The UFC has already made a decision on the future of heavyweight. Ciryl Gane and Josh Hokit will face for the championship undisputed in UFC 334 after Tom Atpinall left the belt vacant due to f problemssicos that continue to prevent him from competing.
The announcement occurred during the retransmission of UFC 331 and ends with several days of speculation around a division that needed to get back on track.
Gane posee the interim belt, but UFC decided not to automatically promote him to undisputed champion after the resignation of Aspinall. The Frenchman will have to conquer the title within the octagono And across the street will be one of the fastest-climbing heavyweights within the company.
Josh Hokit You will have your first chance for the championship.
And his promotion is being extraordinary.
The American came to UFC after building a sports career marked by the university struggle and its passage through football. Since then it has used its enormous capacity tosica and its wrestling to advance at an unusual speed in heavyweight.
Hokit has already passed important tests.
He defeated Curtis Blaydes by unanimous decision and later won the victory that ended his belt run: he finished Derrick Lewis by TKO in the second round during UFC Freedom 250.
Now receive the prize.
Coping with Gane however, it is a completely different problem.
Frenchman is probably still one of the most technical heavyweights he has ever had UFC. Their mobility, speed and ability to handle distance are extraordinary for a fighter of their size.
Plus, it comes after it regains a lot of momentum.
Gane won the interim championship by defeating Alex Pierón for TKO in the second round in UFC Freedom 250. The initial idea was to re-fight the Aspinall to unify the belts, but the problems weresicos The British have ended up making that rematch impossible.
The resignation of Aspinall has completely changed the scenario.
And UFC has decided that the belt will not be delivered to the offices.
Gane You'll have to win it.
The Fight Against Hokit presents also one of the most interesting styles confrontations that could offer the heavyweight.
Gane He will try to keep space, use his legwork and force the American to pursue it. The longer he manages to keep the combat at a distance, the more likely he will have to impose his striking.
Hokit needs exactly the opposite.
Close the cage, turn the fight into a f-battlesica, constantly threaten with downs and check how it responds Gane when you cannot comfortably develop your mobility.
The struggle has historically been one of the great questions around French and Hokit posee precisely the tools to try to exploit it.
But this time we're talking about five rounds and a fight for the world championship.
Hokit You'll have to prove that this climb hasn't been too fast.
Stop Gane there is also enormous pressure.
He has previously fought big championship fights and has been in the elite for years. After conquering the interim, losing this opportunity would mean seeing how a fighter with much less experience in MMA He snatches away his belt that has been chasing for so long.
UFC 334 He will have so new king of the heavyweight.
In the end, the championship was not completed by the story that had to be solved in front of the Gane.
Now the division continues without him.
Ciryl Gane represents experience striking and a second chance to finally become a disputed champion.
Josh Hokit represents the exact opposite: a meteoric eruption, wrestling elite and the possibility of completing one of the fastest ascents that has recently seen the division.
One of us will come out of UFC 334 with the belt Tom Aspinall has left vacant.
And this time there will be no interim champion.
There will be a new world heavyweight champion.