Sean O’Malley has picked his side for UFC 334.
Josh Hokit challenges Ciryl Gane for the heavyweight title Saturday at Madison Square Garden. On his YouTube channel, O’Malley said he’s pulling hard for Hokit.
I want to see Josh Hokit win so bad. I’m a big fan of Ciryl Gane. I love his style, I love how he can do that at heavyweight, but I want to see Josh Hokit win. I want to see him continue this f—ing character and be just an absolute menace to the UFC. I am nervous.
O’Malley pointed to the gap in experience. Gane’s only losses came against Francis Ngannou and Jon Jones. Hokit has just 10 pro MMA fights and only made his UFC debut a year ago.
Josh Hokit’s fought Derrick Lewis and Curtis Blaydes; good guys, nowhere near the level of guys Ciryl Gane’s fought.
He believes Hokit has to take risks early.
Josh Hokit is going to have to crack Ciryl Gane early, which puts him in danger, but it’s also one of the only ways he can win this fight. If he can steal the momentum from Ciryl Gane, hurt him early, take the momentum. [And] he has to do that every round. Ciryl Gane is dangerous!
Take him down, take him down, but f— dude, getting anywhere close to Ciryl Gane is going to be so f—ing dangerous.
O’Malley previously admitted he messed up by not backing Hokit at a UFC press conference.
