{"id":371018,"date":"2020-12-14T08:17:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T16:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=371018"},"modified":"2020-12-14T08:17:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T16:17:01","slug":"ciryl-gane-issues-statement-after-beating-a-legend-and-someone-i-deeply-respect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ciryl-gane-issues-statement-after-beating-a-legend-and-someone-i-deeply-respect\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciryl Gane issues statement after beating “a legend and someone I deeply respect”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Surging UFC heavyweight contender Ciryl Gane has issued a statement after defeating former heavyweight champ Junior dos Santos<\/a> at UFC 256 last weekend.<\/p>\n

France’s Gane and Brazil’s dos Santos collided in the event’s pay-per-view opener, and the Frenchman could not have looked much more impressive. After softening the former heavyweight champion up with kicks in round one, he sealed the deal in round two, vanquishing his foe with an elbow to the temple.<\/p>\n

On the surface, this was easily the biggest victory of Gane’s career to date. Yet it was also a significant one because it marked his first fight since December, 2019 thanks to an injury and a procession of cancelled fights.<\/p>\n

After this impressive stoppage win, Gane took to Instagram where he issued a brief but classy post-fight statement.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Real.C \u201cBON GAMIN\u201d (@ciryl_gane)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n