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.