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With heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall recovering from an eye injury, Pereira (13-3) and Gane (13-2) will fight for the interim heavyweight title at UFC White House on June 14. Ngannou believes his former training partner will be the quicker fighter. Meanwhile, Ngannou predicts that Pereira will be stronger and more stable in his stance. Ngannou believes Pereira will have a hard time figuring out how to close the distance against Gane to begin with.
A Contrast in Skill Sets
“Cyril Gane comes here more with the strategy of a lighter person,” Ngannou told TMZ Sports. “Because he moves a lot, he is fast. And I think Alex Pereira will be more stiff, stable, strong, and solid. Ciryl will be more fast, moving around, his technique, he’s good at that. And it’s gonna be very difficult for Alex Pereira to even get to the distance to figure out what he can do.”
Ngannou and Gane used to be training partners at the MMA Factory in Paris under the tutelage of coach Fernand Lopez. However, Ngannou later parted ways with the gym over a financial dispute with Lopez. Ngannou later put his heavyweight title on the line against Gane at UFC 270 in 2022. While Ngannou is a known knockout artist, he surprisingly used wrestling to stifle Gane’s movement and earn a unanimous decision win. However, Ngannou believes Gane has since developed his wrestling and is not to be underestimated on the ground.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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