MMA Fighting Global Rankings.<\/a><\/p>\nIt\u2019s been a rapid rise to the top for Hokit (9-0), a former All-American wrestler and NFL hopeful, who turned his focus to pro MMA in 2023. So far, the results have been excellent for Hokit as he\u2019s gone undefeated in nine pro bouts including his first three UFC fights after being signed off of Dana White\u2019s Contender Series. Hokit has grabbed plenty of headlines with his over-the-top promotional antics, but more importantly, he\u2019s delivered in the cage, including in his recent win over perennial contender Curtis Blaydes that saw the two throw down in one of the best fights of 2026.<\/p>\n
Lewis (29-13, 1 NC) can put a stop to the Hokit hype train with one big swing on Sunday. The UFC\u2019s all-time knockout king, Lewis is always a threat to finish, even if he\u2019s struggled to string together wins in recent years. Following a disappointing submission loss to Serghei Spivac in 2023, Lewis rebounded with a 3-1 run (all wins by knockout) before being finished himself by Waldo Cortes-Acosta at UFC 324 in January. He\u2019ll be looking to make Hokit UFC knockout No. 17.<\/p>\n
Check out the UFC White House live blog for Josh Hokit vs. Derrick Lewis below.<\/p>\n
Three fights in, three knockouts. The card has delivered so far, and now it\u2019s time for Lewis, the man with most knockouts in UFC history, to chase another one against the very controversial Hokit. It\u2019s USA vs. USA again on the White House lawn.<\/p>\n
Lewis is first to walk to the octagon. Hokit makes his way to the cage with a smile on his face while the band plays Hulk Hogan\u2019s walkout song. Classic.<\/p>\n
Hokit smiles as Bruce Buffer introduces him, and he flips the bird to Lewis \u2014 yes, on the White House lawn.<\/p>\n
No glove touch, as expected. Hokit with a push kick to the chest, and misses a spinning back wheel kick. For a heavyweight? Wow. He tries another one but slips and falls on the ground. He\u2019s back up quickly. Lewis is patiently waiting for the opportunity to explode his right hand, and misses the one he tries. Hokit connects a heavy right hand to the head of Lewis, and takes him down now! Hokit has Lewis on the ground and is controlling him there, landing punches at will! Lewis is hurt, and bleeding! Hokit has mount, and he\u2019s beating him down badly now. Somehow Lewis finds strength to get back up but that\u2019s only for a second. Hokit goes for the armbar now but Lewis survives to the end of the round! The crowd goes nuts! MMA Fighting scores the round 10-8, Hokit.<\/p>\n
Lewis misses a head kick early, but connects a right hand. Hokit decides to wrestle but Lewis defends the takedown and fires away with punches. Interesting! Let\u2019s see how Hokit reacts now, as crowd supports \u201cThe Black Beast\u201d with Lewis chants! Hokit with a one-two combo to push Lewis against the cage. Lewis and Hokit land heavy ones now, and Lewis appears to be hurt! Lewis misses with the overhand right and they clinch against the fence. Hokit hurts Lewis again with a one-two combo. And again! Lewis looks exhausted now, and Hokit has him hurt again. Hokit elbows Lewis head in the clinch. Hokit has Lewis in deep trouble now! HE\u201dS HURT! And that\u2019s it! Hokit stops Lewis in the second round!<\/p>\n
Hokit leaves the octagon to shake Trump\u2019s hand and give him his necklace, and Trumps is wearing it now. Is this real life?<\/p>\n
Josh Hokit def. Derrick Lewis via second-round knockout (4:09)<\/p>\n
Hokit is back to his character for his post-fight interview. \u201cF*ck the speech,\u201d he interrupts himself seconds later.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlex Pereira, I wanna Chama on your mama,\u201d Hokit said before attacking Michelle Obama like he\u2019s done in his pre-UFC career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is the UFC White House live blog for Josh Hokit vs. Derrick Lewis, the main card heavyweight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,85,787,1396],"class_list":["post-737263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737263","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=737263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}