Watch Ciryl Gane vs. Josh Hokit full fight video highlights from their UFC 334 main event showdown Saturday afternoon, courtesy of multiple outlets.
Gane vs. Hokit took place Nov. 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Ciryl Gane (15-2, 1 no-contest) and Josh Hokit (10-1) squared off in the main event clash. The fight aired live on Paramount+.
Official result: Ciryl Gane def. Josh Hokit via unanimous decision (48-47 x3)nimous decision
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Round 1
Marc Goddard the third man in the cage for the heavyweight championship main event.
Hokit immediately shoots in and he has Gane against the fence, he’s deep on the single leg and gets it. Good defense from Gane and he’s back to the feet. Hard jab from Gane, Hokit just lunging forward like a wild man. Both guys swinging big, is this smart for Gane? Hokit looks like he’s complaining about an eye poke, but Goddard isn’t buying it, ha ha ha! I called that that would happen.
Hokit just relentless coming forward, Gane clips him with an uppercut, then a straight right. Hokit just toughing through these strikes. Another uppercut lands for Gane. Gane landing that jab over an dover, but Hokit keeps coming forward. What a mad man. Like, Gane is clearly winning this round, but Hokit just keeps coming at him. Hokit lands a right hand. Gane punches the body, nothing is slowing Hokit down. Hokit with the pressure and he connects with a right.
Gane stuffs a takedown attempt. He knees the body and jabs, Hokit just shrugs it off. Hokit lands a jab, but Gane counters with a clean uppercut. Gane pops Hokit’s head back with a left, Hokit gets a single leg and lifts Gane up for a slam! Whoa! Not much time to work, but that was a statement moment for Hokit. Clear Round 1 for Gane, but can he keep up the pace with Hokit?
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Gane.
Round 2
Gane immediately stuffs a takedown. You can see where this is going. Left hand from Gane, then a right. Uppercut backs Hokit up. Gane sprawls and Hokit tries to control his upper body, but Gane is out of there. Hokit still throwing. Elbow from Gane, followed by a jab. Gane lands a combination. Just an ugly scrap right now, which you think might favor Hokit, but Gane isn’t shying away from it.
Gane peppering Hokit with punches from all angles. He’s still winning, but visibly slowing, his mouth hanging open. Hokit isn’t exactly fresh, but he refuses to stop coming forward. They’re right in each other’s faces just trying to connect with any shots they can. Hokit with a big right, he’s on the attack with Round 2 coming to a close. Gane slows him with a short elbow and an uppercut.
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Gane. Overall, 20-18 Gane.
Round 3
Hokit immediately feints for a couple of takedowns, Gane is prepared. Gane sticking jabs and elbows in Hokit’s face. Pace has slowed considerably, to put it nicely, but this is still a dogfight with Gane and Hokit almost literally head to head as they trade short punches.
Suddenly, Hokit changes levels and there’s the takedown, but he can’t hold Gane down. Gane just stands up. These two are EXHAUSTED. At this point, it’s almost like they’re just resting as they lean on each other in the middle of the cage. Well, resting while punching each other. Big elbow by Hokit, Gane looks like he’s struggling to get his defenses up.
Stuck in a neutral position against the fence, Hokit just starts stomping Gane’s foot. Whatever works! Hokit coming forward with punches, Gane hits him with a head kick. Gane still throwing back, but Hokit drills him with a couple of elbows. Gane pawing at Hokit with jabs. Another elbow by Hokit in close, those might have decided this round. Middle finger from Hokit to close the round.
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Hokit. Overall, 29-28 Gane.
Round 4
Hokit closes the distance immediately and he forces Gane to grapple with him. Gane shoves him off and lands a leg kick. Hokit marching forward with punches. Hard knee to the body from Gane, then a few uppercuts. Gane slugging it out with Hokit. Gane lands a knee to the body, Hokit maybe getting a little too sloppy with the striking because there isn’t much on these punches now. Still, he’s not letting up on the volume, and that could be enough to take this round, even though Gane is still connecting with good shots when he fires back.
They’ve been glued together for almost this entire round, just desperately looking to stay upright and connect with whatever they can muster. In this case, it’s Gane who has shown a few more flashes of offense in the second half of the round. This is anybody’s fight.
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Gane. Overall, 39-37 Gane.
Round 5
Hokit in on a takedown immediately, Gane quickly back to the feet, it looks like Hokit’s striking has gone out the window. Just as I say that, both fighters start trading shots, slight edge to Gane in the exchanges. Gane still showing off his technical boxing skills, but at, like, 50 percent speed.
Gane pops Hokit’s head back with a right. He’s making Hokit miss a lot in this round, while continuing to score. Hokit changes levels and Gane just shoves him to the fence. Nice. Gane digs a few punches into the body. He’s clipping Hokit as Hokit comes forward. Hokit scores with a right hand. Gane slipping and scoring. Hokit shooting in for takedowns, but they’re going nowhere. Gane pulling away here, Hokit letting his hands go as he catches Gane a couple of times. Neither man leaving anything in the octagon, give them that, but this should be Gane’s fight on the cards.
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Gane. Overall, 49-46 Gane.
