Ciryl Gane made Sergey Spivak his personal punching bag in an impressive rebound from his loss to Jon Jones. Gane picked Spivak apart en route to a second-round technical knockout victory in the UFC Fight Night 226 main event at Accor Arena in Paris. With this win, “Bon Gamin” has now won two of his last three Octagon appearances and silenced doubters questioning his status as one of the sport’s top big men. On the other hand, Spivak saw his three-bout winning streak come to an end.
Gane’s Fight Statistics
Since his Octagon debut in 2019, Gane has accumulated nine UFC wins, tying him for the third most in the promotion during that time. In his fight against Spivak, Gane had a significant strike advantage of 98 (109 to 11). He outlanded Spivak 51 to 7 in Round 1 and 58 to 4 in Round 2. Gane also landed 39 significant body strikes, showcasing his ability to distribute his offense to all areas. Spivak attempted only one takedown during the fight, but was unsuccessful in bringing Gane to the canvas.
Other Notable Fights
Manon Fiorot, who is on a six consecutive win streak, tied with fellow flyweight contender Erin Blanchfield for the longest active winning streak in the division. Fiorot won a unanimous verdict over ex-strawweight champion Rose Namajunas in Saturday’s co-main event. Namajunas landed 60 significant strikes, while Fiorot landed 58. In another closely contested bout, Benoit St. Denis defeated Thiago Moises via a second-round TKO in their lightweight clash, marking his fourth consecutive finish in the UFC.
Volkan Oezdemir earned his second career submission triumph in Paris, tapping newcomer Bogdan Guskov with a rear-naked choke in the first round of their light heavyweight bout. This was Oezdemir’s first submission victory in over 4,000 days. On the UFC Fight Night 226 card, two finishes stemmed from body kicks: Morgan Charriere used a pair of body kicks and follow-up punches to defeat Manolo Zecchini, and William Gomis stopped Yanis Ghemmouri in a more controversial manner as Ghemmouri claimed the decisive strike landed below the belt.
Taylor Lapilus returned to the Octagon after 2,555 days, defeating the previously undefeated Caolan Loughran in a preliminary bantamweight scrap. Lapilus outlanded Loughran by 36 significant strikes and defended nine of his opponent’s 11 takedown attempts. Farid Basharat continued his professional MMA career with an 11 consecutive victory streak, improving to 2-0 in UFC competition with a first-round submission of Kleydson Rodrigues in their bantamweight bout.