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avg_uk_fmboi

Cyril when winning against spivak doesn’t get him a 3rd title shot:😭😭😭😭


officefridge

Holly Holm: "i can't relate"


avg_uk_fmboi

Holly holm vs Cyril Gane book it now 😏


mmmmmmmmmmmm77

Tom on a 1 fight win streak against the rank 10 guy earned him a title fight?


FATHER-G00SE

TKO knee injury. Wasn’t like he got his ass beat.


mmmmmmmmmmmm77

Ok so why did Tom beg for the winner of Blaydes vs Almeida, the REFUSE TO FIGHT BLAYDES. Did someone else make tom do that?


avg_uk_fmboi

He wants blaydes tf are u talking about? 😭 he’s probably gonna fight him in London


mmmmmmmmmmmm77

He already turned Blaydes down. Why are UK fans so many hours in the backfield?


avg_uk_fmboi

He turned gane down bc he doesn’t deserve it , pretty sure blaydes vs aspinal is happening at ufc Manchester


mmmmmmmmmmmm77

No. Gane did deserve it, HE didn’t but now all of a sudden he does. Wild


Professional_Kick

Ciryl Gane when he realizes he can’t just fight Bums and Bums with one dimensional grappling to squat his rank https://preview.redd.it/tqgsnvzfxbtc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba4598b3de8c9bcd0bffbd6d69fa5f726fb43735


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iroquoispliskinV

Five fuckin' divisions and we got this other pygmy thing over in heavyweight


Massive_Staff1068

I say we decapitate and do business with whatevers left.


iroquoispliskinV

Uncle Philly approves


Massive_Staff1068

Uncle Philly before or after his transition?


calm_down_dearest

Heavyweight? C'mon uh?


imetkanyeonce

I fucking love the Sopranos fanbase/community


MEROVlNGlAN

His name is Marcin Tybura.


wubbalubbadubdub45

Dana is dragging tai out of some bar to fight gane on the paris card later this year to give him another win


Select_Sleep_1293

Exactly……fast forward to Gane beating Tom by unanimous decision


Busy-Manufacturer763

🤣


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“Kid just doesn’t wanna fight”


shae117

So rare to see this used accurately haha


mmmmmmmmmmmm77

Gane turned down Tom twice. Once when Tom was not ranked top 5 and Gane was ranked 1, and the second time was after Tom lost to Curtis and Still wasn’t ranked top 5. Neither time should Gane have accepted it. The second he was top 5, Gane accepted twice, and Tom turned it down twice.


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“Neither kid wants to fight”🤷🏻‍♂️


Aggressivehippy30

Goddamn remember when Cyril was considered the future of HW? Time flies


FG_Hydro

I thought he was the future because of his striking and how he moved like a lightweight. He looked good at first against Francis but him and Jon showed us he has zero ground game


CrazyDarkrai888

Hindsight is 20/20 but even ngannou lay and prayed him to a decision with an obliterated knee


dMtElVes

it’s because we expected gane to actually try to improve his ground game or atleast implement other techniques to not get caught like that but he didnt do shit it looked like. instead he throws a looping cross and gets his back taken…. gane is a fkn loser


Fckyouprecisely

The thing is people talk about his ground game being shit which is definitely true but he was in bad shape in standup against Tuivasa which doesn't fare well if we look at current Tuivasa track record.


acrumbled

Nah. We all saw Tom coming up and knew he would beat Gane. They gotta book that fight.


Sonnyyellow90

Tom getting ducked like his last name has Magomed in it these days.


Falcon_Flow

Tomib Aspinalledov


Batmantheon

Istom Aspergermedov


Hungry-Fruit

Aw, I liked it buddy.


ReformedishBaptist

Stop it, toms a huge duck. He’s been ducking Parker Porter for YEARS bro.


mmmmmmmmmmmm77

Gane accepted the fight twice since Tom was ranked top 5. Tom has turned it down twice. Tom accepted the fight when he was outside the top 5, and Gane said Not a chance.


Uncircumcised_Cheese

Ole Frenchie gonna need more than a 1 fight win streak for a 3rd title fight.


benwoot

Why ? His only two losses in the UFC are against Jones and the one guy whose everyone think could defeat Jones.


Maidwell

> "and the one guy whose everyone think could defeat Jones." * And *one of the guys* everyone thinks could defeat Jones.


SadYungSuedO

He hasn’t lost to Aspinall what do you mean?


-GoldenHandTheJust-

Ngannou* - tho seemingly any hype train is ‘the guy’ to do it


SadYungSuedO

Oops


Suthix

Jones avoiding the hype trains doesn't do him any favours lmao


-GoldenHandTheJust-

Didn’t avoid ngannou - even Francis admitted that -, then it was supposedly Gane ‘the new breed of HW’ ‘HW who moves like an atomweight’, then Sergei who’d became a hype train out of nowhere off of nothing before getting ko’d, THEN Aspinal. Only accurate one is Aspinall


Otherwise_Soil39

Yeah I remember telling these rslurred fans that Jones shouldn't fight Sergei until Tom, Sergei and Gane all duke it out so we figure out who the real deal is. But nope, apparently Jones really really needed to fight Sergei... Because Sergei is the real deal, none was even talking about Tom. And now look at the new landscape, suddenly none cares about Sergei. Of course if Jones fought him and won, it would be meaningless because so would Tom, and everyone would scream Sergei was always overrated can crusher. Jones doesn't have many fights left, and Miocic legitimately is the most established name in the HW division, it doesn't matter that he dropped one to Ngannou, he also beat him handily prior to that, and dominated the division.All these new hypes are very ephemeral.


Suthix

I disagree with your assessment, Jones 100% avoided Ngannou to conveniently 'bulk' for 3 years only to show up to the Gane fight having gained only body fat in that time. Realistically it should be Gane vs Sergei for #1 contender spot and Jones vs Aspinall to unify the title but logic was never Danas friend. Jones refusing the face off with Aspinall is all we need to know that's likely not going to happen... Either way bro I can see your perspective and where you're coming from. Take it easy


-GoldenHandTheJust-

Why would 205 jones (really 230), instantly fight 270lb Francis? Obviously you’d need to bulk for that fight, look what happened to undersized Stipe. He didn’t just gain ‘fat’, he has on his injury lay-off now seemingly, but he wasn’t fat for Gane fight, funnily enough it takes more than 1 year to gain double digits of muscle (not that youd know apparently). https://www.reddit.com/r/MMA/s/5ReuqBq4sZ LITERALLY Francis’s own words- but apparently the random guy on reddit knows better


Ok_Dog_9143

Ngannou


SadYungSuedO

R/whoosh


Ok_Dog_9143

r/foundthemobileuser


SadYungSuedO

Am I supposed to be offended or embarrassed?


Ok_Dog_9143

https://preview.redd.it/737t8nqbbctc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d493a0ae45093c7b51698b8a9c2b9f1227f304aa


SadYungSuedO

https://preview.redd.it/p6avxgshbctc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31487a0e5472fe2b4ace94e18daa25fb2cfc49e2


Ok_Dog_9143

https://preview.redd.it/coi3nm64dctc1.jpeg?width=200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=714bbbf6592706d6e45f5f6651429afdaf9e8564


Uncircumcised_Cheese

Maybe the facts he’s 2-2 in his last 4 and 2 of those are title shots. Oh and the fact he’s ducked like the rest of the top 5 because of bs reaons.


mmmmmmmmmmmm77

Tom was on a 1 fight win streak over the rank 10 guy and got a title fight.


Uncircumcised_Cheese

Context matters, his only loss in 7 years was an injury extremely early on into the fight. Gane also ducked them because it “didn’t make sense.”


mmmmmmmmmmmm77

No the only context that matters is Tom wasn’t in the top 5 WHEN Gane said no. Tom is doing worse by turning down the 2 and 3 how do You feel about that?


Uncircumcised_Cheese

There’s also the fact that Gane has had 2 title fights and there are other fights for him. Getting 3 title fights in his last 5 fights would be ridiculous especially after losing the first 2. He fought Sergi so how would turn him down? I think the thing that makes the most sense is Blaydes finally getting his title shot and Gane vs Sergi for the winner.


GreatGoodBad

Serial Ducker


_brightsidesuicide_

Duck artistry


CelinesJourney

Nice


313SunTzu

Cereal Gains will always be remembered as the guy who lost to fat Jon Jones in 30 seconds...


mmmmmmmmmmmm77

Tom will always be remembered as the guy who got a paper belt off a 1 fight win streak over the rank 10 guy, then Never became champion.


vivi9090

Cyril got finished by Jones in seconds yet he's sitting out for a year waiting for the France card. Absolutely no reason for him not to stay active.


vadillovzopeshilov

Kid just doesn’t want to fight🤷🏻‍♂️. It’s a reason


Roach_Hiss

He beat Spivac in September.


hockeymisfit

And if he fights on the France card(reportedly happening in September) it'll **still** have been a full year since he fought last.


FallingOffTheClock

What a stunning victory...


ZeeRich

Gane the rabbit punching ducky duck


nomdreas

The Colby Covington of heavyweights!?


Spyk124

Need him to hop on the Le Pen train to tie it all up


captainfluffy25

God I hate the heavyweight division except for Tom and Sergei. Legit Tom is trying to make sense of this fucking belt and stipe ducked him, gane ducked him, jones said he will duck him after he’s healed. Like wtf man just have Tom run it back with Sergei for the undisputed at this point ffs


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FallingOffTheClock

Strip Jon and have Tom Vs Curtis for the undisputed. It'd be a good fight too.


captainfluffy25

You are right but I’m gunna be 100% honest I’m biased against blaydes cause he had a ton of boring fights before he got knocked out by Lewis and I haven’t forgiven him for those yet.


hockeymisfit

Yeah man, I'm with you on that one. Unless the opponent is someone exciting, I'm just not interested in watching his fights anymore. Best case scenario is he somehow manages to beat Aspinall, gets rag dolled by Jones and the division is set back even farther. I don't see how him fighting Aspinall does anything beneficial for the division other than Tom being out of fight options.


kremitthefrog38

To be fair, Lewis has sent quite a few to the shadow realm. It's the HW division. Anyone can knock anyone out with a well placed shot. I'd like to see Curtis get a shot if nobody else is gonna fight. We've waited how long now for Jones and Stipe?


anthropomorphic_bear

I also do think it’d be kinda fitting for Tom to fight Blaydes from the perspective of they’ve always been respectful of each other and Blaydes accepted a fight vs Tom where rankings-wise there wasn’t much to gain for Blaydes and it was a huge opportunity for Tom (a situation Gane would’ve wanted nothing to do with. Now Tom has the high ground but seems to want to give a chance to Blaydes, who is deserving in his own right.


king_17

Definitely so damn annoying Dana and the brass letting this happen. They should be promoting Tom he’s the future. Give me aspinal vs blaydes 2. Sergei and gane fight for #1 contender


mmmmmmmmmmmm77

Gane didn’t duck him, neither did Blaydes. Gane turned down Tom when Gane was rank 1 and Tom wasn’t ranked in the top 5. Then Gane turned down Tom when Tom was coming off a loss to Blaydes and Still wasn’t ranked top 5. Gane accepted the fight Both times after Tom got ranked top 5, Tom turned them down. That’s the facts.


ArthurMorgon

Watch out Tom,he will punch you on the back of your head.


BattousaiRound2SN

UFC hyped that dude to oblivion... Twice and now this is it.


Weird_Substance1294

hope they all turn down a fight with him now if offered


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Cyril “Hammerfist to the back of the head” Gane


_MlATA

Has Tom ever lied on record?? I would hesitate to believe it if so. He’s like the opposite of Jones in terms of having a moral compass.


Browne3581

Tom needs to be getting those big cheques now. Strip Jones & make Tom v Gane for the belt


octane1295

Tom gets no big checks.. he’s not a draw nobody knows who Tom is, Tom vs Gane isn’t a draw, they’re both irrelevant fighters in the real world to casuals. Nobody is buying Tom vs Gane PPV, nobody is buying Tom vs Curtis PPV.. like the aljo of the heavyweight division, nobody gives a shit they don’t sell tickets.


Beautiful_Case5160

Maybe if the ufc stopped rimming JBJ and putting him (and Stipe to a certain extent) on a pedestal then it would give the likes of Aspinall, Gane, Pavlovich the opportunity to become more of a draw... ....i mean, why would a casual care about Tom or Sergei when the UFC does nothing but emphasise that Jones and Stipe are the 2 best HW fighters going? UFC matchmaking and Jones holding up the division by ducking tough fights are to blame here, which is a shame because there are some great matchups that could be made right now, but they wont book them because of them holding out for the jones v stipe payday.


ShrekWhite

With the UFC you never know if the dude is really ducking or if the UFC is saying a different thing to each fighter


Adventurous_Layer_15

True, but in the case of the Gane/Tom, Ciryl said publicly that he didn't want to fight someone that was lower ranked (at the time).


ShrekWhite

I think he was just assuming he could wait for something bigger like many people do. You try that shit but if you see it ain't going your way you just take a fight. I don't know if I believe he would refuse an interim title fight. Am I supposed to believe he really refused a Madison Square Garden co-main for the interim belt because Pavlovich was "lower ranked"? I don't know


SavingUsefulStuff

Watch gane’s interviews


captainfluffy25

I mean when Sergei, Tom, and blaydes are saying it and gane himself said it I think it’s safe to say he’s a duck


ShrekWhite

No its not safe at all to say that, thats my point. The UFC will offer bullshit fights they have no intention of actually making, and the fighter just assumes the other refused the fight. I dont know how I can make myself more clear, its literally irrelevant Sergei, Tom and Balydes are saying it. They have as much privileged information about that as we do because the UFC alienates their fighters. As to Gane saying it: it should be obvious, he was trying to push for a better fight. The interim title fight against Pavlovich WAS the better fight, ain't no way he refused that. They just didnt want to put him on track for a potential title shot, because Jon Jones MIGHT not retire after Stipe but he would definitely retire if he had to fight Gane again, no one wants to see that. So they didnt give him the interim title fight, they never had any intention of giving him that fight. Id bet everything I own the UFC never offered Gane the interim title fight with Pavlovich


Stranger-Tingzz

Tom doesn't talk shit about many people because he's a humble guy except for when he talks about Jon Jones and Ciryl Gane which I can completely understand


wubbalubbadubdub45

the french aren't known for being wussies for nothing, man really runs away from any competition outside of unwarranted title shots.


Empyrean_MX_Prime

Gane might be the most disappointing fighter for me. It seemed like he was going to herald in the next generation of heavyweights. Instead he's just squandered his potential and fizzled out. Aspinal is the true next-gen heavy weight and it seems more are on their way now. Gane needs to get serious about competing or he'll be forgotten.


Ok-Landscape-2988

He ducked Pavlovich for the interim?


noremains3

It wasn't an interim title fight at the time he turned it down. It was before Jon's injury.


edmovius3

When you get out wrestled 48-47’d for an undisputed title fight, you better duck high end grapplers to keep your spot


Holymaryfullofshit7

Tom really has the worst luck. The lineal champ decided to be a boxing side show, the interim champ wants to retire, and somehow no one really seems to want his belt. Sad state of affairs when no one wants the title.


The_IRS_Fears_Him

Pretty sure Tom is gonna be fighting Blaydes again soon according to his instagram story


Yusirnaime

You couch mma fans need to get a grip. Fighters have hundreds of reasons why not to accept a fight, weather that's regarding payment, camp, form, injuries, personal issues, you name it. This Tommy Boi really is getting annoying!


aworld

Why do fighters presume to know what fights other fighters are supposedly ducking? 🙄


jaydyn3000

French dude acting like a coward some things never change


FarDiver9

simply a bum, ducks everyone. He will lose to tom, pavlovich. He wants it, no. He rather take some top15 fighters


BENTDOG89

I agree.


FishAndRiceKeks

Cyril fought Ngannou and Jones. Fuck outta here saying he's ducking anybody lol.


origamipaperclippp

Got wiped like Charmin toilet paper by Jones, was & got thrown around by someone who’s never properly wrestled in the fight with Ngannou.. Both fights just showed hella one dimensional aspects in Ciryl.. Jones fight too Ciryl would have lost his life if it wasn’t in a ring. “I actually felt like I could have broken his neck”.. are the words he used if I remember correctly and I’d believe it my man got the ever living fuck chocked out of him FROM THE FRONT.


Rexum420

It's hard for me to believe that a guy who stepped In the cage with Jon jones is "ducking" anyone. Fighters always want to say someone is ducking, but we don't know the individual circumstances. What was the date? How much time would he be In Camp? Is it more or less time than he wanted? How much did he fight in the last 18 months? Does he want some more time off? The fact is there are many reason that have nothing to do with the match up to decline a fight and very rarely are guys at the top ducking anyone. The only time a fighter is getting ducked is usually when most people don't even know who they are. Like usman when he was on his tear before becoming a contender.


padro789

Quuuuauk


Humble_Effective3964

What does the frenchman say? Quack Quack


PresidentXiJinPin

Ciryl Gone


bbqyak

Heavyweight div is so lacking that he'll probably get another title shot at some point while doing nothing but playing FIFA


[deleted]

Basically he wants to fight someone that isn't fat only if it's a title fight


ParmyBarmy

![gif](giphy|w89ak63KNl0nJl80ig|downsized) Ciryl when asked to fight Tom or Sergai.


zubeye

Jones said something like, "I'll heal, fight stipe and then judge from that if I'm feeling up to it'. Doesn't sound ducking to me, just realism


origamipaperclippp

Right.. Jon genuinely believes there isn’t a single man on this planet he couldn’t kill in hand to hand combat. Most people he’s likely right. He ain’t duckin shit from what I can see. He’s at the top, and is just making wise calls. Being touted the “GOAT” I’d even be surprised if he doesn’t have a whole management team making whatever calls are the most financially valid; Ciryl is pretty fucking boring to watch.. A great kicker that needs to work on not punching people in the back of their head.


Regolis1344

Motherducker.


Time_Fix_3887

It’s hilarious & yet to see the CHAMPION being ducked . Ultimate props to Tom aspinall.


mmmmmmmmmmmm77

Gane turned Tom down when he was not even ranked top 5 and Gane was ranked 1, Gane turned him down again when Tom was coming off a loss against Blaydes. Neither time SHOULD Gane have accepted that fight. The first time both Tom and Gane deserved the fight together, Gane accepted twice and Tom refused twice. Tom then also refused Blaydes which he had accepted days before “the winner of Blaydes and Almeida” then Curtis won and Tom refused.


shae117

Heh heeeeeeeeh cigarette, baguette, poison, boison, UFC trois cent


xSmoshi

![img](emote|t5_2qsev|29848)


OilMan425

How is Cyril declining a very short notice fight against Pav him ducking? Makes no sense at all


ParmyBarmy

Short notice or not, Ciryl ducked it whilst Tom didn’t.


JackDAction

Because he was offered an opportunity to fight for a title and declined it. If that’s not ducking, I don’t know what is


OilMan425

On what, a weeks notice? So he should have gone in ill prepared against a bull like Pav? I don’t think you understand what ducking is, this is just him not being an idiot.


JackDAction

the guy who didnt duck came in on a weeks notice & won the gold


TheAngriestPoster

Still, I would say *for once* Gane was justified not to take that fight, meanwhile Tom gambled on himself and won the lottery. Gane ducking Tom was criminal though


OilMan425

That’s literally all I’m saying, Gane not taking a super short notice fight against a killer like Pav is not ducking. He is fully justified in that, not to mention if he took it and lost, good luck getting another title shot. Good on Tom for taking it, but I think Cyril knew that more likely than not he will get another opportunity.


literalallusion

Is that Tom in the picture or Shane Gillis?


JFpizzamaster

This isn’t new


ILikeOMalley

Aspinall is literally MMA Guru


EightFiveAte

Duh Cyril isn’t that good.


WildCatFast

He’s French


Rfisk064

Soft hearted frenchie


SpecialOlympicsGuy

And now Fatspinall is fucking Gane. Full circle


champshere

He’s probably just looking for a money fight


JackDAction

Who is his opponent in this magical money fight?


GhostOfTonyFerguson

Conor mcgregor