A heavyweight bout between Ciryl Gane
and Tai
Tuivasa is expected to serve as the headliner when the UFC
heads to Paris on Sept. 3.
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The matchup was initially reported by Ariel Helwani.
The location has not been finalized, but assuming it holds up, it
will mark the Las Vegas-based promotion’s first venture to
France.
A former interim heavyweight champion, Gane is coming off a
five-round decision loss to Francis
Ngannou in a title unification bout at UFC 270 on Jan. 22.
Prior to that, the Frenchman known as “Bon Gamin” was victorious in
his first 10 professional appearances, including notable UFC wins
over the likes of Derrick
Lewis, Alexander
Volkov, Jairzinho
Rozenstruik and Junior dos
Santos.
Tuivasa has seen his share of peaks and valleys thus far in his UFC
tenure. After winning his first three bouts, “Bam Bam” dropped
three straight contests from 2018 to 2019. He has since turned
things around, going on a five-fight winning streak — all finishes
— that culminated in an elbow KO of Lewis at UFC 271.