Francis Ngannou`s win in UFC 270 over interim champ Ciryl Gane has put the organisers in a spot. The heavyweight champion, who took on Gane in a five-round clash at the Honda Centre in Anaheim, California, has made it clear that he will not fight again unless he is given a considerable fee hike. So far, UFC President Dana White has been reluctant to consider it. The fight was a literal and figurative clash of titans with both men standing at 6 feet 4 inches and weighing in well over 230 pounds.

Both fighters also share a considerable history having been long-time sparring partners and this was evident throughout the fight with Gane winning the first two rounds on the feet, nullifying the Cameroonian`s scary knockout power, no doubt due to being used to it in the sparring sessions they have together. But Ngannou showed that he too had learnt lessons from those sessions as he proceeded to turn around the fight in the next three rounds by repeatedly taking down the French kickboxer, leaving him helpless as he couldn`t wrestle away from the Champion`s considerable frame.