Eric Nicksick is expecting Ciryl Gane to give his student Francis Ngannou a difficult challenge when they unify the UFC heavyweight title. Nicksick, the head coach at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas and Ngannou’s (16-3 MMA, 11-2 UFC) lead cornerman, isn’t expecting a cakewalk when the time comes for a fight with newly minted interim titleholder Gane (10-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC), who beat Derrick Lewis in the UFC 265 main event this past Saturday. To little surprise, Nicksick was watching closely as Gane dismantled Lewis en route to a third-round TKO at the Toyota Center in Houston. After witnessing the lopsided affair, Nicksick said he can’t help but take Gane very seriously
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