{"id":599945,"date":"2026-04-12T22:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/599945\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T22:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:10:08","slug":"josh-hokit-and-curtis-blaydes-reveal-extent-of-injuries-after-ufc-327-slugfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/599945\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hokit and Curtis Blaydes reveal extent of injuries after UFC 327 slugfest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Following their wild brawl at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-327-live-stream-miami-prochazka-ulberg-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 327,<\/a> both Josh Hokit and Curtis Blaydes were sent to the hospital. Now we\u2019re learning just how banged up they are after winging haymakers at each other for the majority of their fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hokit walked away from Miami with a decision win over Blaydes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-bonuses-and-awards\/435794\/official-ufc-327-post-fight-bonuses-results-cbs-paramount-miami-prochazka-ulberg-hokit-blaydes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two performance bonuses<\/a> totaling $200,000, and a fight booking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-white-house-2026-fight-card-start-time-full-results-dana-white-conor-mcgregor-cbs-mma\/436237\/dana-white-announces-josh-hokit-vs-derrick-lewis-added-to-white-house-card-following-incredible-ufc-327-war-video\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">against Derrick Lewis<\/a> at the UFC White House event in June. That\u2019s two months away, and we did wonder whether the UFC had jumped the gun on announcing the fight before doctors even assessed the damage Hokit just took.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to \u201cThe Incredible Hok,\u201d he\u2019s ready to go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cJust got back from the hospital,\u201d he wrote on social media. \u201cNo broken bones \u2018cuz I\u2019m made of steel\u2026 Y\u2019all are welcome\u2026 200k!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Curtis Blaydes was not as lucky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to his management <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeBohn\/status\/2043360062719078436\" rel=\"nofollow\">(via Mike Bohn),<\/a>\u201cRazor\u201d suffered a fractured orbital bone and fractured nose in the drag out war with Hokit, which tells you just how much grit Blaydes showed to keep engaging as he did. It wasn\u2019t enough to earn him the win, which went to Hokit via 29-28&#215;3 scorecards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That\u2019s likely to put Blaydes on the shelf for a while, which is disappointing given how often he\u2019s been injured. Curtis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/6\/23\/24454598\/curtis-blaydes-reveals-he-tore-his-mcl-in-the-first-round-of-ufc-baku-fight-throw-the-game-plan-out\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tore his MCL<\/a> against Rizvan Kuniev last June, leaving him unable to compete for nearly a year. Depending on how serious his orbital fracture is, he could be out for several months to a year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As for Josh Holk, though, he\u2019s free and clear to fight Derrick Lewis on the UFC White House card. After facing the quiet-mannered Blaydes, it should be interesting to see what kind of interplay Hokit and Lewis have, especially given the elevated platform the UFC White House card brings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following their wild brawl at UFC 327, both Josh Hokit and Curtis Blaydes were sent to the hospital.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82,171700,702],"class_list":["post-599945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-327","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}