Josh Hokit Calls for Title Fight vs. Ciryl Gane After Tom Aspinall Vacates Belt
Josh Hokit has called for an undisputed heavyweight championship bout against interim titleholder Ciryl Gane after Tom Aspinall vacated the UFC title. Aspinall relinquished the belt due to ongoing eye complications preventing medical clearance.
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The UFC heavyweight division faces a shakeup after Tom Aspinall vacated the undisputed championship due to ongoing eye-related complications that prevented him from receiving medical clearance to return to the Octagon. In the wake of the announcement, Josh Hokit immediately stepped forward to campaign for the vacant throne.
Hokit took to social media to argue that he should face interim champion Ciryl Gane to determine the promotion's next undisputed heavyweight king. “The fans deserve Me vs Gane,” Hokit wrote on X. “If Alex can win 1 fight in my weight class, I’ll give it to him too, early ‘27. I’ll be the most active champ in the company.” Both Hokit and Gane secured stoppage victories at UFC Freedom 250, where Gane stopped former light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira to capture the interim heavyweight title.
Hokit is not alone in targeting Gane. Pereira has also publicly campaigned for an immediate rematch with the Frenchman. Posting on Instagram, Pereira claimed that illegal strikes to the back of his head played a pivotal role in the UFC Freedom 250 finish.
"I think the fight that makes sense is Ciryl Gane," Pereira stated. "That's the fight, I'm gonna work on that. And from what I'm seeing, it's something that's going to happen."
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