
French champion faces American contender in New York as Amanda Nunes returns to face Kayla Harrison
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Tom Aspinall vacated the heavyweight belt due to eye injury complications, leading to Gane's promotion to undisputed champion.
Ciryl Gane will make the first defence of his heavyweight title against Josh Hokit at UFC 334 in New York on Saturday.
The Frenchman was promoted to undisputed champion in September after Britain's Tom Aspinall vacated the belt because of complications in recovering from an eye injury.
The co-main event at Madison Square Garden features the return of UFC legend Amanda Nunes, who faces Kayla Harrison for the bantamweight title.
The fight was originally set to take placed in January but was postponed after American champion Harrison suffered a neck injury.
Britain's Chris Duncan is also in action, with the 33-year-old Scotsman taking on American lightweight Drew Dober on the prelims.
Everything you need to know about UFC 334 is below.
Gane beat Alex Pereira for the interim heavyweight title at the UFC's White House event in June.
That bout was set up while former champion Aspinall was unable to compete after suffering an eye injury at the hands of Gane in October 2025 in a bout deemed a no-contest.
The UFC's plan was for a rematch between Aspinall and Gane for the undisputed title, but with the Briton still unable to compete, he vacated the belt with Gane being upgraded from interim champion.
It marked the first time Gane, 36, has held the undisputed belt after losing in title fights against Francis Ngannou in 2022 and Jon Jones in 2023.
Gane debuted in 2018 and has won 14 of his 17 fights while securing seven knockouts.
American Hokit is fifth in the UFC heavyweight rankings and is fighting for the title after only one year in the organisation.
The 28-year-old debuted in the UFC last November and has won all four fights since, with his last win coming against Derrick Lewis in June.
In a similar vein to Colby Covington, Hokit adopts various controversial personas and characters during interviews to generate attention from fans.
He has been accused of overstepping the line into discrimination, however, after making racially aggravating and misogynistic comments in his post UFC 324 interview in January.
After Hokit directed misogynistic comments towards former First Lady Michelle Obama in June, UFC president Dana White described his words as "gross", "moronic", and "inappropriate".
Former NFL player Hokit is unbeaten since his MMA debut in 2023, winning all 10 fights with six of his wins coming via knockout.
Gane is the pre-fight favourite to beat Hokit and retain his heavyweight title.
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Ciryl Gane will defend his heavyweight title against Josh Hokit at UFC 334.
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