UFC 334 delivered on its promise at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. Two title fights headlined the card, which streamed on Paramount+, and both champions kept their belts — but neither had it easy. Ciryl Gane retained the heavyweight title with a unanimous decision over Josh Hokit in what theScore called one of the most chaotic fights of the year, and Kayla Harrison retained the women’s bantamweight title by submitting Amanda Nunes in the fourth round of a fight three years in the making.

The main event was wild from the opening bell. Gane, defending his heavyweight title for the first time since being promoted to undisputed champion in September — after Tom Aspinall vacated the belt due to injury — beat Hokit by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring it 48-47. Hokit, who came in at 10-1, took his first professional loss, but he pushed the champion to the brink in a five-round brawl that had the Garden on its feet.

Harrison Submits The GOAT

The co-main event was the one the sport had waited years for. Kayla Harrison, the women’s bantamweight champion, returned after a lengthy surgery layoff to face Amanda Nunes, the former two-division champion and the fighter widely regarded as the greatest women’s mixed martial artist of all time, who came out of a retirement of more than three years. Harrison won by submission, locking in a rear-naked choke in the fourth round to retain her title and hand Nunes a defeat in her comeback.

Harrison improved to 20-1 in MMA and 4-0 in the UFC. Nunes, who had not fought since retiring in 2023, fell to 23-6. The result settles the argument that has followed women’s MMA for years: the champion of the present beat the champion of the past, and she did it by finish, not by decision.

The Rest Of The Main Card

Caio Borralho earned his second win of the year with a unanimous decision over Yousri Belgaroui at middleweight, taking all three rounds 30-27. Borralho, a former GLORY Kickboxing title contender in his opponent’s case, proved too big a step up, leaning on his grappling to control the fight. The welterweight bout between Uros Medic and Kevin Holland ended in a majority draw — one judge scored it 29-27 for Medic, while the other two had it 28-28 after a point deduction took a point from Medic’s card.

The main-card opener produced the night’s biggest upset. Luis Gurule handed Bilal Hasan his first loss by split decision, with the judges split 28-29, 29-28 and 29-28. Hasan, who came in undefeated, could not solve Gurule over three rounds at Madison Square Garden.

Wonderboy’s Final Fight

The night’s most emotional moment came on the prelims. Former welterweight title challenger Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson closed his career with a third-round TKO of Charles Radtke, dropping him with a spinning wheel kick to the head for the finish at 2:54 of the round. Thompson, one of the most respected strikers in the sport’s history, walked away with a knockout in his final fight — the kind of ending fighters dream about and almost never get.

Elsewhere on the card, Chris Duncan earned a unanimous decision over Drew Dober at lightweight, Terrance McKinney stopped Jim Miller by knockout in the first round, Cesar Almeida handed Donte Johnson his first loss, Melquizael Costa outpointed Jared Gordon, and the unbeaten Beatriz Mesquita submitted Macy Chiasson in the first round to continue her rise at women’s bantamweight. It was a card that gave the Garden two title fights, an upset, a bizarre draw, and a retirement knockout — and it gave the UFC a night that lived up to its billing.

Gane won every round on all three cards — 48-47, 48-47, 48-47 — in what theScore called one of the most chaotic fights of the year.

THE STORY SO FAR

September 2026 — Ciryl Gane is promoted to undisputed heavyweight champion after Tom Aspinall vacates the belt due to injury.

2023 — Amanda Nunes retires as a two-division champion. Kayla Harrison later wins the women’s bantamweight title, setting up the superfight.

Saturday, November 14, 2026 — UFC 334 takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York, with the main card starting at 9 p.m. ET on Paramount+.

Saturday night — Gane defeats Hokit by unanimous decision to retain the heavyweight title; Harrison submits Nunes in the fourth round to retain the bantamweight title.

Saturday night — Stephen Thompson knocks out Charles Radtke with a spinning wheel kick in the third round of his retirement fight.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

The heavyweight picture — Gane’s first title defence is done, and the division’s next challenger will be decided by the UFC’s matchmakers in the coming weeks.

Harrison’s reign — with Nunes beaten, Harrison’s next defence will likely come against the winner of the bantamweight contenders queuing behind her.

Thompson’s farewell — the former title challenger retires after a knockout win, one of the rare clean endings in the sport.