The UFC White House may be over, but the controversy from it still lingers on. And we are not talking about Josh Hokit or anything political.

On Sunday, Ciryl Gane won an interim heavyweight title with a second-round finish of Alex Pereira in the co-main event of UFC Freedom 250. While that should be a crowning achievement for Gane, it has quickly turned into yet another firestorm for the Frenchman.

As has become commonplace when Gane fights, fouls marred his performance, and in this instance, led to considerable backlash. Following the fight, Pereira ripped Gane and referee Herb Dean for repeated blows to the back of the head landed by Gane after he dropped "Poatan," with other notable MMA figures piling on.

So, given the frequency of Gane's infractions, the question is simple: Is Ciryl Gane dirty?

The Case for Gane

Gane clearly did not do himself any favors after eye pokes ended his fight against Tom Aspinall, and then questions were raised again about his actions when he knocked out Alex Pereira after landing several questionable elbows that appeared to land to the back of the head. Junior dos Santos once filed an appeal seeking to overturn his loss to Gane after he also complained about shots to the back of the head prior to the finish in their fight.

Some observers have pointed out that the eye pokes against Aspinall were far more egregious than the strikes to the back of the head in either the Pereira or dos Santos fights. Gane may be walking a fine line, but labeling him as the dirtiest fighter in the game may be a stretch.

The Case Against Gane

While other fighters have committed more egregious fouls, no fighter in the game today has so consistently flouted the rules as Gane. The fouls against Pereira and Aspinall are just the tip of the iceberg. A compilation of Gane's fouls shows he has been a weapon his entire UFC career. In practically every fight, the referee is getting called in for either a low blow, eye poke, or back of the head shot.

Part of Pereira's frustration after the White House is that this is such a known thing for Gane, and it happened anyway.

Intent vs. Recklessness

There is a distinction worth noting. Gane may not be intentionally committing all these fouls in the way that Palhares was an actual menace. But he clearly does not care at all about preventing them. At some point, recklessness becomes as bad as intent.

If your neighbor is driving golf balls off their porch over your house, and a few go low and take out windows, you are not going to be fine with it because "he didn't mean to hit your house." These are high-level professional athletes, and it is not that hard to avoid fouls. Many fighters do not commit them over their entire career. But Gane cannot help himself.

Like it or not, Gane's reputation is earned, and right now, he may be the dirtiest man in the game.