It’s a stacked night of fights with the co-main event seeing a Heavyweight Championship clash between champion Ciryl Gane and undefeated challenger Josh Hokit.
The event will take place on Saturday November 14 at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, United States.
The fights will begin at 5pm ET with the Early Preliminary Card, followed by the Preliminary Card at 7pm ET and the Main Card at 9pm ET.
Our article will give you our two best bets for the main event, as well as the current moneyline odds for UFC 334: Gane vs. Hokit.
UFC 334: Gane vs. Hokit betting picks and predictions
Over 2.5 rounds (-125)
Ciryl Gane (14-2-0, 1 NC) and Josh Hokit (10-0-0) face off for the Heavyweight title after Tom Aspinall stepped away from the belt due to his continued eye issues.
The injury to the Briton was caused by an eye-poke by Gane in their title clash last November, which resulted in the bout being ruled a no contest.
The Frenchman went on to defeat Alex Pereira for the interim belt by second-round TKO in June at the White House to put himself as the undeniable front-runner to fight again for the title.
Now recently upgraded to full champion, Gane still has yet to win an undisputed title fight, with losses to Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou adding to the Aspinall no contest.
The 36-year-old has a UFC record of 11-2, 1 NC and at 6”4 made his name as a tall, rangey kickboxer, with five KO/TKO victories inside the Octagon.
Gane possesses great footwork and is master of distance control using feints, straight punches and kicks; which against a smaller wrestler like Hokit could be effective as he looks to capitalise on his opponent's entries.
Hokit has made a quick rise to the belt having gone 4-0 since signing 12 months ago.
The 29-year-old has beaten Max Gimenis (TKO, R1), Denzel Freeman (TKO, R1), Curtis Blaydes (UD) and Derrick Lewis (TKO, R2) to earn a shot at the title in a division lacking depth and superstardom.
A brash, trash-talking style outside of the cage, coupled with an endless gas tank and will to win inside the Octagon has given Hokit a platform to make a quick ascent to the title.
The American is smaller than most heavyweights but has proved hard to beat with his scrappy striking adding to his wrestling base.
Hokit will have to close the distance if he is going to be successful and showed a great chin in a fight-of-the-year contender against Curtis Blaydes.
That presents dangers for the American but with his sheer will to stay in the fight and Gane’s methodical nature, this one could be decided in the second half of the fight.
Josh Hokit Most Strikes Landed (-135)
Hokit is primarily a wrestler but being a smaller heavyweight he has the unenviable task of taking risks to get close against bigger opponents in order to work his grappling opportunities.
With Gane likely to work from the outside, the onus will be on the American to be the aggressor in this fight.
Hokit landed 177 significant strikes in the fight against Blaydes and 86 in his last fight against Lewis.
Although Gane can be difficult to find, the Frenchman will need to step on the gas at some point in this five-round contest.
If Hokit’s chin stands up, then this one could become a scrap and we can expect the challenger to keep on swinging whichever way this one goes.
UFC 334: Gane vs. Hokit odds
Ciryl Gane | Josh Hokit | |
Moneyline | -200 | +165 |
By Decision or Technical Decision | +350 | +600 |
By KO, TKO or DQ | +125 | +425 |
By Submission | +1100 | +800 |
Total Rounds | Over | Under |
1.5 | -245 | +185 |
2.5 | -125 | -105 |
3.5 | +122 | -155 |
4.5 | +170 | -220 |
Fight To Go The Distance | Yes | No |
+195 | -260 |
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This article was written by a partner sports writer via Spotlight Sports Group. All odds displayed on this page were correct at the time of writing and are subject to withdrawal or change at any time.
