Gane vs Tuivasa

Who won Gane vs Tuivasa?

Ciryl Gane beat Tai Tuivasa by during the main event of UFC Fight Night Paris, on Saturday 3rd September 2022 at Accor Arena in Paris.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Ciryl Gane.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Gane vs Tuivasa stats

Ciryl Gane stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Tai Tuivasa made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 13 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Tuivasa had a massive power advantage over Gane, boosting at 93% knock out percentage over Gane's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gane had a large advantage over Tuivasa, boasting at 30% submission rate over Tuivasa's 0%.

Ciryl Gane was the older man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

Gane had a height advantage of 2 inches over Tuivasa. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Gane was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2018, 6 year later than Tuivasa, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 6 more professional rounds, 35 to Tuivasa's 29.

Gane vs Tuivasa form

Gane had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Tai Tuivasa at UFC Fight Night Paris on 3rd September 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Francis NGannou at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Derrick Lewis at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he had beat Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had won against Junior dos Santos at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Tai Tuivasa had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Derrick Lewis at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Augusto Sakai at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Greg Hardy at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Harry Hunsucker at UFC Vegas 22 on 20th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Sergey Spivac at UFC 243 on 5th October 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Ciryl Gane had been fighting more than Tai Tuivasa.

Going to this contest, Ciryl Gane had last fought 6 months and 26 days ago, while Tai Tuivasa's last outing had been 1 year, 1 month and 17 days ago.

Gane's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Tuivasa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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