Ernesta Kareckaite Shares her Thoughts on UFC 334 Title Bouts

In a recent interview with Combat Sports Fan Page, UFC women's flyweight fighter, Ernesta Kareckaite shared her thoughts on both championship bouts headlining tonight's UFC 334.

Firstly, I asked her about the main event between Ciryl Gane and Josh Hokit for the UFC heavyweight title. I particularly pressed the point on if Hokit will be able to get inside Gane's head before this fight. Kareckaite concured that it is the main question, emphasising the mental part of this particular fight. 

The Lithuanian praised Gane's fight IQ and his performace against Tom Aspinall as long as it lasted, but she also believes that Hokit can surprised everyone with his all around skillset.

"That's the question, you know, how it will be like the mentality fight for sure like before even the fight. So, I think Hokit like can surprise us for sure, you know, but at the same time is Ciryl like he can do damage and he can make the very good decisions in a fight and even in with Aspinall he did quite a bit like damage. He did a lot of punches that even the Aspinall didn't see and it like it ended not the way we like to be ended, but he still he did the damage and he knows how to do that. But Hokit can surprise because he can punch, he can wrestle, so we will see. It's interesting too."

Ernesta Kareckaite Breaks Down Kayla Harrison vs Amanda Nunes at UFC 334

Subsequently, I also asked her about the co-main event between Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes for the UFC women's bantamweight championship, which I personally call, "the greatest women's MMA fight".

Kareckaite gave her nod to the fight's grand status and stated that both of these female athletes are pretty evenly matched with their all around game set but the one with better fight strategy will come out on top.

"For sure, I think it will be the greatest woman's fight because both like made history in like many sports and made a lot of accomplishments. They both has really good mentality. They both has really good IQ. They both strong. They both can punch. They both can wrestle and everything. So, it will be really a MMA fight for sure like real MMA fight. And I think the the fight will win the person who has better plan and which one will stick to that plan, you know? Because like they both has a lot of fights and everybody knows how they fight. So, they have to make a good plan to you know, to show something different."

Ernesta Kareckaite Thinks Amanda Nunes Can Finish Kayla Harrison With Her Striking

Kareckaite also brought up that Nunes has been training with Larissa Pacheco, the only woman to defeat Harrison in MMA. She thinks if Nunes can stop Harrison's takedowns then she can knockout the American champion with her marvellous power.

"As as we saw that Amanda was working with a lady that won like against the Kayla and everything. So, they both has to make something new, you know? Because everybody knows what they are doing. So, I think it will be a very interesting. But I think if Amanda can like get back from the takedowns, then she can punch and she can end the fight for sure. Because she punches really hard and even the Cris Cyborg lost against the Amanda. So, we saw a lot from her, from her hands. So, I think she can win if the Kayla couldn't do the takedowns. That's my opinion."

UFC 334 will go down tonight at Madison Square Garden, marking the promotion's 10th visit to The World's Most Famous Arena.