Francis Ngannou Predicts Ciryl Gane KO In Under 2 Rounds

Ensure you take your seats early when Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane step within the Octagon on January 22 … ‘trigger The Predator tells TMZ Sports activities he is placing the undefeated UFC fighter down inside 2 rounds!!

We not too long ago talked to the 35-year-old heavyweight champ earlier than his title unification bout with 31-year-old Gane … and Francis made it clear he would not see the battle lasting very lengthy.

“The knockout would not come once I search it, so I will not be looking for the knockout, however I do not see how we are going to finish this battle with out me knocking him out, perhaps underneath 2 rounds,” Ngannou says.

If you have not seen Gane battle … he is solely been coaching for a number of years. He is 10-0 … and is the perfect transferring heavyweight within the UFC.

To make the matchup much more attention-grabbing, Francis and Ciryl briefly (lower than 10 instances, per FN) skilled collectively in France, however ain’t precisely finest buddies today.

It is not that Francis would not respect Ciryl … ‘trigger he does. However, he believes his energy shall be an excessive amount of for the smaller fighter to endure.

“As soon as once more, that is the combating enterprise. This isn’t karate s**t, it is all about combating and how you can knock someone out or take someone out,” Francis says.

Regardless of the daring prediction from the champ, Gane — coming off wins over Derrick Lewis and Alexander Volkov — is definitely the slight favourite at most sportsbooks.