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UFC makes its debut in France on a night that may cement Gane or Tuivasa as the next heavyweight title challenger.

He's one of the best of the best. But things get started with a pair of veterans in the featherweight division when Charles Jourdain and Nathaniel Wood battle it out. That is a tall order for Tuivasa -- a high-level brawler who gives better than he gets but do not let three consecutive Fight of the Night honors fool you. Tai Tuivasa: Gane is a major favorite coming into the fight on the strength of his well-rounded game. Robert Whittaker is set to take on Marvin Vettori as the pair battle to remain relevant in the division thin on rivals to champion Israel Adesanya. I've fought a couple of champions now, and he's up there with the best for sure. His gift for drinking beers out of strangers' shoes, affectionally labelled a "shoey," has endeared him to the masses. Plus, Alessio Di Chirico and Roman Kopylov are set for another middleweight contest on the main card. A strong performance against Tuivasa assures that Gane's name remains on the tip of tongues in title conversations. The gimmick sometimes overshadows Tuivasa's natural charisma and a nasty habit of knocking out opponents. Tuivasa has knocked out all but one of his 14 victims in under seven minutes. Gane, 32, is only four years into his mixed martial arts journey but has developed a well-rounded game as evidenced by a nearly even split of KO, submission and decision wins.

Two heavyweight stars collide in a preview of what could be the next contender for the title as the UFC takes place in France for the first time on Saturday ...

@ [timfsbrown](https://twitter.com/timfsbrown) [watch a live stream of Gane vs. [How to watch DAZN on your TV: What is it, what does it cost and include? PT/5 p.m. PT/3 p.m. 3 ranked knockout artist Tai Tuivasa (15-3-0) in the finale. PT/12 p.m. ET. [Watch live only on ESPN+](https://plus.espn.com/ufc)) 1 ranked heavyweight Ciryl Gane (10-1-0) trying to bounce back from his first MMA career loss against a wildly entertaining challenger in the No. The main card fights at UFC Paris begin at 12 p.m. The UFC comes to France for the first time with a star-studded card with UFC Fight Night kicking off today.

Results As They Happen, Winner Interviews And More From UFC Fight Night: Gane vs Tuivasa, Live From Accor Arena In Paris, France.

[Official Scorecards](https://www.ufc.com/news/official-judges-scorecards-ufc-fight-night-gane-vs-tuivasa-paris) [Watch on ESPN+](https://plus.espn.com/ufc?ex_cid=DSS-OFF-UFC-INARTICLE-EN) Louis, Missouri) [Watch on ESPN+](https://plus.espn.com/ufc?ex_cid=DSS-OFF-UFC-INARTICLE-EN) [UFC Fight Night: Gane vs Tuivasa](/event/ufc-fight-night-september-03-2022), Live From The Accor Arena In Paris, France. [Ciryl Gane](https://www.ufc.com/athlete/ciryl-gane) vs No. [Khalid Taha](/athlete/khalid-taha) tried to press forward and close the distance. With the clock winding down, the veteran connected on the choke and drew out the tap. 1 middleweight contender [Robert Whittaker](https://www.ufc.com/athlete/robert-whittaker) battling No. The Swiss judoka controlled the action on the canvas throughout, showing superior control and balance while taking advantage of Perez’s tendency to close the distance and look to clinch. The French lightweight showed a little bit of everything, hurting Figlak on the feet with long strikes and spinning attacks, battering his lead leg with heavy kicks, and significantly improved grappling, controlling the fight in every facet. 3 [Marvin Vettori](https://www.ufc.com/athlete/marvin-vettori) in the co-main event. Haqparast snapped a two-fight skid with the victory, moving to 6-4 through his first 10 UFC starts, and 14-5 overall.

The big MMA event is set to be headlined by a Heavyweight clash between Ciryl Gane and Tai Tuivasa, with the winner potentially going on to face Francis Ngannou ...

[UFC News and MMA](https://www.givemesport.com/ufc) news right here at GiveMeSport. The Prelims will be available on Fight Pass and the full Main Card will be available on BT. - Robert Whittaker (186) vs Marvin Vettori (186) – Middleweight Bout [Robert Whittaker](http://givemesport.com/Robert-Whittaker) vs [Marvin Vettori](http://givemesport.com/Marvin-Vettori) is also scheduled to be the co-main event of the night, so hopefully, these two bouts and the full card can go ahead with every fighter getting on the scales in weight. - Abus Magomedov (186) vs Dustin Stoltzfus (186) – Middleweight Bout - Nassourdine Imavov (186) vs Joaquin Buckley (186) – Middleweight Bout

Following UFC Paris, tune in to the Post-Fight Press Conference to hear the athletes take questions from the media.Subscribe to get all the latest UFC ...

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Check out the betting odds for UFC Paris, where Ciryl Gane is favored over Tai Tuivasa in the main event.

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Former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker showed Marvin Vettori why he's the No. 1-ranked fighter in their division with a dominant performance Saturday ...

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Whittaker continues to nip at the heels of UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.

Vettori is 2-2 in his last four fights, beating Paulo Costa and Kevin Holland but losing to Whittaker and Adesanya. "I'm the most dangerous man in this division, including the champion. Whittaker opened the fight in traditional Whittaker fashion, edging out his opponent with superior movement and combinations while making reads.

Robert Whittaker proved that he's still the top contender in the middleweight division with a masterful performance to beat Marvin Vettori in the UFC Paris ...

Whittaker came right back at him to start the second as he connected with another stinging right hand followed by another combination that seemingly caught Vettori off guard. Whittaker even managed a late takedown just to put an exclamation point on his performance as he knocks off yet another top ranked fighter at 185 pounds. Whittaker was so quick as he unloaded powerful straight punches and then followed with another head kick that just thudded off Vettori’s skull. With Vettori acting as the aggressor to start, Whittaker was playing counter fighter, which led to a hard right hand connecting flush on the chin of the one-time title challenger. When it was over, Whittaker had clearly secured the win with the judges scoring the fight 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 in his favor. Trust me, I hit pretty hard and credit to him.”

Ciryl Gane bounced back from nearly being finished in the second round to knock out Tai Tuivasa in the third round in front of his hometown crowd Saturday ...

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Ciryl Gane overcame a second-round knockdown and rallied to finish Tai Tuivasa in Round 3 on Saturday in the UFC's first card in France.

Gane landed several hard jabs, a body kick and then a head kick. Gane was clearly hurt, and Tuivasa went in for the finish, but Gane survived. Then, a head kick near the end of the round. Gane landed a knee to the body, a jab and a step-in knee to the gut. That strategy was working well until Tuivasa caught Gane with a right hook in the second round, dropping him to the canvas. Tuivasa dropped Gane in the second round.

Despite two losses to champion Israel Adesanya, Robert Whittaker says he deserves another shot at the middleweight belt after a unanimous decision win over ...

He put the lights out … "Honestly, Tai hit me so hard, he knocked me out. I'm just gonna be lurking there, waiting."

A rematch with heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is probably chief among them. Ngannou used his wrestling when he was fighting on an injured knee in Anaheim, ...

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Frenchman Ciryl Gane served up an epic knockout victory over Australian heavyweight Tai Tuivasa in front of a raucous home crowd in UFC's Paris debut.

"Honestly, Tai hit me so hard, he knocked me out. He put the lights out ... * but I had to be a warrior, I got up.

'Perfect storm': All-Aussie superfight plot revealed for UFC star to take on world champ.

Rob fights for money and he wants to fight the best.” “Jai’s at the top of the food chain in Australia and one of the best guys in the world,” Day said. “But at the end of the day, Jai’s also a businessman and he’s in the business to make money. Rob’s got one more fight left on his UFC contract. “Jai’s a boxing purist and in a perfect world, he wants to unify the titles,” Lonergan said. Rob’s keen.

The scenes in Paris for the UFC's first event in France were astounding. Here are the takeaways from a big night for Gane, Whittaker and the City of Lights.

The crowd roared when Gomis escaped a deep triangle from [Jarno Errens](https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/5093447/jarno-errens) in the third round and won a decision. Ziam said the "energy" of the crowd willed him out of an armbar and a bad position when [Michal Figlak](https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/4900807/michal-figlak) took his back. [Ciryl Gane](https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/4426000/ciryl-gane) and [Tai Tuivasa](http://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/3722422/tai-tuivasa). The stands were about 75% full for the first fight and loaded with energy, a stark contrast to Las Vegas UFC shows which don't start filling up until the main card begins. The atmosphere was unmatched in MMA, save for some unreal cards in Ireland and England over the years. The crowd roared during his walkout and the loudest it was all night (up to that point) was the first round, cheering Gane's name and singing the French national anthem in unison. [Francis Ngannou](http://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/3933168/francis-ngannou) in January. [Conor McGregor](https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/3022677/conor-mcgregor), Muhammad Ali and Rocky Balboa all rolled into one, rather than a 26-year-old prospect in just his third UFC fight. He was the first French-born fighter to walk out on the UFC's first card in his home country and entered Accor Arena to a hero's welcome. It didn't end up being ominous -- it was just the collective sound of more than 15,405 fans stomping and clapping in support of their hometown UFC star. The fans were on their feet, chanting his name and treating him like one of the sport's biggest superstars. This victory puts Gane right back in the title picture, although it's a crowded picture with [Jon Jones](https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2335639/jon-jones) having the inside track to the champ.

France's Ciryl Gane (11-1-0), a former interim heavyweight champion, stopped Australian Tai Tuivasa (15-4-0) in the third round of a main event slugfest on ...

The 37-year-old Makdessi kept coming forward in the third but at a cost, absorbing Haqparast strikes. Jourdain went to the body but ended back on the mat after a Wood trip. His record in the promotion stands at 11-8-0. Makdessi's face began to show damage as the fight wore on with blood leaking from around his eye. The two touched gloves as a sign of respect after a busy first round. Jourdain (13-6-1) was coming off a majority-decision loss to (Hurricane) Shane Burgos in July after a late rally fell short. At five foot nine, Jourdain had a three-inch height advantage in the opening bout of the main card. "I feel incredible at this weight class," Wood, who improved to 6-2-0 in the UFC, said after the win. Tuivasa almost knocked Gane out in the second round but the French fighter somehow survived to punish Tuivasa with a string of body shots. In the co-main event, former middleweight champion Robert (The Reaper) Whittaker (24-6-0) won a unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) decision over Marvin (The Italian Dream) Vettori. Hats off to Charles, he's one hell of a fighter," he added. Former welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre of Montreal was cageside for the event.

Headlining honors went to a heavyweight clash between No. 1-ranked contender Ciryl Gane—the hometown hero—and visiting Australian Tai Tuivasa, who was ranked No ...

The American showed a ton of heart in the fight, and had a strong third round, but was ultimately unable to back up his pre-fight talk. We were reminded of that in the second bout of the UFC Fight Night 210 main card, when Paris' William Gomis found himself locked up in a triangle choke in the final minute of a fight with Dutchman Jarno Errens—a fight he was on track to win by decision. But that was not the case. Former UFC middleweight champ Robert Whittaker was back in action in the UFC Fight Night 210 co-main event, taking on No. He entered the fight without a ranking himself, so there was potential for a massive payoff. The Australian Whittaker was the picture of dominance in the fight, out-striking his dangerous foe to a clear-cut unanimous-decision victory. The French heavyweight was incredible in the fight. Joaquin Buckley talked himself into a big opportunity at UFC Fight Night 210: a fight with No. There was a lot of pressure on Ciryl Gane's shoulders ahead of UFC Fight Night 210. 12-ranked middleweight Nassourdine Imavov, who picked up a unanimous-decision win over Joaquin Buckley on the main card. 1-ranked middleweight contender Robert Whittaker—a former champ—risk his spot against Italy's Marvin Vettori, the division's No. It marked the UFC's long-awaited debut in France, where MMA was illegal until 2019.

The former UFC middleweight champion was left hanging at Friday's ceremonial weigh-ins for UFC Fight Night 209 after his opponent faked a handshake and then got ...

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Check out all the facts and figures from UFC Fight Night 209, which saw Ciryl Gane knock out Tai Tuivasa in the main event.

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France's Ciryl Gane pulled off an electrifying knockout win over Australian Tai Tuivasa in front of a home crowd at the Accor Arena on the banks of the ...

I'm gonna die rather than give up," a jubilant Gomis said in a post-fight interview as the fans roared their approval. Two minutes into the third Gane stunned Tuivasa with a kick to the head, and though the teak-tough Aussie initially refused to go down, Gane piled on the pressure. Australian Tuivasa sent Gane crashing to the canvas with a sledgehammer right hand in the second round, but Gane roared back with a series of brutal blows to the body that almost ended the fight.

In the UFC Fight Night 209 co-main event, Robert Whittaker proved once again that he's a cut above most of the middleweight division.

I conquered most of them before that second fight, and in that second fight, I conquered the rest of them, and I think you could see that in this fight today.” A victory for Pereira could put Whittaker right back at the top of the list contenders, but he’s well aware of the challenge the champion presents. And I think stylistically he’s a great fighter, but I still think I’m the most dangerous man in the division, because I win. “[Adesanya] is very good – he’s very good,” Whittaker said. There’s a bit of a learning process afterward, a bit of a picking the pieces up process, and doubts and whatnot. I get in there and I get to work.”

Both men walked away victorious from their respective bouts with Whittaker beating Italian Marvin Vettorri in the co-main event, before Gane beat Tai ...

Meanwhile, Whittaker showed his class with a dominant points win over Italian Marvin Vettori. I had to be a warrior, and that's what I did. I'm a big fan - I was torn!

UFC star Nate Diaz is set to headline UFC 279 on Saturday against Khamzat Chimaev in what will be the final fight on his contract. It appears that Diaz ...

The 28-year-old Chimaev is undefeated at 11-0 and is considered to be one of the top young prospects in all of MMA. However, Diaz believes this gives him a mental advantage and creates more pressure on the youngster. Saturday's main event will be the fourth time in Diaz's last six appearances that he headlines a pay-per-view in a non-title fight. While he is expanding to the business side of fighting, Diaz won't be hanging up his gloves anytime soon. Despite Diaz's popularity, facing Chimaev in his final UFC fight is viewed as a kick in the pants on his way out of the company. It appears that Diaz already has plans for his post-UFC career.

Ahead of the final fight on his UFC contract, Nate Diaz has announced a new venture tied to the fight game.

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See who Ciryl Gane should fight next after his victory over Tai Tuivasa in the UFC Fight Night 209 headliner.

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