Cyril Gane is mixed martial artist from France. He is in the heavyweight division when competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. His affiliations include the MMA Factory. In addition to Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Gane also kickboxes and does Muay Thai. His fighting style in the UFC is predominantly influenced by Muay Thai.
Gane has been active in MMA since 2018. He was active in the Muay Thai circuit from 2014 to 2018.
Athlete Bio
Gane was born Ciryl Jacky Gane on April 12, 1990, in La Roche-sur-Yon, France. Nicknamed Bon Gamin, Gane stands 6 feet 4 inches or 193 cm tall. His listed weight is 247 pounds or 112 kilograms. His reach is 81 inches or 206 centimeters. At present, Gane fights out his hometown of Paris, France.
He is being trained by Fernand Lopez.
Muay Thai
He had an explosive debut in his Muay Thai career by defeating Jeremey Jeanne on June 4, 2016. It was for the AFMT Muay Thai Heavyweight Title.
Other Muay Thai fighters he has gone up against include Brice Guidon, Jonathan Gengoul, Bangaly Keita, and more.
He left professional Muay Thai with an undefeated record.
MMA
His professional MMA Debut was in 2018 under the coaching of Fernand Lopez. He started playing for TKO, a Canadian MMA production. Under TKO, he faced fighters Adam Dyczka and Roggers Souza.
He would later join the UFC, winning his first fight against Raphael Pessoa.
In addition to Pessoa, Gane has gone up against Tanner Boser, Don’Tale Mayers, Junior dos Santos, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, and Alexander Volkov. He was supposed to go up against Shamil Abdurakhimov at some point, but Gane had to pull out of the fight because he sustained a pneumothorax during training. The fight was rescheduled but would still go on to be canceled.
Gane would later fight and win against Derrick Lewis. The win gave him the UFC Heavyweight Championship Title.
In his career with the UFC, he has won additional commendations like the Performance of the Night award.
He is scheduled to go up against Francis Ngannou in January 2022.
Kickboxing record
Total: 13
Wins: 13
By knockout: 9
Mixed Martial Arts Record
Total: 10
Wins: 10
By knockout: 4
By submission: 3
By decision: 3
