UFC champ vacates title
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UFC heavyweight contender Josh Hokit called for a title shot against Ciryl Gane following Tom Aspinall vacating his belt.Due to injuries, Aspinall cannot be medically cleared at this time, and thus he has officially vacated the UFC heavyweight title.
Curtis Blaydes' (20-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) 15 victories in UFC heavyweight competition are tied with Junior Dos Santos for fourth-most in divisional history behind Andrei Arlovski (23), Derrick Lewis (20) and Frank Mir (16). Blaydes' 70 takedowns landed in UFC heavyweight competition are most in divisional history.
Josh Hokit wants a title fight against Ciryl Gane amid Tom Aspinall announcing he has relinquished the UFC heavyweight gold.
Josh Hokit has called his shot following news of Tom Aspinall’s relinquishing of the UFC heavyweight title. Aspinall has been injured since last October when he suffered a brutal double eye poke from Ciryl Gane during their title fight.