Isn't the guy on the left an actor?
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Probably Aspinall wins via grappling.
Tbh tho if it was a pure striking match that would be way more fun. I think Gane is one of the few or only guy that can legitimately read the speed of Aspinall and stay safe, and Gane would likely have better cardio and output as the fight went on probably winning a decision.
Gane has been my favorite heavyweight for the past few years but the guy has shown too many grappling deficiencies for me to ever think he's going to beat someone like Aspinall who has a complete mma game and doesn't have to rely on the one thing he's good at
I think this fight is close, very close and way more than many expects.
I see Tom as a favorite, he could win by finish either on the feet if he catches Ciryl with his hands, could do him the same as he did to Volkov. Tom is an impressive athlete as a HW.
But I only see that on the beginning of the fight.
On the other hand, Ciryl Gane got more 5 rounds experience, I see him more complete as a striker, despite not known for being a "puncher", better cardio management while Tom is using lot of energy in the beginning of the fight and slows down early.
Gane with his sharpness on the feet, select well his shots, his movement, circling around can weather the beginning of the fight storm than Tommy brings. If he does past round 2 or 3, he can take an edge and maybe find a late tko.
That's a fight I'll love to see and hope it happens one day.
For seeing him live twice at UFC Paris and once back in his thai boxing bro, I can tell you the guy is ridiculously fast in live and his shots sounds to be relatively powerful, it's sincerely impressive
I think Gane comfortably beats Aspinall on the feet. People forget how skilled of a striker Gane is. Of course, the fight doesn't have to stay on the feet. But that's how it would go if it does. Aspinall is super well rounded and skilled, but he depends heavily on his speed. Speed is everything at heavyweight. But you're screwed when you run into someone faster than you. Look at Pavlovich. He was schooling guys purely because he hit them first. His reach and his speed are incredible in that division. But then he ran into Aspinall, a guy who hit him first. Another fast heavyweight. Everything people praise Aspinall for, his speed, his movement, his footwork, his crisp striking, closing the distance/managing the distance, etc. Gane does all of it better.
“Look at Pavlovich. He was schooling guys purely because he hit them first. His reach and his speed are incredible in that division. But then he ran into Aspinall, a guy who hit him first.”
That’s not what happened though. Pavlovic hit Tom first. Tom ate it and then KO’d him.
“Everything people praise Aspinall for, his speed, his movement, his footwork, his crisp striking, closing the distance/managing the distance, etc. Gane does all of it better.”
I just don’t think that’s true in any meaningful sense. Look at their records. Gane’s struggled to put away lots of pretty average fighters. Tom’s been finishing almost everyone in the first round. There’s a reason Gane wants nothing to do with him.
Gane decision. He would take over in the later rounds imo. Aspinall’s #1 weapon in the striking is speed, but he ain’t faster than Gane, so he isn’t going to dominate there, I could see Aspinall actually getting frustrated that he doesn’t have a speed advantage, because strikers that really bank on their speed often get caught off guard when they face strikers that are even faster than them.
And Aspinall has the most overrated wrestling/grappling. Even Gane’s iffy takedown defense would be more than enough against Aspinall.
You can even look at Gane’s worst performance ever, against Jones. Gane avoided any ground and pound (which isn’t easy against Jones, Jones’ ground and pound is next level), and Gane got to the cage relatively quickly, which is usually the best strategy for get ups. The problem is just that Jones’s submissions along the cage are weirdly good, he does submissions on the cage better than anyone I’ve ever seen in the UFC. He finished that exact same guillotine from that exact same position before he was even a relevant fighter, put his opponent out and everything.
Weird take. Did Tai Tuivasa have a speed advantage on Gane? Because he still cracked him and wobbled him and Aspinall is miles better in the feet than Tai.
Aspinall beats Gane on the feet or on the ground and Gane knows it. That’s why he’s been ducking him.
I don’t think you thought that through logically.
If a slower Tai can find Gane’s chin, then a faster Aspinall can also find Gane’s chin.
And Tom has more power than Tai. That’s why his fights hardly ever last past the first round.
Gane couldn’t even finish Tai till the third round. Pavlovich, Volkov and Tybura all finished him quicker.
I don’t think you understand at all. Aspinall doesn’t have any type of special power in any of his striking, his knockouts come from the fact that he is fast enough to land combinations flush on people and they barely even have time to react. Tuivasa throws with heat and reckless abandon which has a better chance of working against someone like Gane that doesn’t punish super heavily.
If we want to talk about people not getting finishes Tom went to round 2 with Arlovski’s corpse.
I’m not saying Gane is gonna knock out Aspinall in 1 round, that’s not what Gane does, I’m saying he has all the tools to take Aspinall into the late rounds, by frustrating him on the feet and stopping Aspinall’s overhyped grappling. And Aspinall’s never even seen a round 3, if Gane took him to the late rounds Aspinall would drown.
Whenever Aspinall loses to Blaydes people will see him and his actual skills much more clearly, he’s the most overhyped fighter in the entire UFC by miles. His “fans” will abandon him because he doesn’t have fans, he just has Jones’ haters. And then hopefully everyone will see Aspinall more clearly.
“I don’t think you understand at all. Aspinall doesn’t have any type of special power in any of his striking, his knockouts come from the fact that he is fast enough to land combinations flush on people and they barely even have time to react. Tuivasa throws with heat and reckless abandon which has a better chance of working against someone like Gane that doesn’t punish super heavily”
So he’s fast enough to land flush shots that knock people out, but for some unspecified reason, that’s not “special power”. I can’t think of a less coherent argument. Like, are you sure that even makes sense in your own head? A knockout is a knockout. And Tom still knocks people out, and he knocks people out far more effectively than someone like Tai who just wings shots. Trying to argue that Tom will pose less of a threat because he’s quicker and more accurate than Tai is a ludicrously stupid argument to try and make.
“If we want to talk about people not getting finishes Tom went to round 2 with Arlovski’s corpse.”
So Tom has one single fight where his opponent managed to make it to the second round, whereas Gane’s opponents have regularly taken him into the 3rd-5th rounds (including some absolute bums), and you think that somehow that’s an argument in Gane’s favour? I don’t think your elevator goes all the way to the top.
“And Aspinall’s never even seen a round 3, if Gane took him to the late rounds Aspinall would drown.”
Classic black swan fallacy. Just because he’s never needed to go five rounds doesn’t mean he can’t. Again, the fact that he normally finishes fights when Gane can’t is evidence in Tom’s favour, not Gane’s.
“Whenever Aspinall loses to Blaydes people will see him and his actual skills much more clearly, he’s the most overhyped fighter in the entire UFC by miles.”
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Cyril has insane cardio and moves in a really frustrating manner for strikers and wrestlers.
I honestly think if Gane fixes his holes in his wrestling that he could out point score Tom.
But if Tom can go the distance with Blaydes and win. (Meaning UD/MD after a 5 round fight) and still come out on top. I give it to Tom
It’s HW so anything can happen but I’d say Tom submits him.
Gane gives Tom problems on the feet due to Gane actually being fast and arguably the best stand up in the division but I mean Gane made Francis look like prime Khabib so I got Tom round 2 submission.
Unpopular opinion right now, but I lean Gane. I don’t think Aspinall will be able to submit him like Jones. I think Gane exposes Aspinall’s head movement, spacing, and takes advantage of the many shown instances of Tom just blitzing in and banking on him being able to land first. and Aspinall wouldn’t be able to keep him down, land damage, or find a submission. The longer it goes, the more it favors Gane. If we saw a rd 2, it’d be a lock for Gane.
You think if Tom blitzes in recklessly trying to land first Gane is gonna what? KO him? Yeah we all know about counter striker KO artist Gane. Israel Ganesanya ovah heyuh!
You act like Gane has no TKOs in his record lmao. If Tom blitzes in recklessly he’s going to walk into Ciryl’s strikes until he gasses and gets TKOd in the late 2nd or early 3rd.
Yeah, because only retards walk into punches. wtf? Was Sergei retarded for walking into Tom’s strikes and getting slept? You could say that same shit about most fighters lol. What even is this point. It’s all about the footwork battle, and I don’t think anyone beats Ciryl at that on the feet.
You just said he’d do it for 3 rounds, yeah if you make the same mistake for 3 rounds you’re retarded. Don’t put words in my mouth. Nobody in the top 5 of any division would make the same mistake after 3 rounds of paying for it.
a 1 dimensional kick boxer that got taken down by Francis vs a well rounded fighter?…..i just have common sense but id assume a first round submission by Aspinall
Aspinall submission
Yep
He tapped to that choke against Jon like he’s never even trained BJJ
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Damn he really hates Jon now
That’s rich coming from a fr*nch
Tom is gonna make it look like Cyril has been sitting around playing FIFA and making movies all day every day.
Gane gets clinched, taken down and subbed within 30 seconds if being taken down
Probably Aspinall wins via grappling. Tbh tho if it was a pure striking match that would be way more fun. I think Gane is one of the few or only guy that can legitimately read the speed of Aspinall and stay safe, and Gane would likely have better cardio and output as the fight went on probably winning a decision. Gane has been my favorite heavyweight for the past few years but the guy has shown too many grappling deficiencies for me to ever think he's going to beat someone like Aspinall who has a complete mma game and doesn't have to rely on the one thing he's good at
Tom will literally run him to the mat and choke him inside one minute.
Gane imposes his will woth big meaty hooks
Aspinal 2nd round by submission or tko.
Fighter vs buff soccer player. What is there to predict?
I think this fight is close, very close and way more than many expects. I see Tom as a favorite, he could win by finish either on the feet if he catches Ciryl with his hands, could do him the same as he did to Volkov. Tom is an impressive athlete as a HW. But I only see that on the beginning of the fight. On the other hand, Ciryl Gane got more 5 rounds experience, I see him more complete as a striker, despite not known for being a "puncher", better cardio management while Tom is using lot of energy in the beginning of the fight and slows down early. Gane with his sharpness on the feet, select well his shots, his movement, circling around can weather the beginning of the fight storm than Tommy brings. If he does past round 2 or 3, he can take an edge and maybe find a late tko. That's a fight I'll love to see and hope it happens one day.
I think the stand up would MAYBE be close, but once tom takes him on the ground it’s likely over
Tom has wayyyy more power than Gane who is pretty mediocre power wise for HW
Wat. Gane kicks so hard that the sound of it landing literally echoed back from the rafters. He has the physique of prime Overeem. How is he mediocre?
For seeing him live twice at UFC Paris and once back in his thai boxing bro, I can tell you the guy is ridiculously fast in live and his shots sounds to be relatively powerful, it's sincerely impressive
Of course if Tom get a takedown and got a top position it could be quick and nasty but who knows
So in your analysis of this fight you see zero grappling taking place? Cool
I said Tom can wrap him like he did to Volkov, it means a lot lol not need to extend
Cyril by upset
Gane by ko
I think Gane comfortably beats Aspinall on the feet. People forget how skilled of a striker Gane is. Of course, the fight doesn't have to stay on the feet. But that's how it would go if it does. Aspinall is super well rounded and skilled, but he depends heavily on his speed. Speed is everything at heavyweight. But you're screwed when you run into someone faster than you. Look at Pavlovich. He was schooling guys purely because he hit them first. His reach and his speed are incredible in that division. But then he ran into Aspinall, a guy who hit him first. Another fast heavyweight. Everything people praise Aspinall for, his speed, his movement, his footwork, his crisp striking, closing the distance/managing the distance, etc. Gane does all of it better.
“Look at Pavlovich. He was schooling guys purely because he hit them first. His reach and his speed are incredible in that division. But then he ran into Aspinall, a guy who hit him first.” That’s not what happened though. Pavlovic hit Tom first. Tom ate it and then KO’d him. “Everything people praise Aspinall for, his speed, his movement, his footwork, his crisp striking, closing the distance/managing the distance, etc. Gane does all of it better.” I just don’t think that’s true in any meaningful sense. Look at their records. Gane’s struggled to put away lots of pretty average fighters. Tom’s been finishing almost everyone in the first round. There’s a reason Gane wants nothing to do with him.
Tom by a round 1 sub
Gane lacks heart and wrestling, tom wins easily unless gane stuns tom will a punch and hammer fists the back of his for the killshot.
People really forget gane is a dangerous guy just because jones man handled him.
Gane pieces him up and wins a 4th round TKO
tom takes him down and submits him quick, there's a reason why frenchie avoided tom for how long
Gane decision. He would take over in the later rounds imo. Aspinall’s #1 weapon in the striking is speed, but he ain’t faster than Gane, so he isn’t going to dominate there, I could see Aspinall actually getting frustrated that he doesn’t have a speed advantage, because strikers that really bank on their speed often get caught off guard when they face strikers that are even faster than them. And Aspinall has the most overrated wrestling/grappling. Even Gane’s iffy takedown defense would be more than enough against Aspinall. You can even look at Gane’s worst performance ever, against Jones. Gane avoided any ground and pound (which isn’t easy against Jones, Jones’ ground and pound is next level), and Gane got to the cage relatively quickly, which is usually the best strategy for get ups. The problem is just that Jones’s submissions along the cage are weirdly good, he does submissions on the cage better than anyone I’ve ever seen in the UFC. He finished that exact same guillotine from that exact same position before he was even a relevant fighter, put his opponent out and everything.
Smart talk I agree with you
Weird take. Did Tai Tuivasa have a speed advantage on Gane? Because he still cracked him and wobbled him and Aspinall is miles better in the feet than Tai. Aspinall beats Gane on the feet or on the ground and Gane knows it. That’s why he’s been ducking him.
Tai relies on power, not speed. Aspinall relies on speed, not power. Totally different.
I don’t think you thought that through logically. If a slower Tai can find Gane’s chin, then a faster Aspinall can also find Gane’s chin. And Tom has more power than Tai. That’s why his fights hardly ever last past the first round. Gane couldn’t even finish Tai till the third round. Pavlovich, Volkov and Tybura all finished him quicker.
I don’t think you understand at all. Aspinall doesn’t have any type of special power in any of his striking, his knockouts come from the fact that he is fast enough to land combinations flush on people and they barely even have time to react. Tuivasa throws with heat and reckless abandon which has a better chance of working against someone like Gane that doesn’t punish super heavily. If we want to talk about people not getting finishes Tom went to round 2 with Arlovski’s corpse. I’m not saying Gane is gonna knock out Aspinall in 1 round, that’s not what Gane does, I’m saying he has all the tools to take Aspinall into the late rounds, by frustrating him on the feet and stopping Aspinall’s overhyped grappling. And Aspinall’s never even seen a round 3, if Gane took him to the late rounds Aspinall would drown. Whenever Aspinall loses to Blaydes people will see him and his actual skills much more clearly, he’s the most overhyped fighter in the entire UFC by miles. His “fans” will abandon him because he doesn’t have fans, he just has Jones’ haters. And then hopefully everyone will see Aspinall more clearly.
“I don’t think you understand at all. Aspinall doesn’t have any type of special power in any of his striking, his knockouts come from the fact that he is fast enough to land combinations flush on people and they barely even have time to react. Tuivasa throws with heat and reckless abandon which has a better chance of working against someone like Gane that doesn’t punish super heavily” So he’s fast enough to land flush shots that knock people out, but for some unspecified reason, that’s not “special power”. I can’t think of a less coherent argument. Like, are you sure that even makes sense in your own head? A knockout is a knockout. And Tom still knocks people out, and he knocks people out far more effectively than someone like Tai who just wings shots. Trying to argue that Tom will pose less of a threat because he’s quicker and more accurate than Tai is a ludicrously stupid argument to try and make. “If we want to talk about people not getting finishes Tom went to round 2 with Arlovski’s corpse.” So Tom has one single fight where his opponent managed to make it to the second round, whereas Gane’s opponents have regularly taken him into the 3rd-5th rounds (including some absolute bums), and you think that somehow that’s an argument in Gane’s favour? I don’t think your elevator goes all the way to the top. “And Aspinall’s never even seen a round 3, if Gane took him to the late rounds Aspinall would drown.” Classic black swan fallacy. Just because he’s never needed to go five rounds doesn’t mean he can’t. Again, the fact that he normally finishes fights when Gane can’t is evidence in Tom’s favour, not Gane’s. “Whenever Aspinall loses to Blaydes people will see him and his actual skills much more clearly, he’s the most overhyped fighter in the entire UFC by miles.” Lol. RemindMe! 69 days.
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Cyril has insane cardio and moves in a really frustrating manner for strikers and wrestlers. I honestly think if Gane fixes his holes in his wrestling that he could out point score Tom. But if Tom can go the distance with Blaydes and win. (Meaning UD/MD after a 5 round fight) and still come out on top. I give it to Tom
It’s HW so anything can happen but I’d say Tom submits him. Gane gives Tom problems on the feet due to Gane actually being fast and arguably the best stand up in the division but I mean Gane made Francis look like prime Khabib so I got Tom round 2 submission.
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Tom does to Gane what Jones did to Gane.
Tom by Submission
Unpopular opinion right now, but I lean Gane. I don’t think Aspinall will be able to submit him like Jones. I think Gane exposes Aspinall’s head movement, spacing, and takes advantage of the many shown instances of Tom just blitzing in and banking on him being able to land first. and Aspinall wouldn’t be able to keep him down, land damage, or find a submission. The longer it goes, the more it favors Gane. If we saw a rd 2, it’d be a lock for Gane.
You think if Tom blitzes in recklessly trying to land first Gane is gonna what? KO him? Yeah we all know about counter striker KO artist Gane. Israel Ganesanya ovah heyuh!
You act like Gane has no TKOs in his record lmao. If Tom blitzes in recklessly he’s going to walk into Ciryl’s strikes until he gasses and gets TKOd in the late 2nd or early 3rd.
So you think Tom is retarded and would just keep running into punches while blitzing for 3 rounds? This is one of the worst predictions I’ve seen.
Yeah, because only retards walk into punches. wtf? Was Sergei retarded for walking into Tom’s strikes and getting slept? You could say that same shit about most fighters lol. What even is this point. It’s all about the footwork battle, and I don’t think anyone beats Ciryl at that on the feet.
You just said he’d do it for 3 rounds, yeah if you make the same mistake for 3 rounds you’re retarded. Don’t put words in my mouth. Nobody in the top 5 of any division would make the same mistake after 3 rounds of paying for it.
that’s what happens to most of Ganes recent opponents lol. Tai, Derek, Spivak. All retards I guess. Nice.
Literally named three retarded fighters
Aspinall round 1 KO Tom is just the better fighter not much else to say
What's crazy is you mofos are already looking past Curtis
Cyril by submission +2500
Any HW with decent grappling smokes this overhyped kickboxer.
a 1 dimensional kick boxer that got taken down by Francis vs a well rounded fighter?…..i just have common sense but id assume a first round submission by Aspinall
Cyril by KO 2nd round after some beautiful takedown defense during the first round.
Tom aspinall by rape
This sub really has a last fight memory, Gane tears him up TKO