It turns out that Josh Hokit isn't one for slow starts. He flipped off Bruce Buffer before his name could be called. He flipped off Ciryl Gane before they could exchange a punch.

And he was in on Gane's legs within the opening seconds of their heavyweight title fight Saturday night at UFC 334 , which put the Parisian in fend-off mode for the better part of three rounds. At times it looked like Gane was shooting the rapids, searching for a low-hanging branch to grab onto and drag himself ashore. Hokit changed levels so often that Gane felt seasick with the up-and-down onslaught of the waves.

Yet something happened down the stretch that you…

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