Francis Ngannou has serious beef with Ciryl Gane's coach, Fernand Lopez. The UFC heavyweight champion's former coach went out and made some big claims about Ngannou not wanting Gane in the UFC.

Fernand Lopez claims that Francis Ngannou told the UFC that Ciryl Gane was not ready for the big promotion. Ngannou finally addressed the comments and explained what happened.

“And recently, I saw something about him,” the UFC heavyweight champion said via Sportskeeda. “They sent me something like, which his coach said about me – Fernand [Lopez] – He said I told [UFC matchmaker] Mick [Maynard] that Ciryl is good but not that good or something like that. I’m like, ‘Man. This, like; this nasty.’ You know, this is not a fair game anymore. It’s not a fair game anymore.

“Like, I understand this position is not; you want to take everything, you want to destroy somebody,” the UFC heavyweight champion continued. “But to go after him like that, associate other people; I mean, I think this is evil. You know, but I know the man, and I know how it processed.”

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It is difficult not to think that Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane have problems with each other considering everything that is going on between the two teams. The two UFC titleholders have been clear that the problems aren't with each other.

The saga will eventually come to an end when they meet in January at UFC 270. It is considered one of the best UFC fights of 2022 and will be met with plenty of anticipation from the fans.