Dan Hardy is a great analyst and has the ability to break down many great fights. Recently he was asked to take a look at Francis Ngannou vs Ciryl Gane in the main event of UFC 270.
Dan Hardy sees a lot of factors heading into the fight including the way both men approach the fight. UFC 270 has a very interesting main event.
“[Gane’s] not fighting out of any real anger or aggression,” Hardy said on Submission Radio. “You never see that in his character. He’s always relaxed and he’s having a good time. He’s a very active person, always moving… Like he’s a big kid with a lot of surplus energy and he’s having a good time and he’s found something that he’s very good at. And he finds it quite easy.”
The UFC analyst especially likes the way Ciryl Gane has handled his past couple of fights. He was very impressed with the victory over Derrick Lewis back at UFC 265.
“He has been toying with people— Alexander Volkov, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, and Derrick Lewis. They’re no jokes and they barely touched him. It’s quite incredible what he’s been able to do, but you also have to see the approach…
“To summarize the Derrick Lewis fight, he kind of poked and toyed with him. Like a puppy would to a bigger dog. Then, when the bigger dog started to get older and slower and more vulnerable, that’s when Ciryl Gane takes over, he’s very, very smart and he never over it overextends himself.”
The fight is seen as tactics vs power. Dan Hardy sees it that way too and doesn't deny Francis Ngannou has power but Ciryl Gane has great tactics.
“I think that’s why in my mind is, [Gane’s] the favorite going into this fight because you have to always go with the more technical fighter in my eyes.
“Although, Ngannou is a devastating force of nature— if he cracks you with either limb, you going down. But he has to find circumstances where he can do that. Ciryl won’t leave many of those openings.”
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