{"id":86063,"date":"2025-08-21T11:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/86063\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T11:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:15:09","slug":"ex-nfl-fullback-rips-league-after-earning-ufc-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/86063\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL fullback rips league after earning UFC contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Josh Hokit, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NFL<\/a> fullback, took a swipe at the league on Tuesday night as he earned a UFC contract on Dana White\u2019s Contender Series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Hokit knocked out Guilherme Uriel in the second round of their bout to earn a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">UFC<\/a> contract on the show. He nailed Uriel with a few elbows while the Brazilian fighter\u2019s back was on the mat. The referee had to stop the fight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nfl-49ers-josh-hokit-082125-2.jpg\" alt=\"Josh Hokit vs Chiefs\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>San Francisco 49ers running back Josh Hokit (40) walks off the field after the game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Levi&#8217;s Stadium. (Darren Yamashita\/USA TODAY Sports)<\/p>\n<p>After the fight, Hokit cut a pro wrestling-style promo on the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I left the liberal, snowflake NFL to do a real man\u2019s sport in a real man\u2019s promotion and here I am doing just that by earning this UFC contract,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I\u2019ve been chewed up and spit out and I continue to find a way and I will find a way to that UFC gold. Mark my words.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hokit, in an American flag bandanna, also said he wants the UFC to line up pedophiles, sex traffickers, rapists and transgender fighters as his next opponents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/cowboys-head-coach-predicts-micah-parsons-play-week-1-despite-ongoing-contract-dispute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">COWBOYS HEAD COACH PREDICTS MICAH PARSONS WILL PLAY WEEK 1 DESPITE ONGOING CONTRACT DISPUTE: REPORT<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fresno-state-josh-hokit-082125.jpg\" alt=\"Josh Hokit for Fresno State\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Fresno State Bulldogs running back Josh Hokit (9) runs the ball against the Colorado State Rams in the second quarter at Bulldog Stadium. (Cary Edmondson\/USA TODAY Sports)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Me and my new business partner, Dana White, have decided to get rid of this unentertaining heavyweight division, and instead, we\u2019re going to create \u2018The Incredible Hok\u2019 division but my opponents won\u2019t be these lazy, boring, heavyweights,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My opponents will be sex traffickers, pedophiles, rapists, hell you can even throw the transgenders in there. Line them all up, and one by one, I give them a good ol\u2019 American beatdown inside the octagon to show the world that there\u2019s consequences for these types of behaviors in America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hokit never played a down in the NFL regular season. He joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\/san-francisco-49ers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a> in 2020 and was on the team\u2019s practice squad. He also competed for a spot on the Arizona Cardinals\u2019 roster in 2022.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nfl-49ers-josh-hokit-082125-1.jpg\" alt=\"Josh Hokit leaves the field\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>San Francisco 49ers running back Josh Hokit (40) jogs off the field during the second quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs at Levi&#8217;s Stadium. (Darren Yamashita\/USA TODAY Sports)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s undefeated in his MMA career. He had two wins in Bellator before he moved to the Legacy Fighting Alliance. The fight against Uriel was the first tied to the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u00a0sports coverage on X<\/a> and subscribe to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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