Media Was Gane really going for the leglock or did he got sweep ?

[Jean-MMA]

No idiot, the sweep is all that matters

Whether Gane was going for leglock before or after doesn’t

why you ask?

cuz the result.

If leglock was successful Gane would be champ. Instead he ended up on bottom and everyone is talking about how he fucked up.

make sense?

No I don't understand. If he was not plan on doing the leglock he would have not posture and break his base thus the sweep would not land ,idiot.

 

[13Seconds]

gane sucks so much in his grappling lmao, thats europe's biggest weakness how the fuck do you lose a grappling match with ngannou

Fuck you noob. There's this thing called improvement. Francis clearly worked on his grappling since the beginning and it's showing now. Just because he he didn't need to show it before doesn't mean he doesn't have it.

 

[GeneTunney7]

gane sucks so much in his grappling lmao, thats europe's biggest weakness how the fuck do you lose a grappling match with ngannou

He did not lose the grappling match, he lost the laying on top competition. Gane had that shit in the bag if he laid on top, but he actually tried going for subs - the whizzer, heel hook, knee bar....he was fishing all night. He needs to realize UFC judges are shite and only value who is in the top position or who is pushing who against the fence.

 

[The XL]

Francis really came through. He couldn't move on his injured leg and was basically a lock to lose on the feet in his compromised state, switched gameplans mid fight, wrestled the shit out of Gane, hit him with a clutch sweep during the 5th to win the fight. All of this while injured and under the immense pressure of knowing that it was all or nothing, if he won he had all the leverage with Dana, if he lost he had none. Truly an impressive performance given the circumstances.

 

[Huligani]

Both

 

[eddi]

Fuck you noob. There's this thing called improvement. Francis clearly worked on his grappling since the beginning and it's showing now. Just because he he didn't need to show it before doesn't mean he doesn't have it.

stfu francis got no grappling, and gane too since he's a thai fighter i know the mentality in europe they absolutely suck balls in the grappling all they do is patch some defensive techniques or half baked bjj and sprawls thats the only reason why francis could score on the ground.

 

[Tweak896]

Gane was swept and tried to make the best of it. Never thought I'd see Ngannou pull this off lol.

 

[JSF]

No I don't understand. If he was not plan on doing the leglock he would have not posture and break his base thus the sweep would not land ,idiot.

he got swept, that’s it

It’s fight with constant dynamics in play. Whether he was going for leg lock, posturing up for GNP, passing guard, going for a different submission, it all doesn’t matter cuz in the end of that sequence he got swept.

if you even look, he was forced to do something, anything because Francis - to his credit - was working from his back. In fact if you knew anything about grappling (not that it matters to you, but I’m a blue belt in BJJ) you could say that with the wrist control and leg positioning Francis was looking for options to possibly go for a triangle, omoplata, let alone just push away and get up, etc.

That’s why arguing what Gane was or was not trying to do is pointless, as the reality is that they were both thinking of several options in real time, and at the right moment Francis took advantage and got the sweep

that’s why, at the end of that exchange, Francis got the sweep in, and that’s all that matters

Get it now? If you’re too dense to understand, I give up as that’s all the time I’m allowing to explain it to you.

 

[Jewish Lightning]

Both.

 

[mst-dot]

Huh ? I see francis sweeping his left leg when he postures ?

Actually yes you're right.
He postures but it lacked fluidity and Francis saw it coming but the minute cyril noticed the sweep he decided to commit instead of aborting.. it might not have been too late if he had noticed that

 

[JSF]

I have to address something in this thread, because there’s a lot of people who don’t know anything about grappling in here.

1) Gane didn’t just fuck up. People are saying that he should have just stayed on top.

You are not giving Francis enough credit. Gane was forced to act because Francis was actually in control, despite being on the bottom. Gane was actually in danger of losing position entirely, got swept and whatever leg lock attempt was there to only minimize the impact, but he was not going to improve his position, let alone keep it

Gane had no chance at leg lock attempt when - he was on top - despite what some are arguing.

don’t see it?

Let me explain.

Francis was winning the grip battle, he had wrist control on one side, and though underhooks are generally more advantageous, in this case (for several details I don’t care to explain, just trust me when I state) that Francis overhook on the other side was the more dominant grip in this exchange.

2) this was not a butterfly, not a pendulum. Fucking scissors, just when Gane’s base became narrow. While Francis controlled both of Gane’s arms so he couldn’t post, and Francis ended up on top.

 

[Small Town Andrew]

He should have used it to get back to top control but he held it for to long and allowed Francis to end up with the dominant position

 

[RiotWyatt]

Looks like a sweep while Gane was going for a horrible pass. Who the heck passes guard with that much space and no control of the opponent?

Embarrassing display of grappling by a world champion. I don't know how anyone can watch this and claim that fighters are more skilled nowadays. At best, at best, they are the same.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

I didnt know Francis even had the ability to sweep lol. Either Francis has improved that much or Ganes needs to work on his bjj.

That was the most surprising thing about this fight. As soon as ganes got on top I thought Francis would lay there

 

[Ken Fresno]

Most people who weren’t the commentators caught up in the narrative of Gane’s grappling advantage saw a sweep by Francis.

 

[HHJ]

Francis was clearly bigger. He gained weight between weigh-ins and fight night.

Yep. Look at them when they are both waiting for the decision to be read. Ngannou is bigger

 

[Espresso]

Sweep

 

[Vayn Sword]

Thats a textbook windmill sweep right there.

 

[Killer Whale]

It was 100% a leg lock attempt. Ngannou just countered and got on top, as all beginner grapplers learn to do when a blue belt level setup like that happens. It isn't ambiguous, Gane was entirely responsible for initiating that sequence.

Or Gane went for the leg lock because he knew he was getting swept like most beginners are taught.

 

[Haj01]

Thought Ngannou was gonna go for a triangle at one point. But he probably doesn't know what that is.