UFC 334 Results: Gane Keeps Heavyweight Title, Harrison Chokes Out Nunes

Ciryl Gane kept his UFC heavyweight title after a five-round war with Josh Hokit at UFC 334 in New York, while Kayla Harrison choked out Amanda Nunes to stay bantamweight champion.

Gane survives early scare

Gane was making the first defence of the heavyweight belt left vacant when Tom Aspinall gave it up in September. Hokit, in only his fifth UFC fight, won the first round with a big slam.

The Frenchman settled, stopped Hokit’s takedowns and cut him above the left eye in the fifth round, taking a unanimous decision with all three judges scoring it 48-47. “It was an amazing fight,” Gane said afterwards.

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Harrison ends Nunes comeback

Amanda Nunes came out of retirement for the fight, but Harrison finished it with a rear-naked choke at 1:29 of the fourth round in her first title defence.

Rest of the main card

Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson stopped Charles Radtke in the third round after a spinning kick to the head. Luis Gurule edged Bilal Hasan on a split decision, and Kevin Holland and Uros Medic fought to a majority draw after Bruce Buffer first misread the scores.

Source: UFC.