Ciryl Gane vs. Josh Hokit Headlines UFC 334 as Nunes-Harrison Returns

The UFC's return to Madison Square Garden has its top of the card locked. On Saturday's UFC 331 broadcast, the promotion confirmed Ciryl Gane (14-2, 1 NC) will defend and try to upgrade his interim heavyweight title against undefeated prospect Josh Hokit (10-0) in the UFC 334 main event on Nov. 14. The undisputed belt is vacant after Tom Aspinall relinquished it over lingering eye problems stemming from his no-contest with Gane last October.

Underneath it, the fight women's MMA fans have waited for gets a second date. Bantamweight champ Kayla Harrison (19-1) will make her first title defense against the returning Amanda Nunes (23-5), a bout originally set for UFC 324 in January before Harrison pulled out for neck surgery. Two former American Top Team teammates, both with legitimate claims to being the best in the world, sharing a cage.

Gane's Long Road to Undisputed

Gane is now a two-time interim titleholder, the latest coming via a second-round knockout of Alex Pereira at UFC White House. Dana White made clear he wouldn't hand Gane the undisputed strap without another fight, and this is it. The Frenchman has come up short twice on the biggest stage, losing to Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou when the real belt was in play. Third time, MSG, no Aspinall in the way.

Hokit is the wild card, and he knows it. The brash 10-0 heavyweight has gone 4-0 since coming off the Contender Series in 2025, and he's crammed three of those wins into a six-month stretch. That run includes a one-sided knockout of Derrick Lewis at UFC White House and a Fight-of-the-Year candidate against Curtis Blaydes at UFC 327. He's got zero title-fight reps and all the momentum.

Harrison and a Legend's Return

Harrison's resume travels. Before the UFC she won two PFL tournaments at 155 pounds, and before that she became the first woman to win Olympic judo gold, taking it in both London 2012 and Rio 2016. She captured the bantamweight belt with a second-round submission of Julianna Peña at UFC 316. Now she gets Nunes.

Nunes hasn't fought since 2023, but "The Lioness" left as the most decorated woman in the sport's history, a two-division champ at 145 and 135 who won 14 of her last 15. Her only blemish in that run was that stunning submission loss to Peña, which she avenged with a dominant five-round decision at UFC 277. She's 23-5 and back for one more shot at gold.