This Saturday evening, Live from the Accor Arena in Paris, UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac is set to kick off with five preliminary matchups, followed by an exciting six-fight main card.
Almost exactly one year ago, former interim heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane (11-2), finished Tai Tuivasa in the third round of their main event bout which concluded the UFC’s first visit to the City of Light.
This year, he is aiming to once again make a statement and deliver a “masterclass” while putting his striking prowess on display versus current number-seven ranked competitor Serghei “Polar Bear” Spivac (16-3)
“I just hope this weekend I’m going to do a masterclass, like we say,”
“Top it? It’s going to be hard. The scenario of the last fight unfortunately was really dangerous, but it was perfect. It was like a movie – a bad thing coming, but you come back stronger and you reverse the situation.
“It was really perfect, and we don’t want that for this fight. I just want to finish the fight before the end, and the fans I think are going to be happy about that.”
-Ciryl Gane via MMAJunkie.com
Two top 5 heavyweights clash in tomorrow’s #UFCParis main event 🚨@Ciryl_Gane vs Serghei Spivac
[ Saturday | 3pmET / 12pmPT Main Card | Live on ESPN+ ] pic.twitter.com/jDTwnLZKcw
— UFC (@ufc) September 1, 2023
Preceding the heavyweight main event showcase, Rose Namajunas (11-5) is prepared to make her flyweight debut following the split decision loss of her strawweight title to Carla Esparza back in May 2022.
Squaring off with Namajunas will be France’s own Manon Fiorot (10-1) who has not lost a match since her professional debut in 2018.
Expecting a banger in our flyweight co-main event 🤜🤛@ManonFiorot_MMA vs @RoseNamajunas
[ Saturday | 3pmET / 12pmPT Main Card | Live on ESPN+ ] pic.twitter.com/uJF9cWNhNf
— UFC (@ufc) September 1, 2023
Earlier today, all fighters competing on the card hit the mark on the scales, and all contests are now official.
Official weigh in results and bout order below:
Main Card (ESPN+ 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT)
- Main Event: Ciryl Gane (250) vs. Serghei Spivac (256)
- Co-Main: Manon Fiorot (125) vs. Rose Namajunas (125)
- Benoit Saint Denis (156) vs. Thiago Moises (156)
- Volkan Oezdemir (205) vs. Bogdan Guskov (205)
- William Gomis (146) vs. Yanis Ghemmouri (146)
- Morgan Charriere (146) vs. Manolo Zecchini (146)
Preliminary Card (ESPN+ 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT)
- Taylor Lapilus (135) vs. Caolan Loughran (136)
- Ange Loosa (171) vs. Rhys McKee (171)
- Nora Cornolle (136) vs. Joselyne Edwards (136)
- Farid Basharat (136) vs. Kleydson Rodrigues (134.5)
- Zarah Fairn (140) vs. Jacqueline Cavalcanti (139) – 140-pound catchweight fight