Ciryl Ganes Coach Explains Reason Bon Gamin Isnt Fighting At UFC Paris: Makes More Sense For Us [Video]

There’s no ‘Bon Gamin’ this weekend …

After a rare weekend off, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to Paris, France, this weekend (Sat., Sept. 28, 2024). And for the first time since the largest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion in the world started going to the “City of Love,” Ciryl Gane will not be headlining the ESPN+streamed card. Instead, Benoit-Saint Denis main events his first event against foul-mouthed Brazilian, Renato Moicano (checkout the rest of the card here).

For months, fight fans wondered the reason(s) UFC’s former interim Heavyweight champion was absent from the card and was instead booked for UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi (now it’s UFC 310).

Now, there’s an answer: a better opportunity.

“Uh, yeah, we don’t have to talk about it with the UFC coming to Paris,” Gane’s coach, Fernand Lopez, told Inside Fighting. “It’s obvious that they want Ciryl to fight in Paris and I was thinking about …