Josh Hokit\u2019s \u2018big\u2019 White House announcement has a lot of mixed martial arts (MMA) fans feeling burnt.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Incredible Hok\u201d has been a controversial figure<\/a> in the UFC heavyweight division since his arrival in 2025 but gained a lot of cred after a knock down drag out war with Curtis Blaydes at UFC 327. That bout was so wild that it earned Hokit a last-minute spot on the UFC White House card<\/a> opposite Derrick Lewis.<\/p>\n That Fight of the Night<\/a> (and Fight of the Month) had some questioning whether Hokit\u2019s outside the cage cringe was a worthwhile price to pay for how he fought. But paying attention to Hokit between fights can still be a frustrating experience as we just learned again.<\/p>\n On Saturday Hokit promised a \u2018big White House fight announcement,\u2019 setting off speculation that he might be stepping into an even bigger fight. What the announcement ended up being was a partnership with predictive market site ProphetX.<\/p>\n Good for Hokit getting that money but his followers weren\u2019t impressed.<\/p>\n \u201cSettings -> JoshHokitUFC -> mute,\u201d one wrote. Another added, \u201cYou can fight but what a weirdo.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEmbrace the cringe guys, he\u2019s gonna win the belt,\u201d one steadfast fan declared.<\/p>\n Hokit has our attention after that Blaydes fight, and is now in an excellent position to capitalize against the hot-and-cold (but mostly cold)<\/a> Derrick Lewis on June 14th. It\u2019ll take a while before we know whether he can hang with the actual contenders at the top of the division, and we\u2019ll undoubtedly have to endure more of his lame hijinx<\/a> along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Hokit\u2019s \u2018big\u2019 White House announcement has a lot of mixed martial arts (MMA) fans feeling burnt. \u201cThe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85,1396],"class_list":["post-647549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}