Ciryl Gane successfully stopped the Josh Hokit hype train last night (Sat., Nov. 14, 2026) at UFC 334 LIVE on Paramount+ from inside Madison Square Garden in New York City, retaining his UFC heavyweight title in a wild main event clash that broke division records.
Hokit pushed an incredible pace the second the fight started. Gane tried to keep up, but it was almost impossible. The champion even landed another accidental eye poke that had the crowd booing. Hokit powered through the poke and started to tire
Gane. The champion kept scoring with his jab, but Hokit was walking right through them. The challenger ended the first with a slamming takedown to gain all momentum.
The second round was just as crazy as the first. Hokit refused to give into anything and walked Gane down the entire time. The champion tried to keep Hokit off of him with jabs and uppercuts, but it was exhausting. Gane was fighting Hokit’s fight and losing. In between rounds, Gane’s corner told him to get Hokit along the cage and “rest on top of him.” That’s not something you want to be discussing in a UFC title fight.
The third round was another onslaught by Hokit as he fought in the clinch to tire Gane even more. Hokit was looking to break the champion and it started to come to fruition, as the heavyweight challenger landed countless elbows in the clinch. Gane finally regained some momentum in the fourth round as Hokit slowed down and the champion was able to land more of his strikes. Both Gane and Hokit went toe-to-toe in the fifth and final round, exchanging countless punches to break the record for the most combined strikes in a UFC heavyweight fight. Gane also broke Hokit’s UFC heavyweight record for most strikes in a single fight.
In the end, it was Gane who did just enough over the course of five hard-fought rounds to walk away with the unanimous decision win and heavyweight title in tow.
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