The saga between Fernand Lopez and Francis Ngannou continues as the two trade barbs in interviews. Recently, Lopez claims that Ciryl Gane dropped the UFC champion in training and that he has the footage.
Fernand Lopez clapped back at Francis Ngannou for saying that the sparring footage that was released was edited. The former UFC champion's coach didn't stop there either.
“If we changed the speed of either guy, then we would’ve manipulated it. There’s no doubt that was Francis Ngannou,” the UFC champion's former coach said to LowKick MMA about Gane-Ngannou sparring footage. “But, that footage didn’t tell the whole story of what happened in training. There were so many opportunities where they got the better of each other in sparring. So could’ve we manipulated it?
“He didn’t want me to release the whole footage because in that specific training, Francis Ngannou ate a knee shot to the liver and got dropped,” Lopez continued about UFC heavyweights Gane-Ngannou. “Stopped the whole training. These are facts. Francis was on his backside. If he’s saying this isn’t true, I’ll release the whole footage. But, my content manager didn’t want to release it because we have a privacy in the gym. When guys train in your gym, they expect things to stay in the gym.”
Fernand Lopez is right that things that happen in the gym and during sparring are supposed to stay between the people involved. It will be interesting to see if those comments have any effect on the fight at UFC 270.