{"id":960951,"date":"2026-11-11T20:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T20:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/960951\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T20:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T20:06:08","slug":"ufc-heavyweight-champ-ciryl-gane-visits-the-ny-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/960951\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Heavyweight Champ Ciryl Gane Visits the NY Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC Champ Ciryl Gane just toured the New York Giants facility, and he was shocked at the sheer size of NFL players. <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">UFC heavyweight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/fighters\/ciryl-gane\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ciryl Gane<\/a> is usually the biggest man in any room he walks into. Standing 6-foot-4 and scaling near the 265-pound division limit, the French striker dominates opponents with massive size and technical reach. But during a recent visit to the New York Giants practice facility, the Octagon star found out what it feels like to be on the smaller side of the equation.<\/p>\n<p>Standing Next to NFL Giants<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Ahead of his scheduled title defense against Josh Hokit at <a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/ufc\/events\/ufc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 334<\/a> in Madison Square Garden, &#8220;Bon Gamin&#8221; took a quick detour to tour NFL practice fields. The visit came with plenty of jokes, team gear, and a sudden reality check. Gane, who holds a 14-2 (1 NC) professional MMA record with an 11-2 (1 NC) mark inside the UFC, chuckled after taking in the sight of offensive linemen lining the facility.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">&#8220;They&#8217;re twice my size,&#8221; Gane joked during the tour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PollGuyUFC\/status\/2120200975864529282\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">The team playfully welcomed the heavyweight champ, introducing him to players and staff as &#8220;wide receiver David Gane.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/news\/ciryl-gane-responds-to-alex-pereiras-cheating-claims\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">While Gane tested<\/a> his hands out on the field and chatted with head coach John Harbaugh, quarterback Jameis Winston stopped by to hand over official team merchandise.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">Winston <a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/news\/sean-strickland-sees-josh-hokit-dethroning-ciryl-gane-for-one-key-reason\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">presented Gane with<\/a> fresh Giants gear, offering high praise for what mixed martial artists endure inside the cage.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">&#8220;Champions got to get champion stuff,&#8221; Winston said, adding that going five rounds with someone actively trying to kill you commands immense respect.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">The fun detour offers a lighthearted break before fight week pressure peaks in New York City. With his focus set on securing another Octagon victory at MSG, <a href=\"https:\/\/mmasucka.com\/..\/..\/news\/josh-hokit-warns-he-will-suffocate-ciryl-gane-in-deep-waters-at-ufc-334\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gane enjoyed playing<\/a> the fan role for a day, even if it meant feeling like the smaller athlete for once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC Champ Ciryl Gane just toured the New York Giants facility, and he was shocked at the sheer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":960952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,29968,786,785,85,787],"class_list":["post-960951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ciryl-gane","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=960951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/960952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=960951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=960951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=960951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}