by UFC 334 took place from MSG tonight and featured a massive double main event.
Let’s get to the quick hits of the night.
The Double Main Event Title Fights
Amanda Nunes won the first 3 minutes of the opening round of her fight by out striking the champ until Harrison got her down and dominated on the mat with submission holds to win the first round. It played out like we thought with Nunes on the feet and Harrison on the ground doing what we thought they would.
In the second round, Nunes had a strange approach trying to outwrestle her and was again dominated and nearly submitted. It was a strange game plan from Nunes who was down 2-0 by going outside of the game that got her there.
The thought was that the first two rounds would have worn Harrison down as she came out for third breathing heavy. Again, it followed the exact same script as Nunes had the early part of the round while Harrison came back to control the back end with no issues. I had it easily Harrison 30-27 after three rounds.
With anything in doubt, Harrison made sure to end all doubt with a dominant fourth round that had Nunes tapping nearly the second she took her down. AS DC and Rogan said on the broadcast, she just knows how to win!
Nunes may be the GOAT, but after tonight, Harrison is well on her way to unseating her, she is unreal and this proves it. Harrison will be the champion as long as she wants to be. For now at least, Kayla Harrison remains your UFC Woman’s Bantamweight Champion.
The UFC Heavyweight Championship fight between challenger Josh Hokit and Cyril Gane was perhaps the craziest if not greatest fight in UFC Heavyweight history. It may actually replace Peter Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili as fight of the year for 2026 as this was an instant classic!
It started with 3 straight rounds of nonstop strikes from both men. Hokit would mix in the occasional takedown attempt but for the most part it was a slugfest. Just NON STOP strikes from both men as they were landing bombs. I’d NEVER seen a fight like this outside of Forrest Griffin vs Stephan Bannon from The Ultimate Fighter Season One. Simply insane as neither man had the advantage and it was the first fight all night in which the crowd was into every blow, almost like they were waiting for it.
Gane bounced back strong and began to control late in the third round, dealing with everything Hokit threw. Hokit may have won the third round, but you could feel the momentum switch to Gane who went to control and dominate the fourth round, one he badly needed. Gane began to push the pace in the fourth and fifth after it was all Hokit pushing it in the first three. Again, it was insane and nearly impossible to describe without watching it. Gane won by a thread, leading 48-47 on all 3 cards. Quite honestly, I don’t know how anyone could have accurately scored that fight so I personally have zero beef with the judges in a no way situation. I agree with all judges that Gane won 4 and 5, the championship rounds that Hokit was seeing for the first time in his career.
The Main Card
The disappointment of the night was the much hyped and heavily favored Bilan Hasan losing by a stunning split decision to Luis Gurle. I personally had Gurule winning all 3 rounds with relative ease and was stunned to see it be a split. Either way,. The massive hype train for Hason who came in at 10-0-1 with wins over a bunch of no ones, certainly stopped in this one as Gurule handled him with ease. Gusan froze under the MSG lights.
Uros Medic and Kevin Holland ended in one of the most bizarre majority draws you will ever witness. Medic was penalized a point in the second for a low blow, but crazy enough, they called the round a 9-9. Medic rallied in the third, and just like that, two judges had it 28-28 when I would have made a victory for Holland 30-26. It was lopsided for Holland and I still cannot get past those scorecards.
Caio Borralho defeated Yoursi Belgaroui in a fight that would have been better suited for RAF as it was boring fight held on the mat almost the entire time. Not much to say here other then Borralho did what it took to win, not just what was needed to entertain.
The Undercard
Juan Diaz and Melquizael held serve on the undercard. It may have not been the most exciting fights but both won easily on all 3 cards in fights they were favored to do so. Meanwhile Macy Chiasson continued her dramatic fall from grace with yet another loss as she was submitted via rear naked choke in just 3:53 of the first round to Beatriz Mesquita. For Chiasson that was her 4th straight loss as she has been struggling.
The Preliminary card
The Preliminary card saw two veterans lose as Drew Dober fell to Chris Duncan despite a third round rally and Jim Miller was knocked out by Terrance McKinney in just 1:53. One veteran who did win big, in his last fight of his career was Stephen Wonderboy Thompson with a dramatic 3rd round spinning wheel kick with 2:54 to play in the third round.
