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Australian UFC fighter Tai Tuivasa was sensationally knocked out by Frenchman Ciryl Gane in the headline bout of the UFC's first visit to Paris - but a former UFC champ thinks the Aussie was hard done by.
In one of the most entertaining fights of his career, Tuivasa dropped his opponent in the second round, before Gane recovered and knocked him out in the third round.
One of the punches in the final sequence was to the back of the Aussie's head and former heavyweight champ Junior Dos Santos has called the illegal strike out publicly.
French UFC star Ciryl Gane strikes Australian Tai Tuivasa in the back of the head during the final moments of Sunday's epic heavyweight clash in Paris. The fight was stopped moments later with Gane awarded the victory
Former UFC champion Junior Dos Santos (pictured) called out the illegal strike on Twitter, branding Gane a 'dirty fighter'
'What a dirty fighter this Gane is,' Dos Santos wrote on Twitter afterwards.
'Again hitting the back of the head. And now what are those "fight experts" will say
