{"id":433556,"date":"2022-02-17T07:47:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T15:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=433556"},"modified":"2022-02-17T07:47:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T15:47:19","slug":"ciryl-gane-explains-his-decision-to-go-for-a-leg-lock-in-the-final-round-against-francis-ngannou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ciryl-gane-explains-his-decision-to-go-for-a-leg-lock-in-the-final-round-against-francis-ngannou\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciryl Gane explains his decision to go for a leg lock in the final round against Francis Ngannou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC heavyweight Ciryl Gane has explained why he decided to go for a leg lock in the final round of his title fight against Francis Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p>In the main event of UFC 270 last month, Ciryl Gane <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/pros-react-after-francis-ngannou-defeats-ciryl-gane-at-ufc-270\/\">fell short<\/a> in his pursuit of the UFC heavyweight championship. For many fans, pundits and judges alike, he did enough to win the first two rounds of his bout with Francis Ngannou &#8211; only to lose the final three to leave him on the wrong end of a decision defeat.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest errors from &#8220;Bon Gamin&#8221; was the leg lock he went for in the final round, opting to shoot for the submission instead of maintaining his dominant position on the ground. In a recent interview with Ariel Helwani, Gane went into more detail about what was going through his mind at the time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ciryl Gane Doesn\u2019t Regret Heel Hook Attempt at UFC 270 - MMA Fighting\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pVVBYe-L35Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe mission, because I was the contender, so when you want to be the champion you must defeat the champion,\u201d Gane said. \u201cWhen it\u2019s too tight like that, it\u2019s not a good plan. So that\u2019s why with my coach, we just need to finish the fight before the end. That\u2019s why I did this takedown, I did very well, and after I did this choice to go to the ankle, unfortunately I did some mistakes in my technique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cNo, because I was really sure,\u201d Gane said. \u201cYou see, this technique for me, I can do that on everybody that I have in my gym. High-level wrestling, high-level BJJ, and I can do it. I\u2019m really comfortable on this technique, so that\u2019s why I decided to do that, because I know the position was really good for me to go on this technique. I was really good. I was sure to finish the fight, in my mind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThat\u2019s why no regrets. Just I was a little bit tired, so that\u2019s why I don\u2019t do exactly the good thing, but [makes \u2018so close\u2019 gesture with fingers] no, that\u2019s OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/2\/16\/22937713\/ciryl-gane-explains-going-for-leg-lock-francis-ngannou-to-be-the-champion-you-must-beat-the-champion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Will Ciryl Gane fight for the title again before the end of 2022? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC heavyweight Ciryl Gane has explained why he decided to go for a leg lock in the final round of his title fight against Francis Ngannou. In the main event of UFC 270 last month, Ciryl Gane fell short in his pursuit of the UFC heavyweight championship. For many fans, pundits and judges alike, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":391918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[58122,10646,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ciryl Gane explains his decision to go for a leg lock in the final round against Francis Ngannou | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC heavyweight Ciryl Gane has explained why he decided to go for a leg lock in the final round of his title fight against Francis Ngannou.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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