My favorite call of the night was when DC said, "Oh my goodness... Francis is doing jujitsu!!" lol

After round 2 I thought Francis was done. Looked so tired. He showed that championship heart some people thought he lacked before. Hats off to him. Hard to see him losing anytime soon.

DC looking like a proud father in the thumbnail 😂

Francis is a real champ! Clearly injured, flat on his feet and lacking explosiveness, did what he needed to do get it done!

I love DC. His commentary is entertaining and he's always cheesing cheek to cheek lol. So refreshing to have a former champion cast as well, little to no BS on his end

The fact that Francis was able to throw almost 260 pounds around like a rag doll speaks to his insane power.Well done

Francis proved he is an all around mma fighter tonight

Think on this: Francis came in the fight with messed up knees, he was extremely flat footed due to that, his biggest strength (boxing) was not effective anymore and he got pieced up for the first 2 rounds. Then he turns it around and dominates the person who should have been his biggest challenge, he wins an uncontested unanimous decision. And that’s while being really injured. Imagine him fighting 100% healthy, that’s flat scary!

A real champ finds a way to get it done

Shame on Dana White for mishandling Francis career.Did not put the belt on him and did not do his post press conference.A small man in a big rich mans body.

She missed a golden opportunity to end the interview with "He may be the baddest, but you're the daddest". Or fattest.

All the "Gane is gonna piece him up after the 2nd round" crew are so mad in the comments right now.

Daniel Cormier reacts to literally anything.

He looked gassed after the 1st but he pulled it out nicely

DC’s face in the thumbnail is hilarious

Francis won a Decision was the last thing people would hv thought

I knew he was gonna grappl if he couldn't catch Gane. Francis' been grappling A LOT leading up to this fight, and he certainly showed he has the power to control Gane if he wished. Very impressive performance. I'm glad he won.

Dana ratted out of the press conference, lost my respect.

Chael had a great live stream reaction after the fight last night on his channel. This wasn’t Ngannou vs Gane. This was Ngannou vs Dana White. It was clear that Dana believed he found the 1 guy outside of Jon Jones who could take the HW strap from Francis in Ciryl Gane. Gane was subsequently rushed through the ranks being given easy wins to cultivate his 10-0 resume to fast track him to the title match against Francis. Dana was putting all his eggs in Gane’s basket hoping he would get the win so he could have the leverage in contract negotiations with Francis moving forward. It clearly backfired on him in a big way, and he didn’t even bother to place the strap on Francis in the octagon after he won, nor did he even show up for the post PPV presser, which is unheard of for Dana White…. 🤣

Someone needs to talk about the similarities between Ngannou and GSP.. If Ngannou falls in love with his wrestling the same way GSP did, don’t be surprised if he outwrestles Jon and decapitates him.. This was an injured Ngannou who showed that his fight IQ was higher than the guy they hyped as a Wizard with a higher IQ than Francis.

Francis basically beat Gane with one leg. He couldn't switch stances like he usually does but still smoked Gane in the ground game.

DC looking good up there, always killing it!

Gane who has phenomenal fight IQ made one of the biggest blunders i've seen in a championship fight. He threw away the belt going for that submission when he had top control. Props to Francis though, he keeps on improving his game.

Well Said DC. Thank You Very Much

Lol imagine if Ngannou works on his grappling and becomes an elite grappler like DC bro would actually be unbeatable

All the hate Francis was getting and for what lmao. Crazy how fickle this sport fans are.

Like seriously, Whats the point now of taking ngannou past from the first RD if he still going to beat you by decision, In what world exactly did anyone ever saw this coming, And Anybody that fight him next gonna get forced to stand with the hardest/scariest heavyweight alive, and the odds is not good for you, Bye bye, Everyone will do everything in their power to not be next in line to fight for the title unless the champ wasn’t ngannou no more

"he may be the badest, but you are our favorite" LOL DC is like ughh he he..

I feel like Lorenzo needs to step in and negotiate with Francis! We can't let Francis leave without fighting Jon.

Pay Francis

Francis 100% finish rate gone. Ciryl 100% take down defence gone.

*Ciryl gane is a heavyweight who moves like middleweight and gets mauled like lightweight*

Dana needs to pay Francis what he is asking or come close to it. If the legitimate champion leaves none of the matches will make sense. Any future discussions about heavyweight champions will have the *but the real champion was….*

I think DC is right about the way the standup was going. Gane would've picked him apart at range for 25 minutes if Francis hadn't elected to grapple. Gane is way too technical of a striker to make any of the mistakes as Francis' past opponents. And Francis was visibly diminished after the first round when Gane decided to clinch early. The decision to wrestle was a safer bet than landing the hailmary.

I was waiting for a Knock out but I didn't know it's a WWE 😂😂 fight night

Thanks for having me Ashy!

Although I had hoped Cyrial would win but Francis won deservedly and with a smart game plan and after he was losing in the first and second rounds but he deserves to win As for Cyrial he lost and for the first time I see him broken in this way I hope a rematch between them as soon as possible because Cyrial really deserves a rematch

Francis showed tonight what the UFC is all about. Evolution. Both men are freak athletes that will dominate for a long time if they so choose.

Francis isn’t fighting anybody else until the contract is signed with the ufc, and if it doesn’t get signed then he is gone - the champions clause is scrapped because the total time limit on his contract ends in Dec 2022, and that end date isn’t extended by the clause - I thought maybe we might still get one fight from him, but the torn up knee will make it very easy for him to ride it out until December. We will see. Seems like it’s still kinda open for negotiations.

DC, please tell Dana to give Francis well deserved more fights and pay him well! Dana also is a coward not showing up at the post-fight. NO RESPECT!

Everyone: "NGannou" Ashley: "Engañu" 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

I loved how cryril stopped running and stood and fought Francis before taking the fight to the ground.

Real Champ finds a way to win

I will always eat my words I had gane in dominant pick apart fashion but nobody in the world thought Francis was going to turn into a BEAST of a wrestler MIDFIGHT🤣🤣nothing but respect to both of them for even getting in that ring.

Dana White disrespectful ASF didn't put the belt on Francis in the ring, or come to the post fight conference. I wouldn't be mad if he didn't resign to the UFC!

Winning by a five round unanimous decision is actually an accomplishment, considering the way that he won via take downs on a fluidly dangerous opponent who somewhat doesn't get taken down often. I was very impressed by his performance.

Didn't expect Ngannou to win by decision!! congrats to that man using wrestling and grappling to win!!

One year without fighting in the UFC voids that champion clause. Dana doesn't have him locked down forever like some of these other fighters are if they quit and want to move on. The Ali act was created so sleazeball promoters couldn't screw them over with future fight contracts like the UFC does. It was unethical then and it is still unethical.

Francis proved his natural ability to adapt and survive, he pulled skills out the bag we never even saw from him a true champion

I love when dc getting hype especially for the main event

Dana Mad af 😡😡😡😡😡now that he knows he's got to pay💲💲💲💲 Francis or he walk's.

He had a mcl acl injury Idc how technical ciryl was or appeared cuz if all that Francis clearly learned if he was at full strength I think he dominates this fight.

Is it wrong for me to want to see DC and Jones fight again even if it's in wheelchairs at the nursing home?

That fight was awesome

Can anyone tell me what word DC was using at 01:10 ? "For good as he is, is only _______"

Je pense que le plus gros avantage de ngannou c'est qu'il a déjà connu la défaite tandis que c'est une première pour gane et à la décision en plus, ciryl n'a pas démérité

that dc smiles spreads faster than corona !

DC's smile cracks me up, it's like he just saw a fresh bucket of Popeyes

Nothing but RESPECT for THE CHAMP!!!!

I think Dana is a smart business man, he will never let a PPV caliber like Francis to leave the UFC just like that.

He may be the baddest but you're our favourite. Hahaa Nice punchline

Gane and francis runs the division right now i don't know who else in that division can hang with them

It makes sense why he was so tired in the first two rounds, trying to prevent slips and kicks to the knee, while defending himself against Gane’s technical expertise.

Gane forgot the golden rule of grappling... Position over submission. Gane's bad decision making in that 5th round lost him that fight.

VIVA ÁFRICA ❤❤❤

One doesn’t experience self-transcendence, the illusion of self only dissipates.🎈

the way she ended that was so sweet aw ....blush ,blush ....😄😄

A B and D C.. “I love when this happens” 😞 the school system has failed us haha 😂

fought that great with a knee injury Go Francis!!

Wise words of DC

True Grit and guts to find a way to win. That's what makes a real Champion. Awesome when he rag dolled Gane on that first takedown!!

Francis went the distance with gane.. now we can't question his gas tank I guess..

Pretty weird but still pretty impressive to see some variety, improvements, and most especially some decent ground game or grappling/wrestling from the champion Francis Ngannou although he just cruised onto a decision victory in the fight, unlike his explosive knockout win prediction at the pre-fight weigh-ins. There's no shame in losing to the champion Ciryl Gane, there are still lots of room for learning from this defeat, improving or evolving, and bouncing back well from this loss towards another shot at the heavyweight gold.

Ngannou, not "en-gon-nyew." Sheesh. She had one job.

All 16 💯

DC ducked Francis and admitted it openly at the time he did it. He wanted none of it and wasn’t afraid to tell the world. DC is a legend.

DC is the happiest man alive!!

DC knew Predator was above his level avoided him to live longer😑

It wasn't necessarily to say that at the end of the interview by CNN lady

Hey world, if you want this kind of swag… eat a lot of fufu 😂😂😂 Cameroon/Africa… Unbeatable!💪🏾🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🌍

Ashley a dankie

Love DC

EVERYone Said Ngannou round 1-2 knockout Gane round 5 decision

I miss seeing DC fight at HW. He was/is one of the HW GOAT’s like Randy Couture, Fedor, Cain, Overeem, Jones, Stipe, and Ngannou. I think Ciryl Gane can take out all the latest emerging stars like Tuivasa and Aspinall. It will be interesting to see those fights play out.

DC reacts I click

It was criminal what DC did to Dan Henderson

Pay the man!

This shows neither guy can hold Bones’s jock😂

DC for a fighter who knows these contracts should know that there is a sunset clause in the contract also which nulls the champions clause meaning ngannou will be free of his contract January 2023.

We can understand that for Francis boxing looks a good idea. -Money -Challenges In the UFC he makes -Less money -Only 2 opponent who has the potential to match up with him -Jones -Cirly We don't know how Jones looks like in HW And Gane needs to work on his ground game even more, i think he learned a lot in this fight. Like Francis, he got out wreslted too when he got his first championship and look where he is today. And besides them he 100% beats anybody else. These 2 may can bring up some problems but that's it. So it's gonna be hard to keep him in the UFC and don't let him go to boxing.

I dont care about nobody. I loved seeing the champ showing MMA skills and dominating Gane on the ground and coming back. He showed his growth as an MMA fighter and showed that he couldnt just strike....the guy is a legend

I think Gane did that mistake because Lopez told him between the 4th and the 5th that he was "clearly going to lose the fight" unless he tried something which I thought was really a clumsy attempt at reverse psychology at this stage of the fight. Cyril was losing, yes, but he was still in the fight and not that desperate althought being overpowered by Francis on the ground.

After seeing this fight Jones has risen his price to 1 trillion to fight ngannou😂😂😂Looks like he got trained by khabib but he wasn't!! Kudos to Cyril definitely he showed great skill and Heart he definitely was the toughest fight for Francis after when he fought stipe for first time!! Looks like he got trained by khabib but he wasn't😊 I watched the entire fight gane was weary of ngannou's power obviously he kept his distance so what Francis did was intelligently man handled him with his brute strength took him down kept him down while being on top so that he'd not only get exhausted but also not end losing by decision. I knew Francis would win but definitely not like the way he did but still a dominant victory for sure. I wish ufc schedules gane vs stipe the winner should fight ngannou later end of this year may be

Francis deserves 5 million per fight minimum besides the Lewis fight he always entertains

Нганно мощь молодец сила

He def took Stipe down last fight..but I get it ..great win champ!

I thought she's gonna say 'Francis may be baddest but you are the daddest heavyweight' 😂

Francis grappling his way to victory was surprising and impressive but he would get embarrassed by Tyson Fury. I think he’d have a much better chance at fighting Wilder who doesn’t really have impressive boxing skills.

Didn't get to stay up and watch, but I kept telling my colleague my heart tells me Francis takes it. Like DC said and I kept repeating; at the end of the day, Gane is only 10-0. As good as he is, Francis had experience on his side

UFC - This is the baddest man on the planet. Dana - Let him walk, he’s not good for biz