Heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane puts his title on the line for the first time on Saturday in the UFC 334 main event. The Frenchman faces undefeated Josh Hokit at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Former two-division champion Georges St-Pierre weighed in on the matchup and believes Hokit will suffer his first career loss.
“Ciryl Gane is more technical. He can brawl as well but I think on Hokit’s side, yeah, he wants to make the fight a brawl with forward pressure, make Ciryl fight on his heels and perhaps put him on the ground. I know Hokit is a wrestler, so he definitely wants to us that to his advantage,” St-Pierre told Covers.
“On Ciryl Gane, I think he needs to stick and move, you know, like not stay in front of Hokit, always stay in movement. And he does it very well. Ciryl Gane, he’s very special heavyweight because he moves like a middleweight, and you don’t see that often in a heavyweight. He’s very athletic. He’s a very surgical striker. He’s good with is legs, with his knees, you know, the strikes can come from everywhere. So, I definitely think on the feet it will favor Gane, especially early on in the fight,” continued St-Pierre.
“I think Ciryl will take this. I see Ciryl Gane winning this fight by TKO. I think he’s going to give Hokit his first loss,” said St-Pierre. “I believe he’s going to shine.”