🚨 JOSH HOKIT FIGHT WEEK IS HERE! 🔥 The undefeated Josh Hokit (10-0) is just days away from the biggest fight of his career as he challenges UFC heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane at UFC 334! This Saturday, November 14, inside Madison Square Garden, Hokit looks to shock the world and become the new heavyweight king! 🏆 Can Josh Hokit pull off one of the biggest upsets of the year, or will Ciryl Gane successfully defend his throne? 👀 🔴 Proud partner of @frepouch For more UFC content, please consider following @mmasterclass_! #ufc #mma #fight #news #nyc
Josh Hokit will challenge heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane for the UFC title at UFC 334 on Saturday, November 14, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Hokit, who is undefeated at 10-0, steps into the biggest assignment of his career as fight week gets under way.
Gane, 36, holds a 14-2-0 record and is the reigning heavyweight champion. The Frenchman, who trains with MMA Factory, stands six-foot-four and has an 81-inch reach, or 206 cm. He fights from an orthodox stance and lands 5.29 significant strikes per minute at 61 percent accuracy. His grappling output is modest by comparison, at 0.68 takedown attempts and 0.6 submission attempts per 15 minutes.
His most recent recorded fight was a second-round KO/TKO of Alex Pereira in a title bout at UFC Freedom 250 on June 14, 2026. Before that, his October 2025 title fight with Tom Aspinall at UFC 321 ended in a no contest when the bout could not continue in the first round. Going back further, he beat Alexander Volkov by split decision at UFC 310 in December 2024. Across those three recorded bouts, he has not lost.
Hokit arrives with a perfect 10-0 record and a title shot, a step up that places his unbeaten run under the heaviest pressure of his career. He will be the challenger in a championship bout, facing an opponent whose last recorded win came against one of the sport's most feared strikers.
Why it matters
- A win would make Hokit heavyweight champion and extend his unbeaten record to 11-0.
- Gane is looking to defend the belt for the first time since stopping Pereira in the second round of their title fight.
- The matchup pits a champion with a high-accuracy striking profile against a challenger who has yet to taste defeat.
- The card takes place at Madison Square Garden, one of the sport's marquee venues.
The champion's experience at the top level is a clear factor, with three recorded fights in a row against elite competition, two of them title bouts that ended inside two rounds or by stoppage.
