without killing himself to make 155.
Or fuck it, throw in 10 times Olympic Gold Medalist
Teddy "Bear" Riner against GSP in an openweight, amateur exhibition MMA bout with very limite striking, that would be so cool!
GSP always talks about how great Teddy is, and how successful he would have been in MMA had he started training early...
Another victim of the French Judo Federation corruption & anti-MMA stance
So yeah, Gane>Lewis.
Too bad Gane is such a huge favorite,
I was thinking of putting something on him, but
1) I'd need to put too much to make a profit
2) it's the riskiest division, one punch and you can be out
3) with the referees consistently fucking things up right now, it's way too risky to bet on MMA anyway.
