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Francis Ngannou defeated Ciryl Gane by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) at UFC 270 on Saturday in Anaheim, Calif. to retain the heavyweight belt. It was Ngannou’s sixth win in a row.
Gane, a French fighter who briefly trained years ago with Ngannou in Paris, dropped his first career fight. He is now 10-1.
Ngannou likely trailed on the scorecards after the first two rounds. Gane peppered his opponent with shots at range and Ngannou seemed a bit hesitant, waiting for his one moment to land a special shot. Then he turned up the aggression in the third. In the third, fourth and fifth rounds, Ngannou decided to go for the takedown. He got Gane on the mat and landed some ground-and-pound strikes. He was the aggressor and largely on top of his opponent over the final 15 minutes. It was enough to secure the title defense.
In the co-main event, Deiveson Figueiredo reclaimed his UFC flyweight belt with a unanimous decision win over Brandon Moreno. All three judges scored the trilogy bout 48-47 in favor of the Brazilian. The third fight was as epic of a chess match as expected. Both fighters consistently landed hard punches and leg kicks, but Figueiredo got the narrow, unanimous decision.
Fight card with odds via BetMGM
- Francis Ngannou defeats Ciryl Gane by unanimous decision to retain UFC heavyweight belt
- Deiveson Figueiredo defeats Brandon Moreno to win the UFC flyweight title
- Michel Pereira defeats André Fialho by unanimous decision
- Said Nurmagomedov defeats Cody Stamann via first-round submission
- Michael Morales defeats Trevin Giles via first-round TKO
- Victor Henry defeats Raoni Barcelos by unanimous decision
- Jack Della Maddalena defeats Pete Rodriguez by fi
- Tony Gravely defeats Saimon Oliveira by unanimous decision
- Jasmine Jasudavicius defeats Kay Hansen (-225) by unanimous decision
- Matt Frevola defeats Genaro Valdéz by first-round TKO
- Vanessa Demopoulos defaeats Silvana Gomez Juarez by first-round submission
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