It is at the Honda Center in Anaheim, in the suburbs of Los Angeles (United States) that the long-awaited fight between Cameroonian Francis Ngannou and French Ciryl Gane, for the UFC heavyweight belt, will take place on January 22 2022. The UFC made the news official on Saturday, as the pair fight for the unification of the heavyweight title.
Ciryl Gane is the first French fighter to have won a belt in the UFC with his "interim" title, obtained last August. He will now try to take it up a notch by tackling the supreme title against his former MMA Factory teammate in Paris, Cameroonian Francis Ngannou, a true phenomenon of the discipline and official heavyweight champion, after his victory over Stipe Miocic. , in March 2021.
The two opponents discovered the discipline at MMA Factory, the Parisian venue run by Fernand Lopez.
Francis Ngannou was welcomed there on his arrival in France as a migrant.
He left the MMA Factory and now lives in Las Vegas.
The fight between the two former sparring is particularly anticipated and the tension could rise between the two men in the coming weeks.
If many had hoped that the reunion would take place in Paris, the UFC preferred California.
On January 22, the UFC flyweight championship is also scheduled between Mexican belt holder Brandon Moreno and Brazilian Deiveson Figueiredo.
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