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Ciryl Gane’s penchant for landing illegal blows undoubtedly has his opponents concerned.
Gane (14-2) faced Alex Pereira (13-4) for the interim heavyweight title in the co-main event at UFC White House on June 14. Gane rocked Pereira with a jab early in the second round and followed up with vicious shots, forcing “Poatan” to turtle-up. Gane then dropped multiple 12-to-6 elbows at the back of Pereira’s head, which are officially illegal blows. However, there was no acknowledgement from referee Herb Dean that any of the blows landed by Gane were illegal. While Pereira still managed to return to his feet, Gane, smelling blood, followed up with a vicious flurry to secure a standing technical knockout.
Sean O'Malley knocked out Aiemann Zahabi in the second round of their bantamweight matchup on the same card. “Suga” revealed that Pereira was specifically reminding the referee about illegal back of the head shots during the rules meeting. O’Malley also recalls that this was not the first time Gane landed back of the head shots while finishing an opponent.
“You know what’s funny, in the rules meeting when Pereira was talking to the ref, they were having the translator go over, like, ‘Back of the head,’” O’Malley said on YouTube. “Because I remember when Gane finished [JDS] and elbowing him in the back of the head.”
Gane has often been called out by fans and pundits for throwing illegal blows. Gane poked heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall simultaneously in both eyes at UFC 320 last year. The fight ended in a no contest, as the eye poke was unintentional. Gane has previously landed back of the head shots on Junior dos Santos and Tai Tuivasa while finishing them.
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Gane (14-2) faced Alex Pereira (13-4) for the interim heavyweight title in the co-main event at UFC White House on June 14. Gane rocked Pereira with a jab early in the second round and followed up with vicious shots, forcing “Poatan” to turtle-up. Gane then dropped multiple 12-to-6 elbows at the back of Pereira’s head, which are officially illegal blows. However, there was no acknowledgement from referee Herb Dean that any of the blows landed by Gane were illegal. While Pereira still managed to return to his feet, Gane, smelling blood, followed up with a vicious flurry to secure a standing technical knockout.
Foreshadowing?
Sean O'Malley knocked out Aiemann Zahabi in the second round of their bantamweight matchup on the same card. “Suga” revealed that Pereira was specifically reminding the referee about illegal back of the head shots during the rules meeting. O’Malley also recalls that this was not the first time Gane landed back of the head shots while finishing an opponent.
“You know what’s funny, in the rules meeting when Pereira was talking to the ref, they were having the translator go over, like, ‘Back of the head,’” O’Malley said on YouTube. “Because I remember when Gane finished [JDS] and elbowing him in the back of the head.”
Gane has often been called out by fans and pundits for throwing illegal blows. Gane poked heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall simultaneously in both eyes at UFC 320 last year. The fight ended in a no contest, as the eye poke was unintentional. Gane has previously landed back of the head shots on Junior dos Santos and Tai Tuivasa while finishing them.
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