Ciryl Gane on Josh Hokit's trash talk: 'You can insult my mum, you don't know my mum'

The UFC heavyweight champion also says he knows he is not a cheater, a week before his first title defence against Hokit at UFC 334.

Ciryl Gane says Josh Hokit's trash talk cannot get to him before their UFC heavyweight title fight.

Asked by RMC Sport Combat whether there were limits Hokit should not cross, Gane said, speaking in French: "He does what he wants to do, I don't control it. You can insult my mum, you don't know my mum... In reality, there's not much you can do to get at me. I'm solid in myself. When I look in the mirror, I'm OK."

He also answered Hokit's claims that he cheats. "In the same way, he's going to want to play on me being a cheater... It's the same: when I look in the mirror, I know I'm not a cheater. I don't have a problem with that," Gane said.

Hokit has called Gane a coward, saying on The Ariel Helwani Show: "He wants to get out of that octagon so badly and so quickly that he's willing to just cheat." He has also released a rap song aimed at Gane, "MSG Freestyle", with the line "Try to eye poke, I'm ripping off your little d***."

Gane poked Tom Aspinall in the eye in their UFC heavyweight title fight and later said he had been trying to push Aspinall's face. He then stopped Alex Pereira at UFC White House in June, and Pereira has since blamed referee Herb Dean for letting Gane land strikes to the back of his head. Dominick Cruz has defended Gane over the eye pokes.

Gane makes his first defence of the undisputed title against Hokit in the UFC 334 main event at Madison Square Garden on 14 November.

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