UFC Paris: Gane Vs. Spivak

Struggling simply two profession losses to heavyweight division standouts, Francis Ngannou and Jon Jones throughout his naive skilled profession, former interim weight class gold holder, Ciryl Gane is at the moment backed as a good betting favourite to return to the winner’s enclosure in his all-Euroepan conflict with Sergey Spivak this weekend on dwelling soil in the primary occasion of UFC Paris.

Gane, the present quantity two ranked heavyweight contender, led the Octagon into Paris for the primary time within the promotion’s antiquity again in September of final yr, handing over a Battle of the Night time outing towards Australian puncher, Tai Tuivasa en path to an eventual third spherical KO win.

That victory would propel the Fernand Lopez trainee to a vacant title affair with the above-mentioned, Jones again in March of this yr atop at UFC 285 card, in a bout he would finally lose in hugely-one-sided style courtesy of a primary spherical guillotine choke submission win.

And ready within the wings to grab the thunder of the hugely-touted Gane, Moldovan grappler, Spivak, who has rose by way of the ranks at heavyweight to land the quantity seven ranked – capped off with a current first spherical arm-triangle submission win over common-foe, Derrick Lewis – as a part of a three-fight profitable run.

Ciryl Gane closing as a betting favourite to beat Sergey Spivak at UFC Paris

Nonetheless, regardless of his appreciable surge by way of the ranks, Spivak is coming into this weekend’s conflict with Gane as a +140 betting underdog over at Betway to defeat the latter and switch in an upset victory on enemy territory. 

For Gane, the French favourite is using a formidable -175 betting line at the moment with Betway to land a victory over Spivak this weekend on dwelling soil – trying to enhance to 2-0 in his place of origin below the Octagon banner following his stoppage win over the aforenoted, Tuivasa.

Additionally on necessary observe on the cardboard, Good native, Manon Fiorot returns to the Octagon in the hunt for her premiere flyweight title alternative, as she makes an attempt to increase a formidable profitable run to 6 battle since becoming a member of the UFC.

Returning to the Octagon for the primary time since Could of final yr since handing over an admittedly lacklustre and forgettable strawweight title protection loss to Carla Esparza within the pair’s rematch, veteran fan-favorite, Rose Namajunas will land in flyweight waters for the primary time within the Octagon. 

And trying to constitution unfound territory for the primary time in her skilled profession, Namajunas is closing as a +155 betting underdog to halt the rise of the spectacular French flyweight, Fiorot, who’s trending properly as a betting favourite – as excessive as -187 over at Betway. 

Namajunas has been sidelined for over and yr, and given her prolonged interval of inactivity, the Wisconsin native at the moment can’t rely on prior title successes, together with two victories over fan-favorite, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, in addition to a pair of victories over incumbent strawweight finest, Zhang Weili, to guide her towards favourite standing this weekend within the French capital. 

Making his long-awaited UFC bow following a gold-laden tenure in Cage Warriors, French favourite, Morgan Charriere himself is closing properly additionally of observe as a betting favourite with Betway, sitting at the moment at -350 over Italian prospect, Manolo Zecchini in the primary card opener, who sits as a +260 underdog. 

Can Ciryl Gane return to winning-ways at UFC Paris this weekend?