Francis Ngannou vs. Ciryl Gane 1/22/22 - UFC 270 Picks & Predictions
Francis is coming to the fight here standing at 6’4” and 263 pounds. The reach that is coming in for the champion in Ngannou is 83 inches. The overall record for Francis is sitting at 16-3-0 so far.
The type of stance that has been used is the orthodox stance for Francis. Ngannou is coming in as a striker for his part. The past 5 bouts for Francis is coming in at 5-0 and all of those fights have been a KO/TKO win. The longest a match has went is barely into the second round.
Ciryl is coming in standing at 6’4”, but does give up the weight advantage by coming in at only 247 pounds. The reach that is coming in for Gane is at 81 inches. The overall record for Gane is coming in at 10-0-0 so far.
The fighting stance that has been used by Ciryl Gane is that of an orthodox fighter. For his part Gane is another strike and has been good as that. In his last five bouts Gane has went 5-0. Out of those 5 bouts 3 were decided as a unanimous decision win. The other 2 wins were both by a KO/TKO win.
This is a fight that will be very evenly matched. Both of these fighters are coming in as a striker and both have won their last 5 bouts. However, the big difference in this fight is the fact that Gane throw a 5.37 strikes per minute and lands them at 60% versus Ngannou who throws 2.54 strikes per minute landing only 46% of the blow. Look for Gane to rely on his faster strikes to land the win here. UFC 270 Winner Prediction, Ciryl Gane wins.
