Overview
- Francis Ngannou, in a TMZ interview published Monday, said Ciryl Gane’s speed and distance control could frustrate Alex Pereira.
- The fight is set for June 14 on the White House South Lawn at UFC Freedom 250 for the interim heavyweight title as champion Tom Aspinall recovers from an eye injury.
- Ngannou said he beat Gane by leaning on takedowns and argued Pereira, a striker by background, may lack that grappling safety net.
- Coverage noted Gane’s resilience, pointing out his only inside-the-distance defeat was a submission to Jon Jones and that no one has knocked him out.
- Pereira has shared a 247-pound weigh-in on social media as he moves to heavyweight seeking an unprecedented third UFC divisional crown.