Jean-Baptiste Sarrazin 9:43 p.m., March 06, 2023

After her express loss to American Jon Jones in Las Vegas in an MMA fight highly anticipated by UFC enthusiasts, Ciryl Gane received a surprise invitation from a great UFC fighter, namely Khabib.

The latter invited the Frenchman to improve on the ground, his weak point.

124 seconds.

That's how long it took fighter Jon Jones to defeat Frenchman Ciryl Gane in a UFC match this weekend.

The latter did not exist against the American who won by submission in the first round in Las Vegas.

A victory that allowed him to seize the heavyweight belt of the UFC.

The fight on the ground, it was besides the weak point of the tricolor fighter as explained it Bertrand Amoussou, veteran, in the emission

Europe 1 Sport

(every evening from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.): "Ciryl ( Gane) is not an expert on wrestling or on the ground. He hasn't put much effort into working on that."

After this defeat, the famous Russian fighter, now retired, Khabib invited the Frenchman to come and train in Dagesthan, a federated Russian republic bordering Georgia.

"Gane, come to Dagestan. You have to come there and stay for a year and a half or two to learn wrestling, learn how to wrestle on the ground, learn how to defend" "We have a lot of heavyweights who could wrestle with him", he staged himself on a video.

Khabib had offered a very long training camp to Ciryl Gane in Dagestan to strengthen the fight about 1 year ago pic.twitter.com/Hmn6wPPvCP

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MMA legend Khabib has fought 29 fights in his career and won them all.

And the latter believes in the potential of Ciryl Gane.

"He's still young for heavyweight. How old is he? Thirty, something like that?" Khabib asked.

In reality Ciryl Gane is 32 years old, an already advanced age for an athlete.

But Khabib is convinced, "in a few years, this (Gane) will be a real champion".

Still banned in France a few years ago, MMA is gaining in popularity.

For the past few days, a rumor about a possible interest from Paris Saint-Germain in this sport has been circulating.

Information issued by Aboubakar Bathily, known as "Boulox", a fighter affiliated with the MMA Factory.

Revelations confirmed by Ali Abdelaziz, agent of combatants.

A rumor which, if confirmed, could strengthen the popularity of Ciryl Gane and MMA in France.