
Bilal
Hasan predicts a chaotic press conference ahead of his
sophomore
Ultimate Fighting Championship bout.
Hasan (10-0) is scheduled to fight Luis Gurule
(11-4) at UFC
334 on Nov. 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York. He claims
he’s more nervous about the prefight press conference than the bout
itself.
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Why Bilal Hasan is more worried about the UFC 334 press
conference than his fight
Josh
Hokit, who headlines the card against Ciryl Gane
for the heavyweight title, is notorious for his trash talk,
prefight antics and clashes with fellow fighters. Hasan says that
he cannot control his mouth at times, which has often landed him in
trouble. With outspoken fighters like Hokit and Kevin
Holland also expected to be on stage, Hasan is expecting chaos
at the UFC 334 prefight presser.
“If I let my mouth do its thing, man, I get in trouble more times,”
Hasan told Ariel Helwani. “I feed off the energy, crowd and
honestly, just the scenario. Sometimes I can’t control what I say,
and it gets me in trouble, also pushes me into good directions as
well. I’m nervous about not being able to control what I say. We’ve
got Josh Hokit, we’ve got me, we’ve got Kevin Holland. We’ve got a
bunch of characters on that stage.”
Hasan won a UFC contract with a 45-second stoppage win on
Dana White’s Contender Series in August. He then recorded a
second-round knockout victory in his UFC debut in Shanghai, China,
just 18 days later.
Bilal Hasan
shares why he’s more nervous about the UFC 334 press conference
than his actual fight: “If I let my mouth do its thing, man, I get
in trouble more times… Sometimes I can’t control what I say, and
it gets me in trouble. We’ve got Josh Hokit,
we’ve got me, we’ve got Kevin
Holland. We’ve got a bunch of characters on that stage.”— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani)
November 9, 2026