PARIS – Fernand Lopez won’t make any excuses on behalf of Ciryl Gane. The coach of MMA Factory knows they failed in their goal to take the UFC heavyweight title in March when they faced Jon Jones at ...

Fernand Lopez expects Jon Jones to quickly resort to grappling against Ciryl Gane. Jones (26-1 MMA, 20-1 UFC) meets Gane (11-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) for the vacant heavyweight championship in the UFC 285 ...

French combat sports standout Cedric Doumbe doesn’t mince any words while voicing his sentiments about MMA Factory head coach Fernand Lopez. Advertisement Doumbe made his Professional Fighters League ...

"If Francis Ngannou can take down Ciryl Gane, then Jon Jones certainly can." It's a popular sentiment that has been tossed around by many pundits this week trying to handicap the main event of UFC 285 ...

Francis Ngannou didn’t even acknowledge Ciryl Gane when the pair crossed paths backstage at UFC 268. Heavyweight champion Ngannou (16-3 MMA, 11-2 UFC) is set to unify his belt with interim heavyweight ...

UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall answered coach Fernand Lopez’s recent head-scratching comments. Undisputed UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall will face two-time title challenger Ciryl Gane in ...

Former UFC interim heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane surprised a lot of people with his recent revelation that he only trains when he has a fight scheduled. “Unfortunately, I’m lazy,” said Gane in an ...

SI’s MMA notes, quotes, and anecdotes run every Monday morning. Fernand Lopez has helped build two of the best heavyweights in the world as head coach of the MMA Factory in France. Currently preparing ...