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PAIN WILL BE ALL GANE Aspinall knows title threat's a Ciryl one

Daily Star

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October 21, 2025

FOR ‘Bon Gamin’, it is a case of everything to Ciryl Gane and nothing to lose when he faces heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall at UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi this Saturday.

- BY GARY HITCHCOCK

Not many pundits expect the challenger to offer much resistance, while bookies make the Frenchman a 3-1 shot to pull off the upset.

The odds are not surprising, with Salford superstar Aspinall flattening all before him, bar a freak knee injury leading to a solitary loss in name only.

However, here the Ultimate Insider looks at Gane’s chances of pushing the champion all the way in their highly-anticipated main event clash.

Bon homie (The case for a Ciryl win):

For the first time, Aspinall will be facing someone as agile and athletic as him in Gane, the 35-year-old’s movement being a key factor in most of his wins, a trait picked up from his Muay Thai days.

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