Alex Pereira questions Ciryl Gane vs. Josh Hokit UFC 334 main event placement

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For the second time, the women's bantamweight title super fight between Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes is scheduled as a co-main event. And for the second time, there's outrage about it.

The criticism from former two-division champion Alex Pereira of the UFC 334 bout order might be rooted in something a little more personal, though.

With a heavyweight championship fight between Ciryl Gane and Josh Hokit set to headline the No. 14 card at Madison Square Garden in New York (Paramount+), top contender Pereira opted to take a shot at the matchup on social media, stating it was unworthy to be billed over Harrison (19-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) vs. Nunes (23-5 MMA, 16-2 UFC) on his Instagram Stories.

"Why the Women's Fight is Not the Main Event?" Pereira wrote. "Okay let me help promote this cause not one is payin attention to it..."

Alex Pereira rips UFC 334

Pereira (13-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC), who suffered a second-round TKO loss to Gane (14-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC) at the White House in June and is currently booked to face Sergei Pavlovich in the UFC 335 co-main event on Dec. 12 in Las Vegas, was initially campaigning for a title shot in "The Big Apple."

The UFC opted to go in another direction with Hokit as the challenger, however, so Pereira's post could also be perceived as sour grapes – and soon after, the selected challenger chimed in to respond.

"My name Dum Dum. You bring me Gum Gum?" lol," Hokit wrote on X (formerly Twitter). "I didn't realize that losing your aura, affected your IQ. You aren't even BMF worthy. They prefer a little crotch sniffer over a Auraless Sorceress. Hopefully Sergei doesn't end you like he did your brazillian punching bag, teammate."

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Alex Pereira questions Ciryl Gane vs. Josh Hokit UFC 334 main event placement