CirylGane says he’s amused by Josh Hokit‘ssocial media antics, but he takes the unbeaten challenger’sathleticism and wrestling background seriously.
Gane will defend the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title against Hokit(10-0) at UFC334 on Nov. 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York. TheFrenchman said he has watched some of Hokit’s videos and doesn’tfind them distracting.
Ciryl Gane praises Josh Hokit’s wrestling, athleticism andfight IQ ahead of their UFC heavyweight title fight
“I saw his clip videos, music on social media. It was prettyfunny,” Gane said. “I’m really happy to have him put his fight anddo some entertainment. That’s perfect.”
Gane praised Hokit’s speed and judgment in the cage.
“He is light, more than me. So that’s why, because also he’s anathlete. He’s from NCAA wrestling, so that’s huge. To the NFL also.So he’s a really great athlete. He moves really fast,” Gane said.”He’s not maybe the best striker out, or maybe even the bestwrestler. But I like to say, I think he has a good fight IQ. Yeah,he can manage very well.”
Gane said he was pleased with his preparation and the progress hemade in camp.
“The training camp was on point,” Gane said. “We built somethingreally strong around me, like with my team. And we feel reallycomfortable. We improve, we still improve, improve, improve dayafter day.”
For Gane, the remaining task is to stay focused once the fightbegins.
“I know I’m ready technically, tactically, physically. So I justneed to be present, 100% present, like in the cage,” he added.
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