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Cyril Gan - Alexander Volkov. Fight forecast
The Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter in the heavyweight category Cyril Gane will meet Alexander Volkov. The fight will take place on December 8 as part of the UFC 310 tournament in Las Vegas. The approximate start of the fight is 06:40 Moscow time. Will the fighter from France be able to succeed in the fight with the Russian and what bets should he choose? - read our forecast
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Ciryl Gane
FranceCurrent form
Before joining MMA in 2018, Cyril Gane was quite successful in Thai boxing. The Frenchman won the national Muay Thai championship, and then made one successful defense. In mixed martial arts, he began with a series of ten victories, becoming the champion of the Canadian promotion TKO Major League MMA during this period. The Frenchman suffered his first defeat in his career in January 2022, when he lost to the legendary Cameroonian Francis Ngannou (unanimous decision). But in his next fight, he defeated Australian Tai Tuivasa (knockout, second round), then lost to American Jon Jones (submission, first round). And in his last fight in September 2023, he defeated Sergey Spivak (technical knockout, second round) from Moldova. The 34-year-old Gane has 12 wins (six by knockout, three by decision, three by submission) and two losses. Cyril is ranked second in the division.
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Gan admitted that he did not notice anything special in Volkov’s last fight.
"In the fight against Pavlovich, I didn't see exactly the same thing, because he has a high level of striking technique, but I saw the same guy. But our second fight will be different. Everything will be completely different, because this time there will be three rounds. Last time there were five. So everything will be different," the Frenchman said.
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Ghana has a 21 percent takedown success rate.
Alexander Volkov
Russian FederationCurrent form
Alexander Volkov is a former champion of the Russian promotion M-1 Global and the American Bellator. The Muscovite has been competing in the strongest mixed martial arts championship on the planet since 2016 and has been quite successful. Drago has won his last four fights in a row. In the previous one, in June 2024, he defeated his compatriot Sergei Pavlovich (unanimous). And before that, he defeated Tuivasa (submission, second round), Alexander Romanov (technical knockout, first round) from Moldova and Jairzinho Rozenstruik (technical knockout, first round) from Suriname. 36-year-old Volkov has 38 wins (24 by knockout, ten by decision, four by submission) and ten losses. He is ranked third in the division. The Russian has a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
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Volkov plans to surprise the crowd with a colorful celebration after his victory over Gan.
"It great that this comb became legendary after the fight against Pavlovich. It worked because it was unexpected for everyone, first of all. I'll try to do something else that might surprise. I wouldn't say that I was directly trolling (Pavlovich), I just had reasons to do it. If my opponent gives me reasons and behaves the same way, then, of course, I'll do something like that," the Russian said.
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Volkov takedown success rate is 65 percent.
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Bet Volkov wins by knockout
Volkov knockout win rate is 63 percent
9.00Tip and bets
Bookmakers experts consider Ghana a clear favorite of the upcoming fight. In their opinion, Volkov will not have many chances of success. However, one can argue with them. The Russian is an experienced fighter who has been through fire and water in MMA. He will definitely also strive for victory in order to get a title fight. This, you must agree, is excellent motivation. Moreover, both opponents are approximately the same level. In this situation, it is worth choosing a bet that the fight will not go the full distance. Moreover, bookmakers offer excellent odds.
Our prediction is that the fight will not be complete at 2.59
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