{"id":34635,"date":"2026-11-13T03:27:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T03:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=34635"},"modified":"2026-11-13T03:27:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T03:27:39","slug":"josh-hokit-backed-to-beat-ciryl-gane-at-ufc-334-by-ufcs-first-heavyweight-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=34635","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hokit backed to beat Ciryl Gane at UFC 334 by UFC\u2019s first heavyweight champ"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Trending:<\/span>Dricus du Plessis\u2019 move to light heavyweight teased by next potential opponent<\/p>\n

Josh Hokit challenges Ciryl Gane for the UFC heavyweight crown on November 14th, and the promotion\u2019s first-ever champion in the weight category has weighed in on the title bout. Mark Coleman is the combatant in question and broke down the bout amid several subjects centred on his documentary feature piece on the second season of Darkside of the Cage<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Touching on his role as the inaugural champ of the weight class and who he sees as cementing themself as the baddest man on the planet at the World\u2019s Most Famous Arena on Saturday night, Coleman said [via Bowks Talking Bouts<\/em>],<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, baby. Hey, that\u2019s the fight I\u2019m most excited about because I\u2019ve always loved the heavyweights and it\u2019s just really hard to find a couple good quality heavyweights to fight each other. I mean, it\u2019s not that loaded of a weight class. To me, it\u2019s not very deep at all. If I\u2019m being honest, it\u2019s kind of sad after the top six, seven guys. Even some of them guys in the top, they still get tired as hell, man. You know what I mean?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just something\u2019s got to [give]. These guys got to be ready. I\u2019m impressed with [Josh] Hokit. I\u2019ve been on his wagon since day one cuz as soon as I do his background, he\u2019s a football player and a wrestler in college. Well, that turns me on, man. because that\u2019s what I wanted to be. Then I did the research and I\u2019m all in with this guy. That character he came up with, it\u2019s probably him. But wow, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was something else. Going through the early [stages] and now he has matured into Oh my god, he\u2019s a social media king right now, man. Doing that rap song. He got that rap song now. It\u2019s like, to me, it\u2019s a 10, man. He\u2019s just killing it and he can back it up. I just hope as the wrestler I never; this one, I\u2019m in shape I\u2019m talking about. I never strayed away from the game plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can get this guy down, so why not do it? Because it\u2019s always an advantage to be on top of somebody. That\u2019s a fact. So, I\u2019m going to do that. I\u2019m going to at least soften him up and tire him out a little bit before we trade on the feet because a fresh Ciryl Gane oh, that boy will knock you out really quick if he\u2019s fresh. So I think you should swallow your pride or whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLike I love Justin Gathje, but my man, boy, he got hit a lot of times in his career. I love his style, but I don\u2019t think; it\u2019s not the best way to win. The champions know, if you look at all the champions, they can take people down and they can keep them down. That\u2019s how you win. But Hokit, get this guy down and pound his ass. You know what \u2018The Hammer\u2019s\u2019 going to say? Shut his eyes, man. Get on top of him and shut his f***ing eyes. Throw a headbutt if you have to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Josh Hokit, the UFC heavyweight title, and how much the game has changed from Mark Coleman\u2019s era<\/h2>\n

Referencing the classic quote from \u2018The Hammer\u2019 about how they took headbutts out of MMA and he had to now learn more skills, Coleman stated [via Bowks Talking Bouts<\/em>],<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, but I just kind of flung that out there. You always need to learn new skills, but listen, it\u2019s a completely different game in there with headbutts. It\u2019s a completely different sport. all the rules. Anytime you add rules, it completely changes the fight strategy and game plan. They had to get rid of it because you would never see all these back-and-forth strategic wars because the headbutt is just going to end the long fights.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know what I mean? Somebody\u2019s going to get caught and smashed and hurt. So they had to get rid of that unfortunately because that\u2019s a real fight with headbutts. That\u2019s a real fight. Everything else is close to real, but when you got to protect yourself from the other dude\u2019s head, now that\u2019s a challenge. If you\u2019re on your back, especially.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM<\/p>\n


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