{"id":393648,"date":"2022-06-23T14:31:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T14:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=393648"},"modified":"2022-06-23T14:31:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T14:31:44","slug":"ufc-heavyweight-tai-tuivasa-believes-loss-to-francis-ngannou-was-a-minor-setback-in-hopes-for-potential-interim-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/ufc-heavyweight-tai-tuivasa-believes-loss-to-francis-ngannou-was-a-minor-setback-in-hopes-for-potential-interim-title-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Heavyweight Tai Tuivasa Believes Loss to Francis Ngannou Was a Minor Setback in Hopes for Potential Interim Title Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former interim UFC heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane spoke to MMA Junkie and expressed an interest in once again holding the interim title on route to yet another unification bout. \u2018Bon Gamin\u2019 is set to headline the UFC\u2019s debut show in Paris\u2019 Accor Arena in September as he\u2019ll stand toe-to-toe against Tai Tuivasa.<\/p>\n<p>Over two years ago, this fight wasn\u2019t on the cards, however, Tuivasa\u2019s demolition of Derrick Lewis changed the trajectory of his career and made him an elite competitor. In fact, Ciryl Gane is convinced that a win over Tuivasa will jumpstart his position in the UFC, allowing him to face the winner of a potential Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic fight for an interim title.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-was-really-trying-to-sht-on-dan-bilzerian-anthony-smith-doubles-down-on-his-accusations-against-millionaire-playboy-dan-bilzerian\/\">\u201cI Was Really Trying to Sh*t on Dan Bilzerian\u201d- Anthony Smith Doubles Down on His Accusations Against Millionaire Playboy Dan Bilzerian<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Ciryl Gane doesn\u2019t believe his loss to Francis Ngannou set him back<\/h2>\n<p>\u2018Bon Gamin\u2019 doesn\u2019t view his defeat to Ngannou at UFC 270 as a limiting factor in his UFC run. He\u2019s confident that a win over Tai Tuivasa will open the doors back to the title picture.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think if I win against Tuivasa, I think it\u2019s gonna be a fight for the interim title against the winner of the next fight for the interim title,\u201d Gane told MMA Junkie. \u201cSo this (loss to Ngannou) put me a little bit back, but this put me more challenge, so I\u2019m OK.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gmuiIM0NMfQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m a competitor, so I like that. That\u2019s OK because some people say but you just lost like that (signals close fight) with Francis, you must have a revenge for the big belt and I said, \u2018No, I\u2019m OK with that.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gane certainly recognizes the high level of competition that the heavyweight division has to offer, yet is comfortable with the way things are playing out.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6_WuD4FAHbY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s really complicated at the moment with this division. There are a lot of people in the top five and I think for the UFC to manage that it\u2019s a little bit complicated so I can understand the UFC\u2019s plan and I\u2019m OK with that.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/06\/ufc-news-ciryl-gane-eyes-interim-title-shot-win-tai-tuivasa-paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmajunkie.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ciryl Gane has shown that he\u2019s a major player in the division and will continue to press forward towards being the champion. His defeat in January\u2019s UFC title unification bout was merely a roadblock on his path to greatness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former interim UFC heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane spoke to MMA Junkie and expressed an interest in once again holding the interim title on route to yet another unification bout. \u2018Bon Gamin\u2019 is set to headline the UFC\u2019s debut show in Paris\u2019 Accor Arena in September as he\u2019ll stand toe-to-toe against Tai Tuivasa. Over two years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":393650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}