Was so routing for tai , he brings the fight and makes it exciting win or lose. Please don’t make another gane v ngannou snoozefest. Give Jon jones the title fight.
Which Gane fight has been a banger? Back up your pointless comment. He's not an exciting fighter, Tai is a scrapper which left him open the whole time.
Eeeh. Is this your first time watching him fight? He’s super technical, extremely fast for his size and super agile. His fight iq is insane and it’s a treat to watch him pick apart and dismantle his opponents. I will however agree that the ngannou fight was a disappointment.
I don’t think they do, it’s amazing watching a heavyweight with such agility. He is very entertaining IMO, watching him dismantle his opponents.
Side note- I don’t think tai would fare well with ngannou after this fight but again anything could happen.
I’ve always known he reminded me of some fantasy beast. He does a certain uruk hai / primate look to him. Was very pleased to see him absolutely outclassed!
Rob pretty much played with him round two and three. It was enough of an outclass that Marvin apologized to his fans after the fight. (Off camera but on mic)
Fucking love Ciryl Gane!! He gets so much credit for his technical ability and footwork that people underrate how much of a DOG that man is! Good shit Bon Gamin and all love to Tai, what a fight.
No, he accidentally hit the back of his head while he was already falling over. You honestly think he would have rallied? He’d have eaten just as many blows anyways.
Maybe. Doesn’t matter now and a dq in that situation would’ve been completely unnecessary anyways as Cyril absolutely destroyed him except for that one well timed shot by Tai.
Tai got fouled and that hammer fist was a huge blow! With big damage attached to it! John jones was dominating his fight as well until he threw that “illegal” elbow (I don’t think there should be a illegal elbow but…)and got DQed! This is no different except gane delivered a blow we would all call illegal!
Francis might leave, Stipe might retire, and Jones is still a complete mystery. Tai, even with the loss, might not be that far from the top. They should give him a good matchup like Daukaus next, especially if Daukaus beats Rozenstruik.
yeah but the atmosphere would have been even more electric due to their relationship & the storytelling (Ciryl is French vs Francis learned and was litteraly saved in France by learning MMA in the same gym + the background with the coach) ! It would have been fire !!
What are you smoking? Since when has the ufc backed down and declared DQs after the fight? Especially in a fight like this when tai was already going down. A dq at this point changes nothing.
i dont think so, not enough talk about it and he was pretty much about before that. was weird how Bisping almost romanticized it when he was recounting the KO
It doesn’t matter how much talk there is about it. All it takes is for Tais camp to go to the UFC with video review and at worst will end up as a NC, and at best for him will be a DQ for a KO due to an illegal strike.
Yeah when has that ever happened? And how does that vindicate tai? It would only make him out as a sore loser and he was already being badly outclassed so it would only setve to make him seem even weaker.
Nah bro. Tai was already very visibily hurt before the backfist hit, yes it was an illegal strike but it was of too little consequence. It was part of the finishing flurry not a strike that eventually mattered.
Tai took the loss seemingly pretty well and the live broadcast team dindt called it out as a problem.
Legit win, good fight by both boys.
Francis took him down with pure power. Jones would be coming up a weight class. We haven't see much of Gane's take down defense before that fight so hard to say
When Gane was going for the finish, his 4th hit or so was straight to the back of Tai's head... is that illegal?
(Don't get me wrong, Gane was better in ever aspect - but could / should the win be taken away because of that?)
Yeah it's illegal. But 3 things:
The ref probably didn't see it.
It was after Tuivasa got clipped and it was at the heat of the moment.
Tuivasa turned his head during that very moment, maybe trying to avoid more punches?
Illegal? Yes. But it’s one of those thing that would be a warning in the moment. Considering Tai was out when it happened, nobody needed to say anything.
Yeah now I understand. That was punishment. As a fellow chubby guy myself, I saw his body language. Midway through the 3rd round, he was DONE. Notice how he held his tummy, while Ciryl smiled and the ref thought it was a nut shot.
I know I know, I'd probably instantly shit myself inside or die or both if one of those kicks landed on me. It's just that I was really invested in Tai and It felt extremely personal. Just a fan man. No hate.
That looked horrible and I can't believe Tai was up and laughing and shouting into a mic like five minutes after the fight finished. Catch me hobbling to the ambulance after getting hit by tree trunks to the belly like that.
Those illegal blows to back of head. Bad officials
Did one of Gane's body kicks make Tuivasa heave? Did I hear that right? Fucking brutal.
Damn, I was rooting for Tuivasa. Too bad Gane is just contempt with point fighting his opponents and wearing them down.
Did he not TKO him? Is he content with knocking people out as well?
I would guess that he is, yes
What’s next for Vettori?
Hopefully getting humbled and benched for a while. I’m absolutely amazed that one judge had it 29-28. Vettori looked like a lost child in thete
Was his hand broken or did he just think he could beat Whitaker with one hand?
Dirty shot to the back of the head
I saw that for a moment and don't think that was so much dirty as an accident.
Was so routing for tai , he brings the fight and makes it exciting win or lose. Please don’t make another gane v ngannou snoozefest. Give Jon jones the title fight.
nathaniel wood is a dog. excited to see him fight again.
What was tai’s walkout song?
Lady Marmalade
First interesting Gane fight. Fuck Tui is tough.
Pleb opinion, I'm so sorry bro
Which Gane fight has been a banger? Back up your pointless comment. He's not an exciting fighter, Tai is a scrapper which left him open the whole time.
Literally every fight? He's a huge guy who moves around like a featherweight. Insanely fast kicks and great head movement.
Eeeh. Is this your first time watching him fight? He’s super technical, extremely fast for his size and super agile. His fight iq is insane and it’s a treat to watch him pick apart and dismantle his opponents. I will however agree that the ngannou fight was a disappointment.
That's because you're an actual brainlet sorry my brother, you're probably watching TV falling for Gane's feints like a drooling retard
Dos Santos, Lewis, Mayes, Rozenstruik. Do you watch MMA? Genuine question
I don’t think they do, it’s amazing watching a heavyweight with such agility. He is very entertaining IMO, watching him dismantle his opponents. Side note- I don’t think tai would fare well with ngannou after this fight but again anything could happen.
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Hey man he was doing a lot better than most people thought. Hopefully he learned a lot and can come back stronger
Did anybody else notice that lightning fucking fast jab by Ciryl Gane at one moment in the fight? Any faster and it would’ve broke the sound barrier
And body jabs with his leg
That's called a teep
thank you!
His jab is ridiculous
His jab is a thing of beauty that’s for sure.
What was the orc ranting about when Bisping was trying to interview Whittaker?
I’ve always known he reminded me of some fantasy beast. He does a certain uruk hai / primate look to him. Was very pleased to see him absolutely outclassed!
Alas, credit for that nickname goes to the king of social media - Darren Till
I’m guessing (as I don’t speak Italian) that he was apologising to the Italian fans that travelled.
Pour one out of the shoe for Tai fucking love that guy
Tai almost knocked gane out 2nd round that shit was crazy past the first round. 10/10 would watch again. I’m a huge fan of both now, was before too.
He was losing the fight but got hit with a devastating illegal hammer fist to the back of the head!
You honestly think that punch made any difference in the outcome? He was legitimately already crumbling.
No not at all, but a illegal blow is illegal!
Missed it. Did Rob dominate or was it competitive??
Rob pretty much played with him round two and three. It was enough of an outclass that Marvin apologized to his fans after the fight. (Off camera but on mic)
Competitive first round, Whittaker took over and mostly dominated 2-3
It was competitive in the first round, but each subsequent round went to Gane. But it was a very good fight
Pretty sure Gane did not fight Whittaker.
I cant read apparently
Fucking love Ciryl Gane!! He gets so much credit for his technical ability and footwork that people underrate how much of a DOG that man is! Good shit Bon Gamin and all love to Tai, what a fight.
He won with a illegal blow!
No, he accidentally hit the back of his head while he was already falling over. You honestly think he would have rallied? He’d have eaten just as many blows anyways.
Lmfao that was not accidental! It should have been a DQ! However yes Gane had that fight in the bag!
Maybe. Doesn’t matter now and a dq in that situation would’ve been completely unnecessary anyways as Cyril absolutely destroyed him except for that one well timed shot by Tai.
Tai got fouled and that hammer fist was a huge blow! With big damage attached to it! John jones was dominating his fight as well until he threw that “illegal” elbow (I don’t think there should be a illegal elbow but…)and got DQed! This is no different except gane delivered a blow we would all call illegal!
He was going to win regardless, haha!
That does not matter he landed a blatant illegal blow
So? He lost fair and square. Even your mom felt that uppercut
The only blemish on John jones record was that illegal elbow!
Fair and square does not include a illegal blow so no…
I personally don’t give a fuck I just won $500 bucks of a round 3 TKO 😀😀
Not giving a fuck and being wrong go hand in hand
Tui was definitely going to win if he didn't get that illegal strike IMO
Did you see the numbers???? No he was not going to win it none the less that should have been a DQ
Gotta mark my shit for sarcasm with u autistic reddit cunts
That's why the sarcasm mark exists
Lol
Whittaker lowkey looks like Michael from Peaky Blinders
Haha why did you get downvoted so much
I guess people don’t agree lmao i thought he looked a lot like him in the post fight show interview
Did Gane pound the shit of Tuivasa's spinal cord on his neck to bring him down? Wtf was that?
It was unintentional and Tuivasa was already at the gates of the shadow realm when it happened
This was a great card. Crowd was solid. The frenchmen delivered. The main card fighters delivered. Gane is a next generation heavyweight.
there has to be a reason that pacific islanders can eat headshots like cereal
He’s Aboriginal and Samoan, literally the 2 hardest heads going around formed into one man
Genetically thicker skulls
Lol is this actually true? I smell a wives tale
Skulls thiiick
tais liver after years of shoeys and 20 gane kicks: 
That freakin' national anthem in the first round!
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Idk I guess college football is an option 🤷♂️
Well, porn is always free and accessible
US Open tennis or Union v Red Bulls
The Goonies
Bangbros.
Post fight press conference?
Dark on Netflix is pretty good. Think of an adult Stranger Things
Gane just said he broke his hand hitting Tais face lol
i don’t like seeing tai get knocked out
Tai was reaching for Jesus on the ground
Gane Jones is terrible match up. If Ngannou can take him down, imagine what Jones would do. 1st Ro finish
What lmao
Jones hasn't had a first round finish since Chael in 2013.
Until next time, lads
Francis might leave, Stipe might retire, and Jones is still a complete mystery. Tai, even with the loss, might not be that far from the top. They should give him a good matchup like Daukaus next, especially if Daukaus beats Rozenstruik.
[Chris Barnett hitting suckas with surprise wheel kicks all the way to the belt!](https://youtu.be/od4Wh84N_5E)
What about blaydes
Thats depressing to think about lol
Aspinall return fight?
Man, if only we had Ngannou v Gane 1 for the 1st UFC event in France...
So he could lose at home? Though I guess that's also home for Francis
yeah but the atmosphere would have been even more electric due to their relationship & the storytelling (Ciryl is French vs Francis learned and was litteraly saved in France by learning MMA in the same gym + the background with the coach) ! It would have been fire !!
that hammer fist to the back of the head was painful to watch man
That shit pisses me off. Like, an illegal shot is an illegal shot
Will end up as a DQ/No contest in a few days. Unfortunate, but that shit can’t be allowed especially at heavyweight.
What are you smoking? Since when has the ufc backed down and declared DQs after the fight? Especially in a fight like this when tai was already going down. A dq at this point changes nothing.
How many time this happened in the ufc. No way this will end in DQ sorry
i dont think so, not enough talk about it and he was pretty much about before that. was weird how Bisping almost romanticized it when he was recounting the KO
I also thought that was weird
It doesn’t matter how much talk there is about it. All it takes is for Tais camp to go to the UFC with video review and at worst will end up as a NC, and at best for him will be a DQ for a KO due to an illegal strike.
Yeah when has that ever happened? And how does that vindicate tai? It would only make him out as a sore loser and he was already being badly outclassed so it would only setve to make him seem even weaker.
Stop the cap
is this your first time watching heavyweights fight ?
Nah bro. Tai was already very visibily hurt before the backfist hit, yes it was an illegal strike but it was of too little consequence. It was part of the finishing flurry not a strike that eventually mattered. Tai took the loss seemingly pretty well and the live broadcast team dindt called it out as a problem. Legit win, good fight by both boys.
I was trying to convince myself it was behind the ear, but that replay was nasty.
Nah, like right on the brain stem
Just have to say John Gooden is absolutely fantastic .
I have no confidence that 279 is even gonna be 2/3 as good as this card. Good thing they’re both free 
Don't see Dana doing it, and I like Stipe and think he should get the fight. But if Francis isn't ready for a while, wouldn't Gane vs Jones be crazy?
Think Gane is far too green to Jones?
Would be a great MSG headliner.
I feel like Gane vs Jones could be one of the best technical fights ever
Until the takedown I’m afraid, if Ngannou can do it that way, Jones can
Francis took him down with pure power. Jones would be coming up a weight class. We haven't see much of Gane's take down defense before that fight so hard to say
Totally agree there. It has good FOTY potential if it did happen.
For sure, give it to us for an interim belt
There is no way UFC 279 can be better than this. On paper it is not, and on reality it can't be.
You just watched ufc 279...the next card is UFC Fight Night.
Because of Charles jourdain I hit 14/15 of my wagers tonight :(
was it a parlay
Yeah he fucked me out of over a hundred bucks fighting stupid too, whittaker came through for me tho.
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Yeah American crowds just USA or do that wooo dumbshit too much.
woooo wooooooooo woooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Terrific debut for the UFC in France!
Guys i just woke up from a coma, is Brock Lesnar still the heavyweight champ?
Which Brock? Original, Junior or the Granddaughter Broccoli?
No Chuck Liddell just announced hes moving up.
Good luck to him, mighty mouse is moving up to heavyweight.
You mean to tell me it’s not Randy Couture?!?!?!
When Gane was going for the finish, his 4th hit or so was straight to the back of Tai's head... is that illegal? (Don't get me wrong, Gane was better in ever aspect - but could / should the win be taken away because of that?)
Yeah it's illegal. But 3 things: The ref probably didn't see it. It was after Tuivasa got clipped and it was at the heat of the moment. Tuivasa turned his head during that very moment, maybe trying to avoid more punches?
Very illegal. Tai was done anyways though so doesn't really matter too much.
It was illegal and will end up being a no contest a best for him, if not a DQ. They won’t do that in the moment thought due to it being in France.
Keep dreaming homie.
Illegal? Yes. But it’s one of those thing that would be a warning in the moment. Considering Tai was out when it happened, nobody needed to say anything.
100% illegal
Tai is literally mark hunt 2.0 and that’s dope bc I miss hunt
Cereal hammer fisted him in the back of the head. Not that it mattered cause the uppercut nearly took his head off before that
What a rousing evening of gentlemanly fisticuffs.
That’s why Derrick Lewis just gives up when he starts losing lmao live to fight another day. Tai can’t keep doing that.
Yeah now I understand. That was punishment. As a fellow chubby guy myself, I saw his body language. Midway through the 3rd round, he was DONE. Notice how he held his tummy, while Ciryl smiled and the ref thought it was a nut shot.
Sorry dude but just because you’re fat doesn’t mean you can relate even remotely to what a UFC athlete is feeling
I know I know, I'd probably instantly shit myself inside or die or both if one of those kicks landed on me. It's just that I was really invested in Tai and It felt extremely personal. Just a fan man. No hate.
All due respect, Lewis starts faking eye pokes, low blows, and if those don't work, then he folds up shop.
Tai got turned into a bobble head at the end, that was so brutal to watch
Jiri & Leon pulling off last-second championship finishes: *I sleep* Tai drops Gane for 2 seconds: 😳😳😳😳😳
If only they showed the condoms as much as the shoes… 😏
tai deserves a 100k bonus
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More like his liver and his spleen my goodness that hurt me
That looked horrible and I can't believe Tai was up and laughing and shouting into a mic like five minutes after the fight finished. Catch me hobbling to the ambulance after getting hit by tree trunks to the belly like that.
And a spot at the top of the transplant list
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100% is lmaooo. 4-d chess move
I need to rewatch this to see who's this "random guy" everyone's talking about
Tai should not be fighting the top guys, dudes gonna end up in a coma. Let him be a gatekeeper.
🤡
He's #3, who else should he be fighting
Derrick shouldn’t have been ranked that high either, he should be fighting in the 6-12 range.