JRE MMA Show #185 with Ethyn Ewing · Aired Sep 2, 2026
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Francis Ngannou defeated Ciryl Gane by beating him up on the ground.
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Ngannou did win by taking Gane down and controlling him on the mat for over eight minutes, but reports on the fight are clear he did not do much damage there, he mostly just made Gane carry his weight and wore him out. Gane actually landed more significant strikes overall than Ngannou did, so it was a control-based decision win, not Ngannou beating Gane up on the ground.
Read the supporting source · bleacherreport.com ↗Quick answer & review status
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Is it true that Francis Ngannou defeated Ciryl Gane by beating him up on the ground?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Ngannou did win by taking Gane down and controlling him on the mat for over eight minutes, but reports on the fight are clear he did not do much damage there, he mostly just made Gane carry his weight and wore him out. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on JRE MMA Show #185 with Ethyn Ewing, aired Sep 2, 2026, at 2:30:20. The supporting source is bleacherreport.com, linked below.
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