Ciryl Gane’s uphill climb just grew a little less steep.
The unbeaten Frenchman took his most important step yet in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s heavyweight division, as he laid claim to a unanimous decision over Jairzinho Rozenstruik in the UFC Fight Night 186 main event on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The judges’ 50-45 scorecards told the story, and though it may have lacked the pizzazz of his previous outings, it was no less crucial in Gane’s continuing rise from obscure prospect to known commodity.
Rozenstruik never shifted out of first gear.