Josh Hokit on Ciryl Gane's size: if it mattered, 'the elephant would be king of the jungle'
Hokit says he will "neutralize" the heavyweight champion and "make him real tired" in their UFC 334 title fight at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.
Josh Hokit says Ciryl Gane's size will not decide their UFC heavyweight title fight at UFC 334 on Saturday.
Speaking in the first episode of the UFC's UFC 334 Embedded series, Hokit said of the champion: "He has weight over me. If size and weight always mattered in a fight, the elephant would be king of the jungle, you know what I'm saying? So this is a fight at the end of the day. This is an MMA fight."
He added: "I'm gonna neutralize him with my skill set, make him real tired, and we'll see who wants it more."
Earlier in the episode, Hokit said people had not seen the work behind his rise: "I've been wrestling since I was 4, playing football since I was 8. It's no surprise to me that I'm having the success that I'm having."
Gane, for his part, has said Hokit only pretends to be a clown. Speaking on the UFC 334 Countdown show, he called his challenger "really smart".
Hokit, who is 10-0, earned the title shot with a unanimous decision over Curtis Blaydes at UFC 327 in April and a second-round stoppage of Derrick Lewis at UFC Freedom 250, the White House card, on 14 June. Gane makes his first defence of the undisputed title against him in the UFC 334 main event at Madison Square Garden, New York, on Saturday 14 November.
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