Interim UFC heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane
is currently a slight favorite in a potential matchup with
undisputed heavyweight king Francis
Ngannou, according to BetOnline.
Gane is listed as a -122 favorite, while Ngannou checks in at +102.
The fight must happen before June 2022 for those odds to be valid.
The promotion has not announced a date for a heavyweight title
unification bout, but UFC president Dana White expressed a desire
to book Gane vs. Ngannou “ASAP” on Saturday night.
A former training partner of Ngannou’s at the MMA Factory in Paris,
Gane claimed the interim throne with a third-round technical
knockout victory against Derrick
Lewis in the UFC 265 headliner at the Toyota Center in Houston
on Saturday night. After beginning his professional MMA career just
three years ago in August 2018, “Bon Gamin” is 10-0 with notable
victories over the likes of Lewis, Alexander
Volkov, Jairzinho
Rozenstruik and Junior dos
Santos.
Ngannou, meanwhile, captured heavyweight gold with a second-round
KO of Stipe
Miocic at UFC 260 this past March. The 34-year-old relocated
from the France to train at Xtreme Couture in the United States and
is currrently on a five-bout winning streak that also includes
KO/TKO wins over Rozenstruik, dos Santos, Cain
Velasquez and Curtis
Blaydes.