Josh Hokit dropped a diss track on Ciryl Gane, Jon Jones and the UFC heavyweights 🎤 “If you don’t like it, beat me in a fight.” 12 days before his title shot against Gane at UFC 334, Hokit released “MSG Freestyle” under the rap name J-Word. Gane is the main target, but nobody’s safe: Pereira gets chama’d on his mama, Jon Jones “move like Sean Combs” and Derrick Lewis gets reminded about those elbows. We all knew he had no filter. What nobody expected is that he’s lowkey good on the mic. Press conferences, rap verses, it doesn’t matter. JH is on his worst behavior and we need more. Now he has to back it up on Nov 14 at MSG. Does Hokit shock Gane, or is this the loudest loss of the year? Send this to the friend who still thinks Hokit is all talk 👀 #joshhokit #ufc334 #cirylgane
Josh Hokit has released a diss track aimed at heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane, 12 days before the two meet for the title at UFC 334 on November 14 at Madison Square Garden. The song, "MSG Freestyle," came out under the rap name J-Word.
Gane is the main target, but Hokit spreads the shots around. He takes aim at Jon Jones, Alex Pereira and Derrick Lewis, with a line about Jones moving "like Sean Combs" and a reminder to Lewis about his elbows. Hokit's message to anyone who dislikes the track, as reported, is simple: beat him in a fight.
Gane, 36, enters the bout as the heavyweight champion with a 14-2-0 record. The Frenchman, who trains at MMA Factory, is six-foot-four with an 81-inch reach. He lands 5.29 significant strikes per minute at 61 percent accuracy, and averages 0.68 takedowns and 0.6 submission attempts per 15 minutes.
His recent form carries some weight in the song's choice of targets. Gane's most recent recorded fight was a second-round KO/TKO of Alex Pereira in a title fight at UFC Freedom 250 on June 14, 2026, one of the names Hokit mocks in the track. Before that, his title bout with Tom Aspinall at UFC 321 on October 25, 2025, ended in a no contest when the fight could not continue in the first round. His December 2024 win over Alexander Volkov at UFC 310 came by split decision.
Why it matters
- Gane is the champion, so Hokit is stepping into a title fight, which gives the trash talk real stakes.
- The song takes aim at three other heavyweight names, widening the feud beyond one fight.
- Gane's recorded wins over Pereira and Volkov show the level of opposition Hokit will face.
- The setting is Madison Square Garden, the venue Hokit names in the title of his track.
For Hokit, the freestyle is the latest sign that his trash talk is not limited to press conferences. Whether the mic work translates inside the cage is a question that will be answered on November 14.
