Ciryl Gane on Josh Hokit's 'bad word' at their face-off: "This guy is so stupid"
Hokit says of the word: "I don't know what it means, but if you're asking what it means, then it does bother him a little bit." They fight for the title on Saturday.
Ciryl Gane called Josh Hokit "so stupid" after Hokit said a "bad word" to him at their fight-week face-off in New York, days before Gane defends the UFC heavyweight title against him at UFC 334.
Hokit explained the moment in episode four of UFC 334 Embedded, the UFC's fight-week series: "I said a bad word in Moroccan. I don't know what it means, but if you're asking what it means, then it does bother him a little bit."
Gane said it was an Arabic word, and he was not bothered. "He's so stupid. This guy is so stupid. And he thinks this is gonna touch me," he said.
Gane has said before that Hokit only plays the fool. On the UFC 334 Countdown show he said: "He is smart. He is really smart. He pretends he's a clown, he's stupid, but he's not. He's really not."
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 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. The main card starts at 2am UK time on Sunday, live on TNT Sports.
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