Gane appeared to land numerous illegal blows before his stoppage of Pereira, which sets up a rematch with Aspinall, whom Gane poked in the eye multiple times

Following UFC Freedom 250, Ciryl Gane and Tom Aspinall agreed that a September UFC heavyweight title unification bout in Paris, France, would make sense.

Ciryl Gane's 2nd-round TKO over Alex Pereira at UFC Freedom 250 is overshadowed by video of repeated illegal back-of-the-head shots and questions about referee Herb Dean.

The first of two title fights on the UFC White House card saw former two-division titleholder Alex Pereira square off with Ciryl Gane for interim gold.

Ciryl Gane knocked out Alex Pereira to win the interim UFC heavyweight world title and set up another clash with full champion Tom Aspinall

Gane appeared to land numerous illegal blows before his stoppage of Pereira, which sets up a rematch with Aspinall, whom Gane poked in the eye multiple times

Gane has been accused of multiple illegal strikes in his White House victory over Pereira