UFC 334 heavyweight title fight.
Hokit (10-0) will challenge Gane in the main event on Nov. 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The
Jackson-Wink MMA the fighter believes that his team’s familiarity with the champion gives him an advantage.
Josh Hokit quotes Jackson-Wink acquaintance with Ciryl Gane ahead of UFC 334 heavyweight title fight
Jones delivered Gane with a guillotine choke in the first round at UFC 285 in March 2023 to claim the vacant heavyweight title. Hokit hopes to get a similar result.
“My trainers know Ciryl Gane,” Hokit said during the UFC 334 Countdown Show. “My coaches know how to beat him because it’s already happened. In the Jackson-Wink camp, they know how to beat Ciryl Gane in less than two minutes.”
Coach Mike Winkeljohn pointed to Hokit’s conditioning and versatility as potential strengths.
“The advantage that Josh has over Ciryl is definitely the conditioning factor behind it,” Winkeljohn said. “He can change levels, speed forward, outplay the game and mess with your head. So you’re fighting a really high-level intelligent strategist.”
Winkeljohn expects Hokit to work the range and find the finish.
“Josh can’t be beat. Josh is slowly figuring out how to close the gap,” he added. “There’s going to be a lot of chaos for Cyril to deal with, and Josh will find a way to finish him off.”
Gane will enter the title defense after the stoppage Alex Pereira at
UFC Freedom 250.
