France's Ciryl Gane pulled off an electrifying knockout win over Australian Tai Tuivasa in front of a home crowd at the Accor Arena on the banks of the River Seine in the promotion's first major event in the country since the sport was legalised there in 2020.
Spurred on by a lusty first-round rendition of "La Marseillaise", the French national anthem, the two heavyweights put on a barn-burner of a fight in the main event that made the long wait for the sport's regulation worth it for the French fans.
A right uppercut marked the beginning of the end, and Gane stalked his man down, landing thunderous blows with both hands to secure the KO with 37 seconds left in the frame. In the co-main event, former middleweight title-holder Robert Whittaker put on a slick striking performance to out-point Marvin Vettori that may put him in contention for another shot at the belt, despite losing a title fight to current champion Israel Adesanya back in February.
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