​Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLCJosh Hokit did not avoid Ciryl Gane’s fouls at UFC 334.The French heavyweight champion made his first title defence on Saturday night, having benefited from the damage dealt out by his eye pokes against Tom Aspinall.After the Englishman vacated the throne following a setback in his recovery, Gane was elevated to undisputed status. He held onto that at UFC 334 by defeating Josh Hokit via unanimous decision.The challenger had joked about ‘training’ for Gane’s potential eye pokes ahead of the fight, and it didn’t take long for him to experience the foul that put Aspinall out of action first-hand.Josh Hokit says he had ‘triple’ vision after Ciryl Gane’s round one eye poke at UFC 334Gane has frequently dismissed the suggestion that he is a ‘dirty’ fighter. But that growing reputation was not helped at UFC 334, where he poked Hokit in the very first round.Following his defeat at Madison Square Garden, the American heavyweight posted images of the poke on his Instagram Stories and claimed it left him compromised for the rest of the fight.“I saw triple the whole fight… but f*** it,” Hokit wrote.In addition to eye pokes, Gane has been accused of illegal punches to the back of opponents’ heads in the past.Years before Alex Pereira made that allegation following his UFC White House loss, former champion Junior dos Santos accused the Frenchman of fouling his way to a TKO win.Read More:Dana White confirms Stephen Thompson will try out for new role after retiring at UFC 334Josh Hokit and Alex Pereira bury the hatchet in backstage conversation at UFC 334Mike Perry’s UFC return official following Nate Diaz clash and BKFC exit