The hasty defeat of Ciryl Gane against Jon Jones, Saturday night in Las Vegas, highlighted the shortcomings of his coaching, and in particular of his trainer Fernand Lopez, according to Cédric Doumbé.
“I am very angry with myself. » Hot, Ciryl Gane was not looking for any excuse after his quick loss to Jon Jones at UFC 285, Saturday night in Las Vegas. After spending just over two minutes in the octagon, the French fighter had only one obsession: “return to the room” to come back stronger. Will he recover from this fiasco? For Cédric Doumbé, who predicted this setback, the salvation of the “Good Kid” will go through a radical change.
According to the kick-boxer and MMA practitioner, Ciryl Gane must drastically change his approach to fighting, even if it means separating from his current trainer, Fernand Lopez. “Today, Ciryl Gane, ‘Bon Gamin’ is good. Now, when you fight an opponent like Jon Jones, you can’t arrive by making hearts (with your fingers), by dancing on Aya Nakamura, by playing FIFA…he dropped in the show Cliqueon Canal+. We are talking about preparation here. »
“His coach is a very good actor”
“Afterwards, for me, the problem is not Ciryl Gane, chained Cédric Coumbé. He is a good kid and like any good kid, he should listen to the advice of his coach. But the problem comes from his coach, Fernand Lopez, who is a very good actor – I have nothing against him – and a very good manager. That is to say, if tomorrow you want to go to the UFC or to the biggest organizations in the world, you can go with Fernand Lopez because he will take you there. »
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Clearly, the native of Douala believes that Ciryl Gane needs to suffer more in training if he wants to perform better in the cage and compete with the very best. “In terms of fighting – because at some point it’s the fight you want to see, it’s not the dancing – he’s not the coach he needs. He’s not a competent coach and I’m not the only one to say that. Khabib (Nurmagomedov) said it too, but more politely”he explained.
“I have never seen him lying on the ground with someone who slaughters him”
“He said that Ciryl is a good fighter, that he is young, but if he wants to train he has to come to Dagestan. Basically, it’s: come to Dagestan but change teams, he continued. There’s another legend who said it, it’s Jon Jones himself. He said: we saw them (Ciryl Gane and her staff), they arrived, they were just happy to be there, in Las Vegas it’s cool, we fight against the GOAT. » A very bad way to approach such an appointment, according to him.
And Cédric Coumbé to conclude: “His coach, at each interview, he has a new suit. They are there, they eat, they are very happy to be there. I saw Ciryl train in a very nice room, with nice colors, with nice gloves, with nice shorts. Everything is beautiful. But I never saw him lying on the ground with someone slaughtering him. And that’s what we want. » By debriefing his fight, will Ciryl Gane come to the same conclusion? The future will tell.
