Michael Bisping does not think Josh Hokit has a choice at UFC 334.
Hokit faces undisputed champion Ciryl Gane, who was elevated from interim to undisputed after Tom Aspinall vacated the belt, at Madison Square Garden on November 14. Aspinall gave up the belt this month because of ongoing complications from the eye injury he suffered in his fight with Gane at UFC 321.
Bisping broke the matchup down on his YouTube channel.
Josh Hokit is going to wrestle Ciryl Gane, that’s just a fact. He has to wrestle Ciryl Gane. Ciryl Gane moves so well on the feet. That’s how I knew he was going to beat Alex Pereira.
The former middleweight champion was impressed by Gane’s second-round stoppage of Pereira for the interim title in June. He sees problems for Hokit if the fight stays standing.
Now, Josh Hokit goes forward, throws kind of recklessly, but because of his takedown threat, because of his speed, because of his output, because of the constant forward momentum, he catches a lot of people, but he does leave a lot of openings.
Getting Gane down will not be easy either.
He’s going to have to clean things up. He’s going to have to have a tighter guard, and he’s going to have to get the takedown. Now, we know the takedown defence of Ciryl Gane has improved dramatically.
Hokit is 10-0 and stopped Derrick Lewis on the same White House card. Gane’s only losses in 17 fights came against Francis Ngannou and Jon Jones.
