Aussie stunned by knockout as title path falters

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Tai Tuivasa has been sensationally knocked retired by Frenchman Ciryl Gane successful the header combat of the UFC's archetypal sojourn to Paris.

In beforehand of a passionate location crowd, Gane pelted Tuivasa's torso with multiple limb kicks.

Tuivasa enactment up a staunch defence and landed aggregate dense blows of his own, earlier yet going down with a infinitesimal remaining successful the 3rd round.

Both men took the archetypal circular to consciousness each different out, keeping their region and giving themselves a accidental to settee successful to the battle.

The 2nd circular though was a antithetic communicative - Tuivasa dropped Gane with a monolithic close manus that looked for a infinitesimal arsenic if it was going to extremity the combat past and there.

But the Frenchman someway recovered and delivered a brutal assemblage footwear of his own.

Gane continued to effort to physique pressure, but it was yet not enough.

Earlier, chap Aussie Robert Whittaker dominated Marvin Vettori, winning by unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

Whittaker defeats Vettori via Unanimous decision

The Aussie was seldom troubled, stepping retired of the mode of galore Vettori jabs, demonstrating his scope was dialled in.

Like the aboriginal Tuivasa fight, some men took their clip feeling each different retired successful the archetypal round, earlier Whittaker turned the wick up successful the 2nd arsenic Vettori battled with his near hand.

In the third, Vettori was opened up by Whittaker arsenic the Aussie landed stroke aft blow.

In his post-fight interview, Whittaker said helium was intent connected reclaiming the middleweight belt.

"Including the champion, I'm the astir unsafe antheral successful the division," Whittaker said.

"I marque radical hatred fighting. As for what's next, I'm ever gunning for that apical spot.

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